Metro news – Page 240
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NewsDocklands Light Railway car unveiled
UK: Mayor of London Ken Livingstone is due to formally unveil the first of a new design of trainset for the Docklands Light Railway on March 13. Transport for London placed a £50m order with Bombardier Transportation for 31 articulated vehicles in June 2006, a continuation of a £45m ...
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NewsManchester and Blackpool get tram funding
UK: The Department for Transport has signed off the remaining government contribution to a £102m upgrade of the Manchester Metrolink light rail network (RG 10.07 p649). The £25·7m grant announced on February 1 brings the government's contribution to £58m, and will fund work on bridges, cabling and overhead line equipment ...
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NewsBergen car order
NORWAY: The city of Bergen has signed a previously-announced €35m contract ordering 12 Variobahn trams from Stadler Pankow, with an option for a further 20. Closure of the deal was confirmed on January 29 by Stadler, which will be responsible for maintaining the cars for eight years. Top speed will ...
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NewsIndependence day inauguration of Santo Domingo metro
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: President Leonel Fernández joined representatives of the government and local businesses to ride a ceremonial 'first train' on the Santo Domingo Metro on February 27. After his independence day address to the national assembly, President Fernández walked to Centro de los Héroes metro station to board one of ...
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Ho Chi Minh City breaks ground
VIETNAM: A ceremony at Long Binh in Ho Chin Minh City's District 9 on February 21 marked the start of ground clearance works on the site chosen for a US$28m depot for the city's first metro line. Bids are due to be called imminently for four construction contracts, ...
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NewsSanto Domingo trains arrive
THE FIRST three-car Metropolis trainset built at Alstom's Barcelona plant for the 14 km metro line currently under construction in Santo Domingo arrived in the Dominican Republic last month. Transport authority Opret had announced the €92·5m contract for 19 three-car trains in June 2006. The standard-gauge units have air-conditioning, CCTV ...
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NewsAirport backs personal transit
A PERSONAL rapid transit line is under construction at London Heathrow airport to link the business class car parks with the new Terminal 5. Airport owner BAA is investing £25m in the 3·8 km line, and has taken 'a significant shareholding' in PRT technology company ATA Ltd, which sees the ...
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NewsBergen signs Variobahn order
THE CITY of Bergen has signed a previously-announced €35m contract ordering 12 Variobahn trams from Stadler Pankow, with an option for a further 20. Closure of the deal was confirmed on January 29 by Stadler, which will be responsible for maintaining the cars for eight years. Similar to ...
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NewsNanjing Metro places €85·5m train order
A CONSORTIUM of Nanjing CSR Puzhen Rail Transit, Alstom Transport and the SATEE joint venture of Alstom and Shanghai Electric Group has won a €85·5m contract to supply a further 126 trains for Nanjing Metro Line 1. The partners will supply 21 six-car Metropolis trainsets for an 18 km ...
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NewsMilanese run København Metro
WITH EFFECT from January 1, the København Metro is being managed by Inmetro Srl, a newly-formed joint venture of Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi Ferroviari (49%) and Milano urban transport operator Azienda Trasporti Milanesi (51%). The Danish capital's automatic metro has been run by the Metro Service consortium of Ansaldo STS and ...
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NewsAirport casts pods in future transport role
UK: Construction is proceeding rapidly on elevated guideways for a 3·8 route-km T-shaped 'personal rapid transit' line which will connect the future Terminal 5 at London's Heathrow airport with a car park for business class passengers from 2009. The terminal is due to open a year earlier in 2008, ...
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Santo Domingo metro delivery
THE FIRST three-car Metropolis trainset for the metro line under construction in Santo Domingo left Alstom's factory in Barcelona on December 14. The ship delivering the train is expected to dock in the Dominican Republic in early January. Transport authority OPRET announced the award of a €92·5m contract for ...
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Urban rail news in brief - December 2007
Algeria: CNIM has won a contract to supply 23 escalators for eight underground stations being built by Vinci Construction Grands Projets on the 11 km first phase of the Alger Metro. Opening of the line between Haï El Badir, Hamma and Tafourah Grande Poste is planned for 2009. Thales announced ...
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NewsParis projects prosper despite diversity
Over the past 15 years Paris has opened four orbital light rail lines, providing links between the city's radial metro and RER corridors. But the four routes exhibit a high degree of technical incompatibility, reports Harry Hondius
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NewsMarseille builds a network
To ensure that 95% of its residents are no more than 25 min and a single change away from the centre, the French city of Marseille is building a light rail network and extending its metro, as Laurent Charlier reports
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NewsNice: Trams return to the Côte d'Azur
The first of three planned tram lines in Nice on the Côte d’Azur is due to be opened by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on November 24, restoring urban rail services to the city after a gap of 55 years. Murray Hughes reports
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NewsManchester plays catch-up with Metrolink expansion
A £102m renewals blitz that includes replacement of 24 km of track on the original Altrincham and Bury lines is a prelude to a major expansion of Manchester's light rail system that will begin in earnest next year. Nick Kingsley reports
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NewsNexus funds Metro re-invigoration
TYNE & WEAR Passenger Transport Authority has put in place the funding for Phase 1 of its 20-year Metro Re-invigoration programme. Taking two years to complete, Phase 1 is costed at £56·1m. The UK Department for Transport has given 'initial approval' to a £14·3m scheme to replace 249 ticket vending ...
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Napoli awards €426m metro Line 6 contract
ANSALDO STS was awarded a €426m contract by the Napoli local authority on September 28 for the construction of the Mergellina to Municipio second phase of the city’s metro Line 6. Completion of the 3·1 km underground extension is planned for 2012. The Ansaldo Trasporti Sistemi Ferroviari subsidiary of Ansaldo ...
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NewsAirport extension completes København Metro
CROWN PRINCE Frederik of Denmark opened an extension of København Metro line M2 to Lufthavnen station at the city’s airport on September 28, marking the completion of the two automated light metro lines envisaged in the initial scheme finalised by development authority Ørestadsselskabet in 1996. The Prince ...