Metro news – Page 129
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NewsLTE metro trial completed
FRANCE: Huawei and Alstom announced on June 29 that they had completed a live pilot test of 4G LTE multi-service broadband radio networking technology for metros. Huawei describes this as the first of its kind and says that it ‘marks a major step forward in the LTE commercialisation of communication-based ...
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NewsDelhi metro orders more cars
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has awarded a Rs15bn contract for Bombardier Transportation to supply 162 metro cars. The contract award was announced on June 29. The cars are to be manufactured at Bombardier’s Savli and Vadodara plants, as part of the government’s ‘Make in India’ programme to promote ...
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NewsAvanza preferred bidder for Lisboa operating contracts
PORTUGAL: Spanish bus and light rail operator Avanza has been named as preferred bidder to operate the metro and urban transport networks in Lisboa, under contracts worth a total of €1∙1bn. According to Avanza, the metro operating contract is worth €450m and would run for a term of eight and ...
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NewsEltel wins Stockholm light rail maintenance contract
SWEDEN: Stockholm transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik has awarded Eltel a six-year contract to maintain the Lidingöbanan and Spårväg City light rail lines from the start of 2016 until the end of 2021. The scope includes preventive and corrective maintenance of the track, electrification and signalling. The contract win is ...
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NewsDoha Gold Line station design contract
QATAR: Arcadis announced on June 23 that it is to provide architectural, branding, design and construction consultancy services for the Gold Line of the Doha metro under a €20m contract. Arcadis is already providing similar services for the Red Line South. The scope takes in design and co-ordination of ...
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NewsTampere selects tram contractor
FINLAND: The City of Tampere announced on June 22 that it had selected the Tralli consortium of Pöyry, VR Track and YIT to build the city’s planned €250m light rail line. The contract will be signed after a three-week standstill period. Tralli beat bids from Lemminkäinen with Ramboll, Alstom ...
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NewsOlsztyn tram handover
POLAND: Solaris officially handed over the first tram for Olsztyn on June 19 at the depot on ul Kołobrzeska. The tram and bus manufacturer signed a €30m contract in September 2012 for the supply of 15 Tramino vehicles, and has completed the first two. Testing started on May 28 ...
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NewsSamara tests Metelica tram
RUSSIA: Stadler’s Metelica tram has started six months of testing in Samara. The city is planning to buy 30 trams ahead of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in which it will be a host city. Testing of the Metelica tram in Moscow ended in June. The tram has covered ...
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NewsDoha metro BIM contract awarded
QATAR: Hochtief ViCon has won a contract to provide building information modelling services for a section of the Doha metro Red Line. The scope covers a 6·7 km stretch of the Red Line between Lusail and Msheireb, which includes elevated and at-grade sections. ViCon is to prepare initial BIM ...
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NewsKyiv and Pesa sign tram memorandum
UKRAINE: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has signed a memorandum with Pesa for the supply of trams to the Ukrainian capital and the possible opening of a factory in the city. The memorandum was signed with Pesa President Tomasz Zaboklicki when Klitschko visited Pesa’s factory at Bydgoszcz in Poland on ...
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NewsSheffield – Rotherham tram-train service to start in 2017
UK: The first of seven vehicles ordered in 2013 for the Sheffield – Rotherham tram-train pilot project is now nearing completion at Vossloh España’s plant near Valencia, and is due to arrive in the UK in November. South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive says the Vossloh vehicles will initially be ...
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NewsFederal funding for Toronto RER
CANADA: Federal funding is to be made available for Toronto’s proposed SmartTrack Regional Express Rail project, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced on June 18, when he set out details of a Public Transit Fund which is being established to support transport infrastructure investment. The RER is included in Mayor ...
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NewsShanghai peoplemover contract
CHINA: Shanghai Shentong Metro Co has awarded a joint venture of Bombardier Transportation and CSR Nanjing Puzhen an 808m yuan turnkey contract to supply a 6·6 km automated peoplemover for Shanghai. The elevated alignment would run south from the terminus of metro Line 8 at Shendu Gonglu to the ...
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NewsBombardier wins London Overground EMU contract
UK: Transport for London announced on June 19 that it had selected Bombardier Transportation to supply 45 four-car electric multiple-units to operate London Overground services. The order includes an option for up to 96 additional cars, to be used for train lengthening and possible future extensions of the Overground network. ...
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NewsSan Francisco orders more LRVs
USA: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has ordered an additional 40 Siemens light rail vehicles from for its Muni network. The order is an option on a $648m contract signed in September 2014 for 175 LRVs with options for up to 85 more. The LRVs are based on ...
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NewsDelhi metro Line 6 opens extension
INDIA: The latest extension of the Delhi metro opened on June 8, when the first train from ITO station on Line 6 was flagged off by Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at 16.00. Revenue services started 2 h later. The 1 km section ...
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NewsBucureşti metro extension gets EU funding
ROMANIA: The European Commission approved on June 4 an €83m grant from the EU Cohesion Fund for the northwest extension of Line 4 of the București metro. The €97·7m project would extend Line 4 by 1·9 km northwest from its current terminus of Parc Bazilescu to Străulești, with an ...
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NewsBEML signs Delhi metro car contract
INDIA: A Rs6·45bn contract for BEML to supply 74 RS13 metro cars to Delhi Metro Rail Corp was signed in Bangalore on June 10. The traction systems are to be supplied by Mitsubishi Electric Corp. The 1 676 mm gauge vehicles are required to be compatible with the existing ...
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NewsFuel cell tram framework agreement
CHINA: Canadian fuel cell technology company Ballard Power Systems and Tangshan Railway Vehicle have signed a framework agreement for the development of a fuel cell module for tram or other ground transport applications. Announcing the agreement on June 10, Ballard said it would assist with the design and integration ...
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NewsEglinton Crosstown LRT preferred bidder announced
CANADA: Provincial infrastructure development agency Infrastructure Ontario and Toronto regional transport authority Metrolinx named Crosslinx Transit Solutions as preferred bidder to design, build, finance and maintain the track and railway systems for the C$5·3bn Eglinton Crosstown light rail project on June 9. The Crosslinx Transit Solution consortium comprises: ACS Infrastructure ...