Metro news – Page 213
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NewsShanghai metro continues to expand
CHINA: The departure of the first train at 09.00 on April 10 marked the start of trial operation on Shanghai metro Line 10, exactly 15 years after the inauguration of the initial 16·5 km section of Line 1. Construction of the 29·6 km line between Xinjiangwancheng and Hangzhong Road has ...
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NewsTram projects planned in northern France
FRANCE: A consortium comprising Systra, Inexia, Eccta, Ilex and Urbanica has been appointed to manage two tram projects in northern France. The contract was awarded by the Artois-Gohelle local transport authority, which is responsible for public transport in an area comprising 115 towns and villages with a total population of ...
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NewsSydney finds Pearl in London Oyster
TICKETING: The Pearl consortium has been selected as preferred bidder to roll out a A$1·2bn smart card ticketing system in Sydney, New South Wales Minister for Transport & Roads David Campbell announced on April 11. Cubic Transportation Systems, Downer EDI and Commonwealth Bank comprise Pearl, and will deliver a system ...
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NewsMetro Line 2 tunnelling starts in Sofia
BULGARIA: Tunnelling for Sofia metro Line 2 started on April 6, when an 85 m long tunnel boring machine was launched in the presence of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova, Sofia Metropolitan director Stoyan Bratoev and other government officials. Fandakova named the TBM after the city.The €15m ...
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NewsToronto funding falls foul of recession
CANADA: Toronto’s ambitious and expensive Transit City light rail expansion programme look set to be scaled back drastically as the result of budget cuts by the Ontario provincial government. Regional transport agency Metrolinx was notified on March 25 that C$4bn promised for Transit City would be delayed by at least ...
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NewsCAF to supply trams for Granada
SPAIN: The CAF-Santana joint venture has been selected to supply 13 low-floor trams with energy storage for Granada’s initial 15·9 km light rail route. The €43·9m contract specifies delivery within 26 months and includes maintenance; there is an option for a further four vehicles. Bids were also submitted by Siemens ...
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NewsGalileo takes the tram
GERMANY: Halle city transport operator Havag has begun testing an intelligent real-time passenger information system based on Galileo satellite navigation technology. As Galileo is not yet fully functional the tram trial is using simulated satellites to provide location data. An onboard computer uses this to drive passenger information systems, which ...
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NewsDelhi metro opens first standard gauge line
INDIA: Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit officially opened Delhi metro’s first standard gauge line on April 2. They flagged off a train at Inderlok station on Line 5 before taking a ride as far as Paschim Vihar.The 15·1 km corridor from Inderlok ...
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NewsPesa selected to supply EMUs to Warszawa
POLAND: Pesa signed a 281·8m złoty contract with suburban operator Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa on March 26 to supply 14 electric multiple-units for the Warszawa - Grodzisk Mazowiecki line.The specification had been changed for the second round of tendering from one long single unit to a pair of shorter units. The ...
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NewsTram testing starts in Rabat-Salé
MOROCCO: The first Citadis low-floor tram for the Rabat-Salé light rail network started trial running on a 2 km test track in the Hay Karima district of Salé on March 30. Alstom signed a €90m agreement in May 2008 to supply 22 pairs of Citadis trams to work the Société ...
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NewsDriver training tram
SLOVAKIA: DP Bratislava has taken delivery of the last of 35 Tatra K2S two-car articulated trams to be heavily rebuilt by Skoda subsidiary Pars Nova Sumperk to extend their lives by 10 to 15 years. The steel-bodied metre-gauge trams, originally built as Type K2 by CKD Tatra in 1975-83, have ...
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NewsGold Coast light rail attracts six bidders
AUSTRALIA: Six consortia have expressed interest in the PPP contract to design, build, operate and maintain phase I of the Gold Coast rapid transit project. The 13 km corridor from Griffith University to Broadbeach is due to open in 2014.The bidders are: GCSmartmove comprising Ansaldo STS, SMRT ...
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NewsThree consortia shortlisted for Panamá City metro
PANAMA: Three international consortia have prequalified to bid for the contract to build Panamá City’s first metro line. They are: CIMA, comprising Acciona Infraestructuras, Misubishi Corp, MHI, CAF and Constructoras ICA of Mexico; Línea Uno, comprising Construtora Norberto Odebrecht and Fomento de Construcciones ...
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NewsDB takes over Tyne & Wear Metro
UK: DB Regio Tyne & Wear Ltd formally took over responsibility for operating the local electric network around Newcastle and Sunderland on April 1. The concession agreement runs for seven years with an optional two-year extension, with regional transport authority Nexus paying the Deutsche Bahn subsidiary a fee based on ...
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NewsMiskolc selects Sirio trams
HUNGARY: Miskolc city council has chosen AnsaldoBreda to supply 31 Sirio low-floor trams for the city’s tram network, following the evaluation of four bids submitted in February. Offers were also received from Skoda, CAF and Siemens.AnsaldoBreda will supply two prototypes by January 31 2012. The Italian manufacturer will then deliver ...
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NewsMTR West Island Line progresses
CHINA: Hong Kong's MTR Corp has awarded the Gammon-Nishimatsu WIL Joint Venture a HK$4·75bn contract to build 2·2 km of running tunnel for the West Island Line project along with two intermediate stations at Sai Ying Pin and Hong Kong University.Gammon had already won a HK$1·3bn contract to build Kennedy ...
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NewsKawasaki preferred bidder for Washington metro
USA: Kawasaki Railcar has been nominated as preferred bidder to supply up to 748 new cars for the Washington metro network. Kawasaki’s offer was presented to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority board of directors on March 25 but a vote to approve the contract was postponed, as board members ...
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NewsPink champagne in Reims
FRANCE: The first of 18 Alstom Citadis trams for Reims’ 11·2 km light rail line went on display in front of the city’s cathedral on March 26. The event was presided over by Adeline Hazan, the Mayor of Reims and president of Reims Métropole, and Christian Messelyn, president of concessionaire ...
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NewsMumbai's beautiful butterfly emerges
INDIA: The first metro train to be built in China for India was shipped from Shanghai on March 23. BOT concessionaire for the Versova - Andheri - Ghatkopar line, Mumbai Metro One, had specified bright colours inside and out, and manufacturer CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock described the first ...