Metro news – Page 238
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Sydney extensions edge forward
AUSTRALIA: Metro Transport Sydney has submitted proposals for two extensions at either end of Sydney's sole light rail line for consideration by the New South Wales government. The most ambitious of the two would see a 4·1 km route created to link the present terminus at Central Station with Circular ...
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NewsOntario investment plan
CANADA: The province of Ontario pledged financial support for a number of urban transit and suburban rail projects in the 2008 budget presented on March 25. Of the C$1bn in funding for municipal infrastructure allocated in the budget, C$497m is to be spent on public transport projects in the Greater ...
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NewsDriverless operations start in Nürnberg
GERMANY: Nürnberg U-Bahn operator VAG quietly slipped its first driverless trains into passenger service on Line U3 on May 4. Authority to run Germany's first automated U-Bahn services with fare-paying passengers had been granted on April 30, and VAG lost no time in taking advantage of the ruling. Linking Maxfeld ...
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Sha Tin - Central Line gets the go-ahead
HONG KONG: The Executive Council has finally approved construction of the long-planned Sha Tin - Central metro line, although it is not expected to be completed until 2019. Following the West Island Line, South Island Line and Express Rail Link (p272), it is the latest rail project in the special ...
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Yokohama opens Green Line
JAPAN: Yokohama Municipality op-ened its second metro line on March 30, the 13·1 km Green Line serving Kohoku New Town northwest of the city centre. Also known as Line 4, the route runs from Nakayama to Hiyoshi, interchanging with the Blue Line at Centre-Kita and Centre-Minami. Connections are provided with ...
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NewsMetronet signalling will be re-tendered
UK: Resignalling of London Underground's Sub-Surface Lines is to be re-tendered following the exit from administration of Public-Private Partnership contractor Metronet (RG 12.07 p750). The contractual changes are subject to a court order which the PPP Administrator is to seek enabling the transfer of Metronet to a LU nominee company; ...
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Seltrac IS to be used in Dubai
Sir – I was very surprised to see that you reported last month that Alcatel was supplying the Seltrac S40 train control system for the Dubai metro (RG 4.08 p228). I should like to remind your readers that although the contract was originally awarded to Alcatel TAS, we have subsequently ...
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Tianjin metro car order
CHINA: CNR Dalian has won an order to supply 23 six-car stainless steel bodied trainsets for the 27 km east-west metro Line 2 now under construction in Tianjin. The trains will be formed of three motor and three trailer cars, with a seating capacity of 1?440 and maximum capacity of ...
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Al Sufouh tram project consortium selected
UAE: The Dubai government's Roads & Transport Authority announced on April 29 that the ABS consortium of Alstom, Besix and Serco has been selected to undertake the Al Sufouh tram project, also known as the Yellow Line. Final negotiations will now begin before a contract is signed. The 10 km ...
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Tenders called for Bangkok Purple Line
THAILAND: A 2013 opening is now envisaged for Bangkok's Purple Line, after Japan Bank for International Co-operation signed a 25-year loan agreement worth ¥62·4bn following months of negotiations. Invitations to tender were issued at the end of April, and bids are due to be returned by August. Work is ...
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NewsPreferred bidder for Metrolink expansion
UK: On April 25 Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive announced it had selected the M-Pact Thales consortium as the preferred bidder for a three-line expansion of the Metrolink light rail network (RG 10.07 p649). GMPTE is now seeking final sign-off from the Department for Transport before awarding the ...
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NewsBurj Dubai tram plan unveiled
UAE: Emaar Properties has announced plans for a peoplemover and 4·6 km tramway to link the Dubai metro to its 73bn dirham Burj Dubai mixed-use development of 30 000 homes, nine hotels and 350 00 m2 of retail space. The transport plan announced on April 23 is costed at 500m ...
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Automation in a medium-sized city
BRESCIA: The Metrobus light metro will bring the benefits of automated operation to a city considered too small to justify a conventional metro
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Urban rail news in brief - April 2008
China Northern was awarded a contract on March 4 to supply 24 six-car Type B trainsets with stainless steel bodies for Shenzhen metro Line 3. Deliveries will run for a year from the end of August 2009. A previous contract signed on January 12 covered 60 Type A cars for ...
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London Overground calling
GSM-R: The UK division of Siemens Mobility has won a contract to supply cab radios for the fleet of 44 Electrostar suburban EMUs for London Overground services currently under construction at Bombardier's Derby facility. The units are to be equipped with radios to operate on both the current analogue cab-to-shore ...
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NewsVariobahn arrives in Bochum
GERMANY: Bochum-Gelsenkirchen tram operator Bogestra has taken delivery of the first of 30 Stadler Variobahn low-floor trams. These were ordered in 2004 under a €80m contract which included six Tango high-floor cars (RG 10.07 p602). The metre-gauge trams are 29·62 m long and 2 300 mm wide, ...
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Córdoba private metro proposed
ARGENTINA: The federal Transport Secretariat is considering a proposal from a consortium of Iecsa, Ghello and Alstom to build a 15·8 km metro network in the city of Córdoba with private finance. Comprising two routes with tunnels 9 m in diameter excavated with TBMs and running at a depth of ...
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Tram-trains to serve Alacant airport
SPAIN: The Valencia regional government hopes to begin tendering next year for an 11·5 km extension of the Alacant light rail network to the city's airport, with the aim of opening the route in 2011. As well as conventional LRVs, operator FGV is planning to use tram-train vehicles with a ...
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Serco signs £500m Dubai metro contract
UAE: International services group Serco announced on April 10 that it had signed a contract with Dubai's Roads & Transport Authority covering the operation and maintenance of the emirate's first two metro lines (RG 4.08 p255). Serco had been named as preferred bidder in June 2007. The five-year operations contract ...
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PPP consortium builds Seoul's first automated metro line
SOUTH KOREA: Due to open in 2010, the 18·5 km first stage of the fully-automated Sin Bundang line will connect the rapidly-growing residential areas around Bundang with the capital's metro and suburban rail networks Construction work is well advanced in ...