Metro news – Page 107
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to electrify high-altitude metro
ECUADOR: The consortium of Acciona and Odebrecht which is building Quito Metro Line 1 has awarded Siemens a contract to supply electrification systems for the 22 km line. The scope of the contract announced on October 21 includes the supply of 46 km of rigid catenary, 6 ...
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore LTA signs transport research agreements
SINGAPORE: Two agreements on transport research projects were signed by Land Transport Authority and Nanyang Technological University at the Singapore International Transport Congress & Exhibition on October 19. One agreement covers real-time condition monitoring for the traction power supply on the metro network. Under the other, NTU’s ...
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Metro Report InternationalXi’an metro Line 3 opens
CHINA: Xi’an metro Line 3 opened on October 15, running 39·1 km from Yuhuazhai in the southwest of the city to Baoshuiqu in the northeast. Line 3 has 19 underground and seven surface stations, including interchanges with Line 1 at Tonghuamen and with Line 2 at Xiaozhai. ...
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NewsCRRC to build Indian metro car factory
INDIA: A memorandum of understanding for the development of a metro car factory at the Multi-modal International Cargo Hub & Airport Nagpur industrial site was signed by the government of Maharashtra and China Railway Rolling Stock Corp on October 15. During the event Nagpur Metro Rail Corp handed CRRC ...
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NewsPowers granted for Manchester Metrolink Trafford Park extension
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling has granted a Transport & Works Act Order for Transport for Greater Manchester to build a tram line to Trafford Park in the west of the city. The 5·5 km route would run mostly on a segregated alignment. Leaving the Eccles ...
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NewsKanpur metro foundation stone laid
INDIA: National Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the Kanpur metro on October 4. The two-line metro was approved by the Uttar Pradesh state government in March and the central government in May. The estimated cost is Rs178·7bn. Line 1 would link IIT Kanpur ...
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NewsTest running starts on second Nanjing tram line
CHINA: Trams began running on test on the Qilin Line in Nanjing on October 10. Revenue services are due to begin by the end of the year. The 9 km route links Maqun station on metro Line 2 with Wang Wu Zhuang. There are 13 stops, including one elevated, ...
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NewsCRRC to supply Nagpur metro trains
INDIA: CRRC has been selected to supply rolling stock for the Nagpur metro. The Chinese supplier is to supply 23 three-car trainsets for Rs8·51bn, with formal contract signature expected shortly. Two lines are being built in Nagpur under a public-private partnership; work is being led by project ...
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NewsFlexity Wien design presented as series production begins
AUSTRIA: Transport Leader for Wien city council Ulli Sima, Wiener Linien CEO Günter Steinbauer and Bombardier Austria CEO Christian Diewald presented the design for the Flexity Wien tram on October 12 to mark the start of series production at Bombardier’s Wien plant. Wiener Linien awarded Bombardier a €431m contract ...
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NewsKeolis’ Lyon operations contract to be renewed
FRANCE: Incumbent operator Keolis announced on October 7 that it had been selected by transport authority Sytral to operate public transport in Lyon for a further six years. The contract, due to be signed in the coming weeks, followed almost two years of negotiations and will come into effect ...
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NewsWork resumes on Napoli metro Line 7
ITALY: Construction work has restarted on metro Line 7 in Napoli, having been suspended in 2012 due to financial constraints. The occasion was marked by a ceremony at the unfinished Monte Sant’Angelo station on September 20, attended by President of the Campania region Vincenzo De Luca and ...
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NewsLima metro Line 2 train shipped
PERU: The first trains for Lima metro Line 2 were shipped from the port of Salerno in Italy on August 16 by shipping company Hapag-Lloyd. Each 17·6 m long car, weighing 35 tonnes was loaded onto the Cerinthus by crane. The journey to the Peruvian port of Callao is expected ...
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NewsFirst Honolulu metro phase 2 contract awarded
USA: Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation announced on July 19 that it had awarded a contract for the next phase of the city’s light metro line to a joint venture of Shimmick Construction, Traylor Bros and Granite Construction. Worth $874·8m, the design-build contract covers 8·4 km of elevated alignment ...
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NewsMontréal automated light metro proposal unveiled
CANADA: Proposals for the development of a 67 km automated metro eparate from the existing metro in Montréal have been unveiled by CDPQ Infra, a subsidiary of public pension and insurance investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec that was established last year to study infrastructure projects suggested by ...
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NewsSantiago takes delivery of driverless metro train
CHILE: The first of 37 driverless trainsets that CAF is supplying for lines 3 and 6 of the Santiago metro was unloaded at Valparaíso port on April 6. In November 2013 a consortium of CAF and Thales won a US$451·9m contract to supply rolling stock and signalling for the ...
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NewsEurotem rolls out Antalya tram
TURKEY: The Eurotem joint venture of South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem and Turkish company Tüvasaş rolled out its first tram for Antalya at its factory in Adapazari on April 4. Eurotem won an order for 18 trams in August 2015. Due to be delivered to Antalya between April and November, ...
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NewsSuzhou Line 2 trams ordered
CHINA: CRRC Nanjing Puzhen is to supply 18 five-section 100% low-floor trams to operate the second tram line in Suzhou. Škoda Electric is to supply electrical equipment through its Chinese joint venture Škoda Kingway Electric. Škoda had previously supplied traction equipment to power cars for the Suzhou metro. ...
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NewsMore Leonardo metro trains ordered for Milano
ITALY: Milano transport operator ATM is to purchase a further 15 Leonardo trainsets for metro Line M2 at a cost of €109m. The order announced on March 29 forms an option on a €220m contract signed with AnsaldoBreda (now Hitachi Rail Italy) in 2012 for 30 six-car trainsets with ...
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NewsNew York MTA receives largest ever investment
USA: New York MTA has been allocated $27bn in the New York state budget plan announced on March 31. This is the largest ever investment in the MTA. The funding includes $1bn for construction of the second phase of the Second Avenue Subway extension to East Harlem, as well ...
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NewsLørenbanen opens in Oslo
NORWAY: Metro operator Sporveien Oslo restructured its network of services with effect from April 3, following the opening for revenue service of the 1·6 km Lørenbanen connection. Officially inaugurated by the Mayor of Oslo Marianne Borgen, Environment & Transport Commissioner Lan-Marie Berg and Governing Mayor Raymond Johansen, the underground ...