Metro news – Page 205
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NewsSan Francisco and Toronto consider Sumitomo DMUs
NORTH AMERICA: Metrolinx is considering the purchase of up to 18 two-car Sumitomo DMUs for the proposed link from Toronto city centre to Pearson International Airport. The 3·3 km branch from Go Transit’s Georgetown line to the airport is due to open in time for the Pan Am Games to ...
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NewsUrbos 3 concept on display in Málaga
SPAIN: The first impression of the Urbos 3 vehicle which will work the light metro network in Málaga when it opens in November next year was revealed on November 18 when a mock-up was unveiled at María Zambrano station. The event was attended by María Gámez, official representative of Andalucía’s ...
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NewsShanghai metro Line 13 signalling awarded
CHINA: Alstom and its joint venture partner Casco have signed a €22·5m contract with Shanghai Shentong Group to supply signalling for phase I of Shanghai metro Line 13.Phase I will be 16·4 km long, running from Huajiang Road in the west via the city centre to West Nanjing Road, with ...
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NewsKøbenhavn Cityringen contractors selected
DENMARK: At a board meeting on November 24 København metro authority Metroselskabet selected the Salini-led Copenhagen Metro Team consortium as preferred bidder to build the infrastructure and Ansaldo STS to supply rolling stock and railway equipment for the city’s DKr21·3bn Cityringen driverless metro project. Ansaldo STS says it ‘has proposed ...
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NewsFirst LRVs shipped to Mashhad
IRAN: CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles announced in mid-November that it had shipped three light rail vehicles from Dalian to Mashhad in Iran. They are due to arrive at the port of Bandar Abbas on December 20.Mashhad Urban Railway Corp signed a contract with CNR in February 2007 to supply 60 ...
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NewsMünchen U-Bahn orders more trains
GERMANY: City utility company Stadtwerke München has placed an €185m order with Siemens Mobility for 21 six-car U-Bahn trains, with delivery scheduled for 2013-15. Two-thirds of the new rolling stock, designated Type C2.11, will replace some of the existing Type A vehicles which are now 40 years old. A total ...
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NewsSiemens selected for Rennes metro Line B
FRANCE: Mayor of Rennes Daniel Delaveau announced on November 16 that Siemens has been selected as preferred bidder by transport authority Rennes Métropole to build the city’s second driverless metro line. The €200m contract will be submitted to the city council for ratification on November 18.Siemens Mobility France will be ...
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NewsARRA stimulus boosts Philadelphia
USA: More than two-thirds of the federal stimulus funding allocated to improve rail infrastructure in Philadelphia had been spent by early November, according to SEPTA Chief Engineer Jeffrey Knueppel. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has provided the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority with $191m for badly-needed infrastructure upgrades and repairs. ...
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NewsLos Angeles MTA seeks LRV bids
USA: Los Angeles County MTA has released a request for proposals for 74 light rail vehicles costing $335·4m; delivery would start in late 2013. The purchase under contract P3010 is described as a ‘best value LRV procurement’ that will include options for additional vehicles as required when future light rail ...
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NewsHajj pilgrims take the metro to Makkah
SAUDI ARABIA: Phase I of the Al Mashaaer Al Mugadassah Southern metro line has entered revenue service, following an inspection by Abdul Rahman Al-Shahwab, Director General of Projects at the Ministry of Municipal & Rural Affairs, on November 13. However, the service is initially limited to pilgrims from Saudi Arabia ...
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NewsCasablanca tram contracts awarded
MOROCCO: Casablanca tramway development company Casa Transports has awarded Alstom two contracts to provide signalling and power supply equipment for the 30 km Y-shaped network which is due to open on December 12 2012. The contracts announced on November 12 are worth €11m. One covers the design and supply of ...
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NewsUrban Rail News in Brief
Secretary of Transport Juan Pablo Schiavi and Mayor of Córdoba Daniel Giacomino ratified an agreement on October 5 to build an 18·5 km metro network with 29 stations in Argentina’s second-largest city, which has 1·5 million inhabitants. The project would be implemented by China Railway International and work would take ...
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NewsDublin Metro North project wins approval
IRELAND: The Railway Procurement Agency's application to build the proposed 18 km Metro North light rail line from St Stephen’s Green in Dublin city centre to Estuary, north of Swords, has been approved. The PPP project is part of the Transport 21 plan. The Railway Order granted by the ...
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NewsAliaga – Izmir suburban services launched
TURKEY: The start of trial services on the 58 km suburban line from Alsançak to Aliaga on October 29 marked the completion of a project to develop the 80 km Aliaga–Menderes commuter network in Izmir. The project involves reconstructing two existing railway lines and launching suburban services to connect urban ...
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NewsGuangzhou peoplemover enters service
CHINA: Guangzhou Metro launched trial operation of its automated peoplemover on November 8. The line will serve key venues for the Asian Games taking place in the city from November 12 – 27. The 4 km double-track underground route connects the Zhujiang Xincheng central business district to the Tianhe commercial ...
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NewsAnsaldo STS selected to upgrade Stockholm Red Line signalling
SWEDEN: Stockholm public transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik has awarded Ansaldo STS an €80m contract to replace the existing signalling on the metro’s Red Line with communications-based train control in order to increase capacity on the route.The Red Line is operated as two routes, T13 from Norsborg to Ropsten and T14 ...
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NewsSilverliner V makes its debut in Philadelphia
USA: Philadelphia operator SEPTA ran its first Silverliner V regional commuter train in passenger service on the Cynwyd Line on October 29. The three-car electric multiple-unit departed Cynwyd station shortly after 09.00 on its inaugural run and called at Bala, Wynnefield and 30th Street before terminating at Philadelphia’s Suburban Station, ...
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NewsBeijing metro lines 8 and 10 to be extended
CHINA: Beijing Mass Transit Railway Construction Administration Co Ltd has awarded Siemens and its local partner, China National Railway Signal & Communication Corp, a €65m contract to supply Trainguard MT automatic train control for planned extensions to Beijing metro Olympic Line 8 and Ring Line 10. Both lines have ...
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NewseBART project launched in San Francisco
USA: The Bay Area Rapid Transit District on October 29 held a groundbreaking ceremony for eBART, a DMU-operated extension of the regional rail network to the eastern part of Contra Costa County. The 16 km line will run east along the median of State Route 4 from a transfer ...
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NewsTrans-Hudson Tunnel scrapped
USA: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced on October 27 that he would not reconsider his decision to scrap ‘Access to the Region’s Core’, a commuter rail expansion plan that included a new trans-Hudson tunnel which would double capacity between northern New Jersey and Midtown Manhattan. Christie originally cancelled ...