Metro news – Page 133
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - April 2015
Wi-fi has been rolled out across the whole of the Moscow metro network. Voters in Oberhausen have rejected a proposal to extend tram Route 105 to connect the Essen and Oberhausen networks. US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx has proposed a regulatory framework to increase the responsibilities of ...
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NewsShanghai places first Chinese Citadis tram order
CHINA: Shanghai Songjiang Tramway Investment & Operation Co has awarded the Shanghai Alstom Transport joint venture of Shanghai Rail Traffic Equipment Development Co (60%) and Alstom (40%) a €72m contract to supply 30 Citadis trams for use in the Songjiang suburb of Shanghai. Announcing the order on April 9, Alstom ...
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NewsClearing the air
SPAIN: The Improve Life project to assess and improve air quality in metro stations and trains has been launched in Barcelona. The EU’s LIFE programme is funding 50% of the €0·8m cost, and the results are to be made available to other operators so that the recommendations can be applied ...
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NewsLondon Overground concession expressions of interest invited
UK: Transport for London has invited expressions of interest in the next concession to operate London Overground inner-suburban passenger services. The current contract held by the London Overground Rail Operations Ltd joint venture of MTR Corp and Arriva expires on November 12 2016. The new concession is planned to run ...
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NewsMadinah public transport programme consultant appointed
SAUDI ARABIA: AlMadinah AlMunawwarah Development Authority has appointed Louis Berger as programme management office consultant for the implementation of the AlMadinah AlMunawwarah Public Transportation Programme, which the professional services consultancy says is ‘one of the most ambitious transportation infrastructure initiatives in the Middle East.’ The aim of the MPTP is ...
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NewsPrime Minister opens Praha metro extension
CZECH REPUBLIC: Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and Mayor Adriana Krnáčová opened a 6·1 km western extension of Praha metro Line A from Dejvická to Nemocnice Motol on April 6. Revenue services began at 15.00. The extension has intermediate stations at Bořislavka (previously proposed as Červený Vrch), Nádraží Veleslavín and Petřiny, ...
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News‘Groundbreaking’ approach to light rail maintenance agreed
NETHERLANDS: Utrecht province’s tramway agency Regiotram Utrecht and Strukton Rail signed a new contract for maintenance of the Utrecht sneltram infrastructure on April 1. The contractor said the ‘groundbreaking’ maintenance concept would be ‘the first of its kind in the Netherlands.’ Strukton Rail has a five-year contract to maintain the ...
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NewsFaiveley Transport awarded Kochi metro train contracts
INDIA: Alstom Transport has awarded Faiveley Transport a series of contracts to supply onboard equipment for the 25 three-car Metropolis trainsets its Sricity plant in Andhra Pradesh is to build for the Kochi metro under a €85m contract awarded in October 2014. Faiveley’s contracts have a total ...
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NewsThales awarded Danhai tram signalling contract
TAIWAN: Thales has been awarded a €17m contract to design and supply signalling, communications and a control centre for the light rail lines which China Steel Corp is building in the Danhai district of the New Taipei City region. The contract covers the 10 km Phase 1, which includes the ...
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NewsSofia airport metro link opens
BULGARIA: An extension of Sofia metro Line M1 to the airport opened on April 2. Following an official ceremony at 10.00 passenger services began at 13.00, with free travel for the rest of the day. The 5 km section extends the line east from Tsarigradsko Shosse with four stations and ...
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NewsTram transponder
RFID: Harting has developed an RFID system which enables trams to detect when to switch from overhead electric power to an off-wire operating mode. The transponders can be mounted on the track or platform or embedded in concrete, and provide positioning accuracy of better than 500 mm.
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NewsNanjing metro Line 3 opens
CHINA: On April 1 Nanjing opened metro Line 3, its fourth conventional metro line and sixth overall. The 44·1 km has 30 stations. Running southeast from Linchang, the line crosses the River Yangtse in tunnel between Liuzhoudonglu and Shangyuanmen. It then continues south to Mozhoudonglu, via Nanjing and Nanjing ...
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NewsBattery tram delivered to Seattle
USA: A prototype low-floor tram with off-wire capability has been delivered to Seattle by Czech firm Inekon. The bidirectional three-section Inekon 12 car is fitted with lithium-ion batteries produced by Saft that allow it to run for up to 16 km without overhead wires. Final assembly of the ...
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NewsFoster + Partners to develop Jeddah metro design vision
SAUDI ARABIA: Foster + Partners is to develop the architectural vision for Jeddah’s city-wide public transport master plan under a contract signed by Prince Khalid Al-Faisal bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, Governor of Makkah Province, on March 30. The scope of the contract includes the design of the stations, trains and ...
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NewsLondon Underground takes over Croxley Rail Link project
UK: London Underground is to take over responsibility for the Croxley Rail Link project, under an agreement with the Department for Transport and Hertfordshire County Council which was formally announced on March 27. The project involves the diversion of the Metropolitan Line from its current Watford terminus to serve Watford ...
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NewsBrussels launches north-south metro project
BELGIUM: Detailed engineering design and development work is to get underway shortly for the construction of a third metro route through the centre of Brussels, following approval of the scheme by the Brussels Capital Region administration on March 26. The fully-automated Bordet – Albert Line is expected to open for ...
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NewsMadrid Metro extended to Paco de Lucía
SPAIN: A 1·53 km extension of Madrid Metro Line 9 from Mirasierra to Paco de Lucía opened to traffic on March 25, taking the total number of stations on the network to 301. The station has been named after an artist who lived in the Mirasierra district until his death ...
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NewsLondon Underground modernisation budget and timescale revised
UK: Transport for London confirmed a revised budget and timescale for the ongoing programme to modernise London Underground’s District, Circle Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines on March 24. LU and sole bidder Thales are now in the final stages of negotiating a major contract to resignal the four ...
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NewsDallas unveils off-wire light rail vehicle
USA: The first off-wire capable light rail vehicle ordered by Dallas Area Rapid Transit was unveiled on March 23. These will be used on the Union Station – Oak Cliff extension, which is due to open to passengers on April 13. A $9·4m contract with Brookville Equipment Corp for ...
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NewsJakarta scraps monorail in favour of light rail
INDONESIA: Work could start in the fourth quarter of this year on the first phase of a light rail network in Jakarta, the President of state-owned construction firm PT Adhi Karya, Kiswodarmawan, told the company’s annual meeting on March 20. Last year the Ministry of State Enterprises selected Adhi ...