Metro news – Page 143
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NewsLos Angeles breaks ground on Regional Connector
USA: A groundbreaking ceremony for the Regional Connector light rail line took place in the Little Tokyo district of Los Angeles on September 30. The 3 km underground line will link the Blue, Expo and Gold lines and add three stations, at 1st Street/Central Avenue, 2nd Street/Broadway and 2nd ...
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NewsPort Authority requests PATH airport extension proposals
USA: New York-New Jersey Port Authority issued a request for proposals on September 26 for an extension of the PATH metro line from Newark Penn Station to Newark Liberty International Airport. A Port Authority study recommended the $1·5bn project in 2012, and it is included in the $27·6bn 10-year ...
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NewsBakerloo Line extension consultation launched
UK: Transport for London launched a consultation exercise on September 30 to ‘understand the level of public support for a proposed extension’ of London Underground’s Bakerloo Line from Elephant & Castle southeast towards New Cross, Lewisham, Bromley and Hayes. The extension is intended to improve connections to areas which are ...
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NewsDubai metro expansion plans
UAE: Dubai Roads & Transport Authority is studying proposed alignments for extensions of the city’s two metro lines that would open in time for Expo 2020. An 18·5 km extension to the Red Line is planned from Jebel Ali to the Expo 2020 site with 12 stations. At the ...
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NewsDimmable tram windows
GLAZING: Vision Systems Automotive exhibited a prototype of its Nuance smart shading window on a Bombardier Flexity 2 metre-gauge tram for De Lijn, which was displayed at InnoTrans. The electronically dimmable window uses a suspended particle film applied to the glazing. When electronically activated, this allows light through, but ...
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NewsBuenos Aires metro Line C upgrade
ARGENTINA: Metro authority SBASE has awarded Siemens a €30m contract to upgrade Buenos Aires metro Line C. Siemens will supply its Trainguard MT train control, Controlguide Vicos operations control system for the depot operations control centre in Constitución, Airlink radio transmission and Sicas electronic interlockings, as well as a ...
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NewsBasel tests cross-border tram
SWITZERLAND: Testing on the cross-border tram Route 8 of the Basel network began on September 29. An initial two weeks of technical tests for all tram types in the BVB fleet will lead up to German BOStrab certification in mid-October, overseen by Stuttgart-based TAB. This will clear the way ...
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NewsWashington Streetcar running in mixed traffic
USA: Test running started on the DC Streetcar line in Washington on September 29. During the ‘pre-revenue operations’ phase, the trams will run a normal service pattern but carry no passengers. This phase is expected to last at least until November. The first of three trams for the 4 ...
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NewsSiemens awarded Sosa – Wonsi Line signalling contract
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Information Technology has awarded Siemens a €20m contract to supply signalling and automation equipment for the 23·4 km Sosa – Wonsi Line which is under construction in the Greater Seoul area. Announcing the contract on September 29, Siemens said the north–south orbital route scheduled to open ...
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NewsKarlsruhe Citylink formally approved
GERMANY: The BOStrab approval certificate for Vossloh’s Citylink NET 2012 light rail vehicle was formally handed over to Karlsruhe transport operator VBK at InnoTrans on September 25. According to the manufacturer, this makes it the first low-floor tram-train vehicle to be approved for both BOStrab and EBO. VBK and ...
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NewsAlstom adds X05 to Citadis family
ALSTOM: Alstom announced at InnoTrans 2014 that it is to launch an update to its Citadis tram family. The Citadis X05 uses permanent magnet motors and is faster than existing Citadis vehicles, with a top speed of 80 km/h. As well as being equipped for use with Alstom’s APS ...
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NewsKnorr-Bremse to supply Crossrail platform screen doors
UK: Crossrail Ltd announced on September 23 that it had selected Knorr-Bremse Rail Systems (UK) Ltd as preferred bidder for contract C631, covering the supply of platform screen doors for seven underground stations. Contract value ‘is in the region of £28m’, says Crossrail. Knorr-Bremse is to supply full-height platform screen ...
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NewsFirst Sustina export order
JAPAN: East Japan Railway train manufacturing subsidiary J-Trec has won an order to supply its Sustina design for the Purple Line in Bangkok. A fleet of 21 three-car sets will be delivered to Thailand in 2016 from the company’s factory in Yokohama, and JR East will set up a local ...
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NewsManchester exercises M5000 option
UK: On September 22 Bombardier Transportation announced that, together with consortium partner Vossloh Kiepe, it had signed an option worth £34m with Transport for Greater Manchester to supply an additional 16 M5000 light rail vehicles for the Metrolink network. Bombardier says that its share of the option is worth £25m. ...
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NewsSiemens to supply San Francisco LRVs
USA: On September 19 Siemens announced that it had been awarded a $648m contract by San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency to supply an initial 175 light rail vehicles. With an option for an additional 85 cars, this is the ‘largest LRV contract ever awarded in the USA to Siemens’, according ...
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NewsHong Kong releases railway plans
CHINA: The Hong Kong government announced studies on September 17 for seven railway projects intended to open by 2031. This would increase the rail network to 300 km and would cost at least HK$110bn. The lines would serve outer suburbs where most of the city’s population growth is projected. ...
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NewsFirst Siemens Avenio tram enters passenger service
GERMANY: The first Siemens Avenio tram entered passenger service on September 17 on Route 19 in München. It had been publicly unveiled in the city in November 2013, following an order from München utility body SWM in September 2012. Eight Avenio vehicles are starting to enter service alongside the ...
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NewsAlstom to supply automated trains to Sydney
AUSTRALIA: Alstom is to supply automated metro trainsets and signalling for the North West Rail Link in Sydney under a contract worth €280m. Alstom will be responsible for project management, design and supply of 22 Metropolis trainsets and Urbalis 400 communications-based train control. The trains will be six-car formations, ...
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NewsDetroit light rail receives more TIGER funding
USA: Federal Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced a $12·2m TIGER grant for the M-1 light rail project in Detroit on September 15. This follows a $25m TIGER grant awarded in 2011. Project promoter M-1 Rail Corp has committed more than $88m towards construction and operation of the $136m project. ...
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NewsContactless payment arrives in London
UK: With effect from September 16 passengers are able to use contactless bank cards to pay for travel on London Underground, Docklands Light Railway, tram and National Rail services within Greater London, as well as on buses. Bank cards are touched on the Oyster smart card readers at the ...