Metro news – Page 134
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NewsEx-Bielefeld tram modernised in Łódź
POLAND: A modernised ex-Bielefeld type M8C tram is ready to enter service in Łódź. City transport operator MPK Łódz bought 14 ex-Bielefeld Type M8C trams from Stropex in 2013. The modernisation of the first of these was finished in November after about six months of work at MPK Łódź’s ...
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NewsCSR unveils hydrogen fuel cell tram
CHINA: A prototype tram powered by hydrogen fuel cells was unveiled at the CSR Sifang factory in Qingdao on March 19. According to CSR Qingdao Sifang Chief Engineer Liang Jianying, the tram is able to run for 100 km at speeds up to 70 km/h before the cells need to ...
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NewsMore efficient tram air-conditioning
GERMANY: Berlin city transport operator BVG has awarded Liebherr-Transportation Systems a contract to equip one its Bombardier Flexity trams with an experimental occupancy-dependent fresh air control system. Liebherr’s modelling has predicted that this could reduce the energy consumption of the tram’s air-conditioning system by up to 13%. CO2 sensors ...
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NewsFirst Urbos tram arrives in Freiburg
GERMANY: The first CAF Urbos 100 tram for Freiburg was delivered on the night of March 16-17. Freiburg public transport operator VAG signed a contract with CAF in March 2013 for 12 seven-section 100% low-floor trams for its metre-gauge network. The contract value does not exceed €40m, although the ...
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NewsDüsseldorf and Köln place joint light rail vehicle order
GERMANY: Düsseldorf light rail operator Rheinbahn and Köln transport operator KVB have placed a joint order for Bombardier Transportation light rail vehicles to replace their Stadtbahnwagen Type B cars. Düsseldorf has placed a firm order worth €127m for 42 vehicles, with an option for 16 more. These are scheduled ...
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NewsNew light rail vehicles enter service in Hannover
GERMANY: The first two TW3000 high-floor light rail vehicles entered passenger service on Route 7 in Hannover on March 15. The two-section bidirectional air-conditioned articulated vehicles are 25 m long and 2 650 mm wide. They will replace the TW6000 cars, which are 30 years old. They will initially ...
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NewsCross-Tokyo link inaugurated
JAPAN: Revenue services have started running on East Japan Railway’s Ueno – Tokyo Line, following an inauguration ceremony on March 14. Taking seven years to build at a cost of ¥40bn, the 3·8 km cross-city link provides an extra pair of tracks for suburban services on the busy north-south corridor ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - March 2015
Algeria's Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has said that several tram and rail projects will be postponed as a result of economic difficulties caused by falling oil prices. Work is to begin this year on the first two lines of the Jinan metro: the 26·4 km north-south Line R1 ...
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NewsMadinah metro design contract
SAUDI ARABIA: The Madinah Metro Development Authority has selected Egis and Systra to carry out feasibility studies and preliminary design for a three-line metro. The 12-month contract also includes the preparation of tender documentation for the future design and build contracts. The Green, Blue and Red lines would have ...
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NewsFeature articles in the March 2015 issue of Metro Report International
The March 2015 issue of Metro Report International is out now. The latest issue includes the following articles: Comment V B Gadgil celebrates the first test of a CBTC train in India News Review Round-up of world metro, light rail and tram news City digest Network expansion in German-speaking cities, ...
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NewsGreen Mountain Line tram design revealed
TAIWAN: Voith Engineering Services has revealed the design the trams it has developed with Taiwan Rolling Stock Co for the Green Mountain Line tramway project in the New Taipei City region which surrounds the city of Taipei. The 8 km line will link Hongshulin station on the Taipei metro’s Tamsui ...
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NewsThales awarded Lusail light rail contract
QATAR: Lusail Light Rail Transit project civil works contractor QDVC has awarded Thales a contract to supply and maintain the supervision, telecoms, security and automatic fare collection systems for the future 32 km network, including contactless ticketing. The four-line tram network is being built under a contract which was ...
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NewsQatar's first Education City tram rolls out
QATAR: Siemens' Simmering plant in Austria has completed the first of the Avenio light rail vehicles for the Education City People Mover System, an 11·5 km catenary-free tramway which is being built to serve the the Qatar Foundation for Education, Science & Community Development's education and research campus west of ...
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NewsCAF selected for Bucureşti metro train order
ROMANIA: Bucureşti metro operator Metrorex has selected CAF as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 43 six-car trainsets to operate on the future 6·1 km Line M5 from Drumul Taberei to Eroilor, with an option for eight more. Metrorex had hoped to name the winner of the contract on ...
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NewsKharkiv metro expansion study
UKRAINE: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and the European Investment Bank are to fund a feasibility study for the extension of Kharkiv metro Line 3, with a view to funding its construction. The current cost estimate is put at €350m. City-owned operator Kharkiv Metro Co expects ridership on ...
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NewsValencia metro Line 9 opens
SPAIN: An opening ceremony for Valencia metro Line 9 took place on March 6 after a month of test running. The inaugural passenger service from Riba-roja del Túria departed at 13.05. Line 9 includes a 9·5 km, four-station branch off the western end of lines 3 and 5 at ...
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NewsWarszawa opens second metro line
POLAND: The second line of the Warszawa metro opened on March 8 with the departure of the inaugural train from Świętokrzyska at 9.40. Although no official opening ceremony took place, the first train carried Mayor Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz, and travel was free on the first day of service, and 233 000 ...
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NewsStation navigation app for visually impaired people
UK: A six-week trial due to end on March 13 aims to assist blind and partially sighted people to navigate London Underground stations independently through a smartphone app. The prototype Wayfindr app has been developed by ustwo in response to the Royal London Society for Blind People’s Youth Forum. ...
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NewsStockholm metro train design unveiled
SWEDEN: Bombardier Transportation revealed the design of its articulated Movia C30 metro trainsets for the Stockholm metro Red Line at EurasiaRail 2015 in Istanbul on March 6. The air-conditioned trains feature three sets of double doors per car rather than two, as well as a reconfigured seating layout, to ...