Metro news – Page 119
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NewsLyon orders more Citadis trams
FRANCE: Lyon transport authority Sytral has ordered seven additional Citadis trams from Alstom. The order announced on November 24 is an option on a €33m contract signed in 2011 for 10 trams, and is worth €20m. The 100% low-floor trams will be the same as those already in operation ...
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NewsChicago underground 4G progresses
USA: Chicago Transit Authority has completed the installation of 4G wireless coverage on the underground sections of its Blue Line. Coverage on the underground sections of the Red Line is expected by the end of the year. The $32·5m project to upgrade the network began earlier this year. It ...
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NewsMetropolitan Line Extension funding agreed
UK: The funding package for the Metropolitan Line Extension project has been finalised, London Underground announced on November 23. Construction is now expected to start next year, with completion due in 2020. Previously known as the Croxley Rail Link, the project has until now been managed by Hertfordshire County ...
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NewsPrasarana develops its international portfolio
THAILAND: Kuala Lumpur transport agency Prasarana is to provide technical support to the Purple Line metro project in Bangkok by sending six drivers and five controllers from operating subsidiary Rapid Rail to Bangkok for four months. The request for assistance on the site integration test came from the Marubeni-Toshiba ...
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NewsBangalore inaugurates second section of Purple Line
INDIA: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah flagged off an inaugural train on the second section of Bangalore’s Namma Metro Purple Line on November 16. Passenger services started on November 18. Known as Reach 2, the 6·8 km elevated route with six stations runs from Mysore Road to Magadi Road. It ...
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NewsFirst tram-train heads for Sheffield
UK: The first of seven Citylink vehicles for the Sheffield – Rotherham tram-train pilot project left Vossloh España’s factory near Valencia on November 18. Expected to leave the port of Santander on November 23, it is due to arrive in Southampton on November 28 before making the final leg of ...
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NewsTacoma Link Expansion alignment selected
USA: Sound Transit announced on November 19 that it had selected the alignment for the Tacoma Link Expansion light rail project. The scheme would extend the existing 2·6 km light rail line, which serves six stations, from Theater District to the Stadium and Hilltop districts. The 3·9 km extension ...
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NewsCrossrail train design revealed
UK: The design of the 66 Aventra Class 345 electric multiple-units which Bombardier Transportation is building for the Crossrail project was unveiled by Transport for London on November 20. Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby of Barber & Osgerby are TfL and Bombardier’s design advisors for the Crossrail trains. According to ...
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NewsBraking energy recovery on the Barcelona metro
SPAIN: Ingeteam and Istem are to install an energy recovery system in a traction substation of Line L9 of the Barcelona metro. According to Ingeteam, this will be able to recover between 10% and 30% of braking energy. Ingeteam has supplied the same technology to the metros in Málaga ...
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NewsNürnberg expects to order Line U1 metro trains
GERMANY: Nürnberg metro operator VAG intends to order 21 four-car trainsets for Line U1 at a cost of €164m. Expected to enter service from mid-2018, the Type G1 trains are intended to replace the 42 Type DT1 two-car sets in service on U1 since the 1970s. Designed in collaboration ...
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News€100m for Rennes metro Line B
FRANCE: On November 13 state-owned investment bank Caisse des Dépôts signed an agreement with the greater Rennes authority to lend €100m towards the construction of metro Line B. The European Investment Bank is already lending €300m towards the project. According to Caisse des Dépôts, Line B is one of the ...
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NewsWuppertal welcomes Generation 15 car
GERMANY: Wuppertal Mayor Andreas Mucke presented the first Generation 15 car for the city’s schwebebahn suspension monorail to a crowd of 5 000 at the Vohwinkel terminus on November 14. ‘This is a generational project that will shape our city for the next 40 years’, said Stadtwerke Wuppertal CEO ...
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NewsGera seeks tram operator
GERMANY: The city of Gera has invited expressions of interest in a contract to operate tram and bus services, and intends to award an operating contract on October 1 2016. Four organisations are reported to be interested: Transdev, Rhenus Veniro, DB Bus and regional bus operator Regionalverkehr ...
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NewsSEPTA awards light rail CBTC contract
USA: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has awarded Ansaldo STS a $53·2m design-build contract to install communications-based train control on light rail routes 101 and 102, also known as the Media-Sharon Hill Lines. The scope includes civil works and upgrading existing signalling on the 1 581 mm gauge routes totalling ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Alstom metro cars for Riyadh under construction
SAUDI ARABIA: Production of the first of 69 two-car Metropolis trainsets for Riyadh metro lines 4, 5 and 6 has begun at Alstom’s Katowice plant in Poland. Metro project promoter Arriyadh Development Authority expects to unveil a full-size mock-up of a trainset in Riyadh shortly, and is scheduled to take ...
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NewsMilwaukee selects Brookville trams
USA: The City of Milwaukee agreed terms with rolling stock manufacturer Brookville Equipment Corp on November 13 for the supply of four Liberty Modern Streetcars to operate its starter line. The $18·6m contract includes options for up to 20 more vehicles. The three-section bidirectional trams will be 20·4 m ...
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NewsAddis Ababa opens second light rail line
ETHIOPIA: The second light rail line in Addis Ababa opened on November 9. The 17·4 km Green Line has 22 stops. It runs east from Ayat to Tor Hailoch, sharing tracks with the north-south Blue Line on a 2·7 km, five-stop stretch between Lideta and Meskel Square. The north-south ...
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NewsDelhi inaugurates Line 2 metro extension
INDIA: A 4·4 km northern extension of Delhi Metro’s Line 2 was inaugurated on November 10. The elevated alignment runs from Jahangirpuri to Samaypur Badli. The three stations are equipped with rooftop solar panels and rain water is collected for reuse. The extension forms part of the Phase ...
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NewsKyiv receives Elektron tram
UKRAINE: Elektrontrans delivered the first of seven 1 524 mm gauge Elektron trams to Kyiv on November 11. Operator Kyivpastrans placed a 183·75m hryvnia order in July for the trams, which are similar to metre-gauge cars delivered to Lviv last year. Designated as T5B64, the unidirectional 100% low-floor vehicle ...
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NewsBremen approves tram funding
GERMANY: The Bremen Senate announced on November 10 that it had approved funding for capital expenditure on the city’s tram network. The approved funds include €210m for the purchase of 67 new trams, for which a tender is to be called next year. Deliveries of prototypes are due to ...