Metro news – Page 112
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NewsMoscow metro tests automatic operation
RUSSIA: The first train equipped with automatic train operation has entered passenger service on Line 5 of the Moscow metro. Testing started in September on Line 8, and two more ATO-equipped trains are due to enter service on Line 5. The train operates with a driver who has to ...
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NewsChicago moves ahead with airport express plan
USA: The City of Chicago expects to select a contractor in March to develop designs for the proposed O’Hare Express Rail link, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on February 14. The route is intended to offer a faster service over the 30 km between the city centre and O’Hare International Airport ...
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NewsContractor selected for Perth airport rail link
AUSTRALIA: The Public Transport Authority of Western Australia has selected a joint venture of Salini Impregilo and NRW as preferred bidder for the main works of the A$2bn Forrestfield-Airport Link in Perth. Two other bidders were shortlisted: the Forrestfield Connect joint venture of Acciona Infrastructure, BAM International and Ferrovial ...
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NewsBilbao metro Series 950 train presented
SPAIN: On February 17 EuskoTren presented the first of 28 Series 950 trainsets that CAF is supplying for the Bilbao metro. In 2014 EuskoTren awarded CAF a €150m contract to supply 12 metre-gauge trainsets for Line 3, and 16 to replace existing Series 200 and 300 units in use ...
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NewsAPTA signs NFC MoU
USA: The American Public Transportation Association and the NFC Forum announced on February 17 that they had signed a memorandum of understanding to promote the use of near field communication technologies for public transport operators. The two organisations will work on training courses, white papers, case study analyses, customer ...
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NewsBuenos Aires ticketing contract awarded
ARGENTINA: National rail operator SOFSE has awarded Indra a €35m contract to supply ticketing equipment for the Buenos Aires commuter network. The Spanish company will equip more than 200 stations across the eight-line network with 1 400 ticket gates and 170 entrances suitable for wheelchairs. It will also supply ...
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NewsMoscow metro opens 200th station
RUSSIA: A southern extension of Moscow metro Line 1 on February 15 brought the number of stations on the network to 200. The 1·9 km section from Rumyantsevo to Salaryevo follows on from the opening of the previous extension, a 2·5 km section from Troparyevo to Rumyantsevo, on January 18. ...
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NewsRussian metre-gauge tram under construction
RUSSIA: PK Transportnye Systemy presented a prototype tram that it is building for Yevpatoria at its new facility in the Tver Carriage Works factory. The 20·5 m long, 2 300 mm wide multi-articulated Type 71-922 Varyah tram is designed for metre-gauge networks. Yevpatoria envisages that it will order up ...
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NewsTrams ordered for Sétif
ALGERIA: Alstom announced the details of the 26 Citadis trams that it is to supply for Sétif on February 15. The order forms part of a framework contract signed in 2012 by Cital and Entreprise du Métro d’Alger for the supply of Citadis trams to operate on lines planned for ...
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NewsVladikavkaz orders trams
RUSSIA: Uralvagonzavod subsidiary Uraltransmash has agreed a leasing deal with the Vladikavkaz city authorities for the supply of 10 Type 71-407 trams. Uraltransmash presented the updated design of its four-axle single-section tram last year. The 39% low-floor vehicles feature asynchronous traction motors. Vladikavkaz has a 59 route-km network, ...
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NewsMidland Metro trams to be converted for catenary-free operation
UK: The 21 CAF Urbos trams used on the Midland Metro light rail line are to be retrofitted with batteries to enable catenary-free operation, West Midlands transport agency Centro announced on February 12, and four more trams have been ordered which will be supplied with batteries already fitted. This will ...
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NewsDriverless metro reaches Barcelona airport
SPAIN: A further section of the orbital driverless metro line in Barcelona was inaugurated on February 12. The 19·6 km north-south Line 9 Sud in the west of the city connects Zona Universitària with stations at both terminals of the airport. There are 15 stations, including six interchanges. Services ...
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NewsManila Line 1 extension contract awarded
PHILIPPINES: Concessionaire Light Rail Manila Corp has awarded a consortium of Bouygues Travaux Publics and Alstom a €450m contract to extend metro Line 1. Alstom’s share is worth €160m and covers signalling and communications, power supplies and trackwork for the 11·7 km extension with eight stations. One new depot ...
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NewsPraha tests locally-made tram
CZECH REPUBLIC: Passenger-carrying tests of a locally-built prototype tram started on routes 5, 6 and 7 of the network in Praha on February 1, and will run until the end of August. The EVO1 tram, also known as Evička, was built at the central workshops in Hostivař by the ...
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NewsParis route T3 heads further west
FRANCE: Initial public consultation is being undertaken until February 21 on plans for a further extension of tram route T3 in Paris. With the extension to Porte d’Asnières due to open at the end of 2017, local residents are now being invited to comment on options for extending T3 further ...
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NewsEMEF to maintain Porto LRVs
PORTUGAL: EMEF announced on February 10 that it had signed a contract with Metro do Porto for the maintenance of 35 Eurotram light rail vehicles. The €10·6m contract covers medium-term maintenance, including the LRVs’ 960 000 km general overhaul. The work will be carried out over 36 months at ...
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NewsSiemens CBTC for Paris RER Line E
FRANCE: On February 10 SNCF announced that it had awarded Siemens France a €186m contract to supply NExTEO communications-based train control for the central section of RER Line E in Paris. According to SNCF, this is the first major contract to be placed under the €3⋅7bn project to extend Line ...
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NewsMelbourne grade separation completed
AUSTRALIA: The replacement Gardiner station in Melbourne has been opened, and the first grade separation completed under a programme to eliminate 50 level crossings which had been announced as part of the 2014 election campaign. The railway has been rebuilt on a new sunken alignment, with the platforms at ...
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NewsAzur metro trains begin carrying passengers
CANADA: Montréal metro operator STM started passenger-carrying tests with the first Azur trainset on February 7. The train will undergo testing on the Orange Line for at least 61 days while a second pre-series train will continue testing without passengers on the other three lines. In October 2010 STM ...
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NewsIzmir suburban extension opens
TURKEY: A 22 km extension of Izmir’s IZBAN suburban rail network opened on February 6, marking the first extension since the two lines opened in 2010. The Southern Line has been extended south from Cumaovası to Tepeköy with six stations. The first 23 km section of the Southern Line, ...