Metro news – Page 102
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NewsAirport metro line starts trial running in Taipei
TAIWAN: Trial running on the Taoyuan International Airport Line in Taipei began on February 2, offering free rides between Taipei Main Station and Huanbei. Six stations are currently open, with more due to open on February 15, before revenue service begins on the entire line on March 2. Revenue ...
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Metro Report InternationalGrand Paris Express civil works awarded
FRANCE: Project promoter Société du Grand Paris announced on February 1 that it had awarded a joint venture led by Bouygues Travaux Publics a €968m contract to undertake civil works on Section T2A of Line 15 South of the Grand Paris Express network, running from Villejuif Louis-Aragon to Créteil l’Echat. ...
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Metro Report InternationalDelhi metro to trial LED display screens from April
INDIA: XTD announced on February 3 that it will start a six-month trial of its Cross Track Media information and advertising displays at Kashmere Gate metro station in Delhi. Cross Track uses billboard-sized LED screens and high-definition sound to broadcast content to passengers waiting at stations. Four screens are ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem wins Jakarta light metro order
INDONESIA: Hyundai Rotem announced on February 2 that it had been selected to supply rolling stock for the first phase of the light metro network under construction in Jakarta. Hyundai Rotem will work with Woojin Industrial Systems for the supply of eight two-car trainsets. Deliveries are due to take ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to supply Nagpur metro signalling
INDIA: Project promoter Maharashtra Metro Rail Corp announced on February 1 that it had selected Siemens to supply signalling for the first phase of the Nagpur metro. A consortium comprising Siemens India and Siemens Rail Automation of Spain won the contract with its bid of Rs2·87bn. It ...
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Metro Report InternationalReplacing paper tickets with mobile is 'only the start'
UK: Rambus Ecebs announced at the Smart Ticketing Global conference held in London last month that its Nevis Technologies joint venture with Strathclyde Partnership for Transport would be using the Glasgow Subway to pilot the company’s latest mobile ticketing product. Roll-out is expected to begin with selected ...
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Metro Report InternationalManila metro interchange agreement signed
PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transportation, Light Rail Transit Authority, Ayala Corp and San Miguel Corp signed an agreement on January 18 to build an interchange between Manila metro lines 1, 3 and 7. The so-called Common Station is to be built between the two shopping malls in Quezon City ...
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Metro Report InternationalContract awarded to make Lyon metro Line B driverless
FRANCE: Lyon transport authority Sytral has awarded Alstom a €91m contract to upgrade signalling for driverless operation on two lines of the Lyon metro. Alstom will supply its Urbalis 400 CBTC to Line B, which is due to be converted to driverless operation at the end of 2019. It ...
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Metro Report InternationalCatanzaro metro work begins
ITALY: President of the Calabria region Mario Oliverio has launched work on a metro line in Catanzaro. The 5 km underground link is part of an EU-funded €103m project that also includes upgrading existing rail lines to metro standards. The new line would link Catanzaro station on the FS ...
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Metro Report InternationalTunnelling completed on Riyadh metro’s longest line
SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh Governor Prince Faisal bin Bandar Al Saud attended a ceremony at the future Qasr Al Hokm Downtown station to mark the completion of tunnelling on Line 3 of the Riyadh metro. The 41 km Orange Line includes 11 km of tunnels. These have been ...
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Metro Report InternationalSecond metro line opens in Harbin
CHINA: The first section of Harbin metro Line 3 opened on January 26. The 5·3 km route runs from Yidaeryuan on Line 1 to Changxianglu via Harbin West railway station, serving five stations. Construction of the underground southwestern section started in 2014 as the first phase of ...
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NewsMinsk metro selects Stadler rolling stock
BELARUS: Stadler Minsk CEO Philipp Brunner told local media on January 23 that Stadler had been selected to supply 10 trainsets for the Minsk metro. Brunner gave no further details, but it seems likely that the rolling stock is to be used on metro Line 3, currently under construction. ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Guadalajara Line 3 train presented in Mexico
MEXICO: The first train for the future Line 3 of the Guadalajara metro was presented to the Secretariat of Communications & Transport on January 24. It had started its journey from Alstom’s factory in Barcelona in October. Alstom is supplying 18 three-car Metropolis trainsets under a contract ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York Subway sucks
USA: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has started testing a prototype track vacuum cleaner from Neu Railways as part of its Track Sweep initiative to reduce the amount of litter on metro tracks. A second prototype unit is due to be deployed within the next two weeks. Tests are ...
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Metro Report InternationalBogotá transport funding announced
COLOMBIA: The government has approved 15bn pesos for urban transport projects serving Bogotá, including metro and suburban routes. The investment package aims to double the number of passengers served by public transport in the Bogotá region. The metro is to receive 12·82bn pesos. Mayor Enrique Peñalosa said that tenders ...
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Metro Report InternationalSalvador metro makes progress
BRAZIL: Test running on the next phase of the Salvador metro started on January 20 with the departure at 08.30 of a train from Rodoviária to Pituaçu on Line 2. Revenue services on this 6·2 km section with four stations are due to begin in July. The initial 2·2 ...
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Metro Report InternationalTelecoms company sponsors metro train refurbishment
ARMENIA: A refurbished trainset entered passenger service on the Yerevan metro on January 19. Refurbishment of the two-car Type 81-717 trainset was sponsored by mobile telecoms provider Ucom. The train was presented to the metro operator on December 28, when an agreement with Ucom was signed to provide 4G ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon Underground Northern Line extension tunnelling to start in March
UK: Mayor of London Sadiq Khan announced on January 20 that tunnelling on London Underground’s Northern Line extension to Battersea is to begin in March. Two tunnel boring machines supplied by NFM Technologies have been unveiled at Battersea and are undergoing final tests. They were shipped from NFM’s factory ...
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NewsAssam approves Guwahati metro
INDIA: The Assam state government approved the Guwahati metro project on January 18. To be implemented by the Guwahati Metro Rail Corp special purpose vehicle, the metro network for Assam’s largest city is planned to have four lines totalling 203 route-km. The first of four phases would connect ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem unveils prototype Seoul Line 5 metro car
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem presented a prototype of its latest metro car at its Changwon factory on January 18. In December 2015 Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corp — which operates metro lines 5, 6, 7 and 8 — awarded Hyundai Rotem a contract to supply 32 metro cars for ...