Metro news – Page 114
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NewsAlger metro extension contracts awarded
ALGERIA: Two contracts have been awarded for the next extensions of the Alger metro. A consortium of Colas Rail and Kou G C is to undertake the work. Colas Rail will be responsible for trackwork, power supplies, ventilation and smoke extraction, and the ticketing system. It will also act as ...
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NewsAhmedabad breaks ground on second metro line
INDIA: Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel laid the foundation stone for the second metro line in Ahmedabad on January 17. The 17·2 km north-south Line 2 will connect Motera Stadium in the north with APMC in the south via an elevated alignment with 15 stations. The depot would be ...
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NewsSiemens to electrify more Lima metro lines
PERU: Ansaldo STS has awarded Siemens a contract to electrify Lima metro Line 2 and the first phase of Line 4. Siemens is to install six 60 kV/20 kV feeder stations, two 20 kV cable distribution rings, 37 station supplies and 21 1·5 kV DC rectifier substations, as well ...
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NewsQuito metro breaks ground
ECUADOR: Mayor Mauricio Rodas launched the construction of the first metro line in Quito on January 19 with a ceremony at the future southern terminus at Quitumbe. The 22 km north-south Line 1 will connect El Labrador and Quitumbe with 15 stations. The end-to-end journey time is expected to ...
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NewsFirst tram simulator in Latin America
BRAZIL: The Technical University of Madrid’s Railway Technology Research Centre CITEF has installed what it says is the first light rail driving simulator in Latin America.The simulator is being used to support driver training on the VLT Carioca light rail network in Rio de Janeiro; it consists of two student ...
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NewsMoscow metro expands further
RUSSIA: Moscow metro’s Line 1 was extended further south with the opening of a 2·5 km section from Troparyevo to Rumyantsevo on January 18. Tunnelling on the one-station extension began in July 2013. Like Troparyevo, Rumyantsevo station is 12 m underground, and will remain as the southern terminus of ...
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NewsTrójmiasto EMUs nearing completion
POLAND: The two electric multiple-units that Newag is supplying to Gdańsk-Gdynia-Sopot suburban operator SKM w Trójmieście are nearing completion at the manufacturer’s factory in Nowy Sącz. The first is expected to arrive in the Trójmiasto conurbation around February 20, with the second due around 10 days later, and both are ...
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NewsNew Tube for London invitations to tender issued
UK: Transport for London invited Alstom, Bombardier, CAF, Hitachi and Siemens to tender for a contract to supply 250 new trainsets for the London Underground on January 18. The procurement forms part of the New Tube for London programme to modernise rolling stock, infrastructure and signalling on the small-profile Piccadilly, ...
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NewsHockey-inspired light rail vehicle unveiled
CANADA: Calgary Transit unveiled the first of 63 Siemens S200 high-floor light rail vehicles at its Oliver Bowen Maintenance Facility on January 14. According to Calgary Transit, the design is inspired by a hockey goalkeeper mask, and was chosen by city residents ahead of designs inspired by the Bow River ...
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NewsPanamá City metro Line 3 agreement signed
PANAMA: Deputy Foreign Minister Luis Miguel Hincapié and the Japanese Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan Hitoshi Kikawada signed a technical and financial co-operation agreement for the construction of Panamá City metro Line 3 on January 14. Details of the agreement are due to be finalised during the ...
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NewsBydgoszcz tram extension opens
POLAND: A 9·5 km extension of the metre gauge tram network in Bydgoszcz opened on January 16, linking Wyścigowa with Łoskoń in the Fordon district in the east of the city. Routes 3, 5, 7 and 10 serve the new line. The first tram departed the new eastern terminus ...
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NewsBuda tram connections completed
HUNGARY: The completion of a project to connect tram routes in the Buda district of Budapest was marked with the start of passenger services on January 16. The ‘fonódó villamoshálózat’ (interweaving tram network) project has enabled the creation of two long north-south corridors on the right bank of the River ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur light metro train unveiled
MALAYSIA: The first of 14 Innovia Metro 300 trainsets ordered as part of the project to extend Kuala Lumpur’s Kelana Jaya light metro line was unveiled by Bombardier Transportation and its local partner Hartasuma on January 18. Bombardier said the driverless trainsets are being ‘designed, constructed and tested’ at its ...
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NewsToulouse to double metro Line A capacity
FRANCE: Toulouse public transport authority Tisséo signed a €66m contract on January 15 for Siemens to undertake infrastructure work that will allow an increase in capacity on Line A of the driverless VAL metro. Tisséo plans to double the length of the trains from 26 m to 52 m, ...
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NewsRefurbished Hamburg S-Bahn EMU presented
GERMANY: The first refurbished Hamburg S-Bahn Class 474 electric multiple-unit was unveiled by Hamburg Transport Minister Andreas Rieckhof, HVV CEO Lutz Aigner and S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH CEO Kay Uwe Arnecke on January 13. This follows the presentation of a prototype Class 474 Plus a year ago. All 112 Class ...
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NewsMTA awards CBTC verification contract
USA: MTA New York City Transit has formally awarded Mitsubishi Electric Corp a contract to develop and test its communications-based train control products to verify interoperability with the CBTC systems ordered from Siemens and Thales. Last year MTA awarded Siemens and Thales two contracts to install CBTC on the subway’s ...
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NewsContactless card rail ticketing development funded
UK: The UK Cards Association, which represents the card payment industry, has received funding from the Rail Delivery Group to develop a framework which would enable contactless bank cards, mobile phones, wearables or other devices to be used for pre-purchased rail tickets. This would include long-distance and season tickets, removing ...
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NewsMore capacity in Mexico City
MEXICO: A three-year programme to upgrade 85% of the Mexico City metro fleet has been launched by operator STC, which is undertaking work in-house with the assistance of Alstom. In order to meet rising demand, trains are to be extended to nine cars on all lines, except Line 12 where ...
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NewsThales to supply Delhi metro ticketing equipment
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has awarded Thales a contract to supply ticket vending machines and ticket gates for around 100 stations on phases I and II of the Delhi metro. Thales is to supply 240 ticket gates between February and September. It is also supplying 300 ticket vending ...
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NewsManila metro maintenance contract signed
PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transportation & Communications signed a three-year maintenance and upgrade contract for rolling stock and signalling on Manila metro Line 3 on January 7. The 3·81bn peso contract came into effect the following day. On December 24 DOTC announced that it had selected a joint venture ...