Metro news – Page 150
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NewsYekaterinburg plans second metro line
RUSSIA: Yekaterinburg city authorities announced plans for a second metro line on May 21. The east-west line would link Verkh-Isetskaya with Kamenye Palatkiy, running through Ploshchad 1905 goda where interchange with the north-south Line 1 would be provided. The city is to spend 150m roubles for planning and design ...
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NewsDammam metro plans announced
SAUDI ARABIA: Eastern Province Mayor Fahad Al Jubair announced details of the 60bn riyal Dammam public transport project on May 21, following its approval by the Council of Ministers on May 19. The metro and bus network is to cover Dammam and the neighbouring city of Qatif. Two metro ...
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NewsLos Angeles metro extension secures federal funding
USA: Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced $2·1bn in federal grant and loan agreements for the Los Angeles metro Purple Line extension Section 1 on May 21. $1·25bn is coming from the Federal Transit Administration’s Capital Investment Grant programme and $856m through the Transportation Infrastructure Finance & Innovation Act. Other ...
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NewsMoscow signs metro construction agreement
RUSSIA: On May 19 the Moscow city council owned Mosinzhproyekt signed an agreement with China Railway Construction Corp and China International Fund for the construction of 150 km of metro lines with more than 70 stations in Moscow. The plans include a metro line serving the New Moscow urban ...
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NewsKøbenhavn metro extensions approved
DENMARK: The government and København city council have reached agreement to build two branches of the Cityringen metro line, to Sydhavn and Nordhavn. The circular Cityringen automated metro line is now under construction for opening in 2018. The southern branch to Sydhavn would leave the Cityringen at København H ...
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NewsIncheon Airport maglev unveiled
SOUTH KOREA: The Incheon Airport maglev demonstration line was unveiled with a ceremonial run on May 14. Passenger service is due to begin in mid-July on the first domestically-developed urban maglev line. The 6·1 km route with six stations links Incheon International Airport with Yongyu. The Ministry of Land, ...
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NewsStadler Minsk unveils new 1 524 mm gauge tram
BELARUS: The Stadler Minsk joint venture of Stadler and Belkommunmash has unveiled a 100% low-floor 1 524 mm gauge tram in Minsk. The vehicle is designated Type 853 for the unidirectional and 85300M for the bidirectional variant, and is based on the Belkommunmash 843/84300M which is in operation in Minsk, ...
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NewsCAF wins Boston Green Line order
USA: The Massachusetts Department of Transportation board approved a $118m contract on May 14 for CAF USA to supply 24 light rail vehicles for Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s Boston Green Line, including the Green Line Extension project. About half of the cost is to be met by a Federal Transit ...
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NewsWaterloo ION light rail PPP contract signed
CANADA: The Region of Waterloo and the GrandLinq consortium of Keolis, Plenary Group, Meridiam, Kiewit and Aecon have achieved financial close on the 33-year public-private partnership contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain Stage 1 of the ION light rail project. GrandLinq was selected as preferred bidder in ...
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NewsCNR Changchun unveils prototype suburban train
CHINA: CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles has rolled out a prototype electric multiple-unit branded 'Rapidtransit'. Described by the manufacturer as an 'inner-city rapid rail vehicle’, it is intended for use on services linking major cities with their expanding suburbs, satellite towns and airports. Announcing the roll-out of the trainset on April ...
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NewsFree metro travel spreads the peak load
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority is to extend its free pre-peak metro travel scheme by one year to June 23 2015. Passengers who end their journey at 18 central metro stations before 07.45 on weekdays get free travel, while those exiting between 07.45 and 08.00 get a discount. About 7% of ...
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NewsSétif starts to build tramway
ALGERIA: Construction of the Sétif tramway started on May 8. The line is being built by a consortium of Yapi Merkezi and Alstom under a 38bn dinar contract awarded in late 2013. Work is scheduled to take 40 months. The 22·4 km east-west line will link Sétif University with ...
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NewsSão Paulo selects monorail communications
BRAZIL: Companhia do Metropolitano de São Paulo has selected Thales and T’Trans to supply telecommunications for São Paulo metro Line 17. The work, to be completed in 22 months, includes a master clock, passenger information systems, CCTV, and transmission and telephony subsystems. Thales is also supply SelTrac CBTC ...
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NewsPoznań opens new tram depot
POLAND: MPK Poznań inaugurated the first new tram depot in the city for 30 years on May 11. The 17 ha site at Franowo in the southeast of the city has room for 100 trams of 35 m in length, with provision for expansion to house 150 trams including 20 ...
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NewsAecom awarded Jeddah public transport contract
SAUDI ARABIA: Jeddah Metro Co has awarded Aecom Technology Corp an 18-month contract worth US$28m to provide consultancy services to support the preliminary planning and design phase of the Jeddah Public Transport Project. Last year the Council of Ministers approved a 45bn riyal transport plan for the city — ...
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NewsCairo metro Line 3 extension opens
EGYPT: The second phase of Cairo metro Line 3 was inaugurated by Interim President Adly Mansour on May 7, accompanied by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab and Transport Minister Ibrahim el-Demiri. The 7·7 km eastern extension links Abbasiya and Al Ahram in Heliopolis, with three intermediate stations. Construction started in ...
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NewsNewcastle port concession to fund light rail project
AUSTRALIA: The construction of a planned 2·6 km light rail line in Newcastle, New South Wales, is to be partially funded using the proceeds of the state government leasing the Port of Newcastle to a private investor. At the end of April the Port of Newcastle Investments consortium of Hastings ...
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NewsŁódź tramway contractor selected
POLAND: Łódź’s road and transport division has selected Mosty Infrastruktura to undertake Phase 2 of the east-west tram line modernisation and expansion project. The 239m złoty contract covers the replacement of 6 km of double track tram line from ul Kilińskiego to the terminating loop at ul Augustów, and ...
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NewsNew York commuter railways introduce mobile ticketing
USA: New York MTA has selected Masabi to provide mobile ticketing for its Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road commuter rail businesses. Masabi’s JustRide technology, also used on the MBTA commuter network in Boston, allows purchase and validation of tickets, including season tickets, through smartphones. The back-end infrastructure ...
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NewsMainzelbahn construction begins
GERMANY: Construction of the Mainzelbahn tram extension from Mainz Hauptbahnhof West to Lerchenberg was officially launched on May 3. The 9·2 km metre-gauge line with 15 stops is expected to carry 1 million passengers per year when it opens in 2016. Of the €83·6m cost, Stadtwerke Mainz is ...