Metro news – Page 193
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NewsHydrogen fuel cell tram unveiled
SPAIN: Metre-gauge operator FEVE has unveiled a tram powered by two hydrogen fuel cells that can carry between 20 and 30 passengers at up to 20 km/h. The prototype was built at the company's Pravia workshops by Fenit Rail (in which FEVE holds a 37·5% stake), and it is ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - October 2011
Following surveys by a Russian firm, the government of Myanmar has dropped plans for a 50 km metro in the greenfield capital Naypyitaw, saying the population density is too low. Delhi Metro Rail Corp opened a 3·3 km branch of the Green Line from Ashok Park Main to Satguru ...
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NewsNorthrail restructured under investment programme
PHILIPPINES: Completion of the protracted Northrail project is at the heart of a five-year infrastructure investment package worth 565bn pesos unveiled by Transportation & Communications Secretary Mar Roxas on October 6. Plans to build an 80 km standard gauge line from Caloocan, on the northern edge of the capital, to ...
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NewsAubagne orders Citadis Compact
FRANCE: On October 5 Alstom Transport received the first order for its 22 m long Citadis Compact tram, a fleet of eight vehicles to be supplied for a new network serving the town of Aubagne to the east of Marseille. Under a contract worth €14m containing options for five to ...
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NewsBangalore metro ready to open
INDIA: The first section of the Bangalore Metro Rail network will officially open on October 20, according to D V Sadananda Gowda, the Chief Minister of Karnataka. He said the 6·7 km ‘Reach 1’ from Byappanahalli to Mahatma Gandhi Road would be inaugurated by the national government’s Urban Development ...
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NewsToshkent trams
UZBEKISTAN: Celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of independence on September 1 included the launch of the first two of 20 VarioLF low-floor trams supplied by the Alliance TW Team consortium of Czech manufacturers Pragoimex, KOS Krnov and VKV Praha. The rest are scheduled to arrive next year. 'These trams meet ...
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NewsLine H opens to Parque Patricios
ARGENTINA: On October 4 the southern extension of Line H from Caseros to Parque Patricios was formally opened by Mauricio Macri, head of the Buenos Aires city government, joined by Juan Pablo Piccardo, President of metro construction authority SBASE. Public services were due to begin at 18.00. The new southern ...
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NewsCAF preferred for Auckland EMU order
NEW ZEALAND: A consortium of Spanish manufacturer CAF and Mitsubishi of Japan has reportedly been selected as preferred bidder to supply and maintain 57 three-car electric multiple-units to operate the Auckland suburban network now being electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz. The deal had been expected to be announced on ...
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NewsChongqing opens monorail and metro lines
CHINA: Chongqing Rail Transit has begun trial operations on its first conventional metro and second straddle monorail lines, expanding the city's urban rail network. The first route to be completed was Line 2, which opened in 2005 using straddle monorail technology from Hitachi. Monorail Line 3 services began running at ...
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NewsFreedom takes Flexity to the North American tram market
NORTH AMERICA: Bombardier Transportation President & CEO André Navarri launched the ‘Flexity Freedom’ as the company's tram platform for North America at APTA Expo 2011 in New Orleans on October 4. The 100% low-floor car is a parallel development to the Flexity 2, launched in Blackpool last month and targeted ...
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NewsBrookville to produce modern tram
USA: An expansion of tram manufacturing was announced by Brookville Equipment Corp on September 14. The company said it is developing an articulated tram with a low-floor section and the capability to run for short distances without overhead supply. Founded in 1918, Brookville's core business is the production of rail ...
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NewsIJmeerlijn visions revealed
NETHERLANDS: Three feasibility studies for a direct metro line between Amsterdam and the growing satellite town of Almere across the IJmeer lake have been completed on behalf of development agency Werkmaatschappij Almere-Amsterdam. Two of the options will now be selected for further analysis, and the selected project could be completed ...
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NewsMadrid metro cars move to Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA: Shipments to Buenos Aires are now underway of 24 Series 5000 cars which formerly operated on lines 6 and 9 of the Madrid Metro. The Buenos Aires city government has acquired the four trainsets for €4·2m, in order to meet the expected increase in demand when the extension of ...
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NewsLausanne tram plan approval
SWITZERLAND: The Federal Council announced it had granted a concession for the construction of a tram line between Lausanne-Flon and Renens-Gare on September 16. Planned as part of the Projet d'Agglomération Lausanne Morges scheme to improve transport in the city, line T1 will replace buses which local transport authority TL ...
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NewsBuenos Aires metro Line H contracts
ARGENTINA: The Buenos Aires city government has selected a consortium led by Techint as preferred bidder to build two extensions of metro Line H, including six new stations. The winning offer was 2258m pesos, although the consortium had also submitted a bid of 2560m pesos that would have seen it ...
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NewsMetro plant under construction in Ningbo
CHINA: China South Locomotive Group director Zhao Xiaogang and Mayor Liu Qi laid the foundation stone for the Ningbo South Locomotive Metro Rail Equipment Co assembly plant in on August 30. The company was formed in April as a joint venture of CSR Zhuzhou Locomotive, CSR Zhuji, Ningbo Rail Company ...
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NewsXi’an opens first metro line
CHINA: The first of three metro lines under construction in Xi’an was officially opened at midday on September 16, with large crowds turning out to take a ride. Designated Line 2, the 20·5 km line runs south from the North railway station to Qujiang International Conference & ...
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NewsCAF wins Bucuresti metro train contract
ROMANIA: Bucuresti metro operator Metrorex named CAF as the winner of a contract to supply 16 metro trainsets on September 22. The six-car trainsets will be delivered from 2012 to replace IVA Astra rolling stock currently used on Line 3. Metrorex said the new vehicles will be equipped for automatic ...
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NewsSão Paulo metro Line 5 signalling contract awarded
BRAZIL: Bombardier Transportation announced it had won a €70m turnkey contract to supply CBTC equipment for São Paulo metro Line 5 on September 21. Teams in Brazil, Spain and the USA will design, install and commission Cityflo 650 on the 8·4 km existing section of the line and the ...
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NewsReview of UK light rail costs published
UK: A Department for Transport report into the high costs of light rail projects in the UK was published on September 20. 'Green Light for Light Rail' was commissioned by Transport Minister Norman Baker with the aim of identifying the key cost drivers and what can be done to make ...