Metro news – Page 83
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Metro Report InternationalContactless ticketing rolled out across Milano metro
ITALY: Milano transport operator ATM introduced account-based contactless bank card ticketing across the metro network on June 29. All 113 stations are now equipped with card readers at ticket gates that accept MasterCard and Visa contactless bank cards. Fares are valid for 90 min after touching in, so can ...
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Metro Report InternationalLagos Blue Line metro agreement
NIGERIA: Alstom has signed a letter of intent to work with Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority on the Blue Line metro project. The ‘head of agreement’ was signed when France’s President Macron visited the France-Nigeria Business Forum in the city on July 4, and a definitive contract is expected to ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to supply Taoyuan Green Line E&M systems
TAIWAN: Siemens is to supply electrical and mechanical systems for the Green Line automated metro project in Taoyuan. The line is to be built under a turnkey contract which the city government has awarded to a consortium of Siemens, local construction company BES Engineering and South Korea rolling stock supplier ...
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NewsFirst Thomson-East Coast Line train arrives in Singapore
SINGAPORE: The first Thomson-East Coast Line train has arrived at Mandai Depot near the northern end of the line after being unloaded at Jurong Port. Land Transport Authority ordered 91 four-car driverless trainsets from a consortium of Kawasaki Heavy Industries and CSR Qingdao Sifang in 2014 under a S$749m ...
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Metro Report InternationalDalian metro Line 2 extended
CHINA: A one-station extension of Dalian metro Line 2 was inaugurated on June 28. The 3·1 km underground extension runs from Dalian Airport to Xinzhaizi, where interchange will be provided with the future Line 4. Line 2 is now 25·8 km long with 21 stations. The first ...
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Metro Report InternationalElizabeth Line maintenance trains on test
UK: Three maintenance trains for the Elizabeth Line are being tested ahead of delivery to London later this year. Linsinger is testing an MG31 UK rail milling train between Salzburg and Linz. The 48 m long vehicle assembled at Linsinger’s Steyrermühl factory in Austria will be transported by road ...
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NewsWarszawa tests increased metro frequencies
POLAND: Metro Warszawskie tested running Line 1 trains at 2 min headways during the morning peak on June 27. The operator expects that extending the east-west Line 2 at both ends would generate more ridership not only on that line, but on the north-south Line 1 as well. It ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro standards committee formed
INDIA: The government has established a committee to develop standards for locally-manufactured components to be used in the country’s metro networks. Announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the opening of the Delhi Metro Green Line extension on June 25, the establishment of the new committee follows a government decision ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC to supply 300 metro cars to Nanjing
CHINA: CRRC Nanjing Puzhen won a contract to supply 50 six-car trainsets to operate on Nanjing metro Line 5 on June 15. Deliveries are due to start by the end of October 2019. The Type A trainsets will have a maximum speed of 80 km/h. The 37·4 km ...
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Metro Report InternationalItalian state railway launches multimodal app
ITALY: State railway FS Italiane launched a nationwide multimodal transport planning app on June 22. Nugo is available for Apple and Android devices. It enables users to plan a door-to-door journey throughout the country and buy one ticket to cover all the required modes. Initially 50 transport companies are ...
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Metro Report InternationalHyundai Rotem wins Taoyuan metro order
TAIWAN: Hyundai Rotem announced on June 26 that it will supply railway systems to the Taoyuan metro Green Line. The 54·2bn won contract includes the supply of 40 two-car driverless trainsets, which the company will assemble at its Changwon plant. These would have an operational speed of 80 km/h. ...
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Metro Report InternationalShenzhen Airport peoplemover contract awarded
CHINA: Shenzhen Airport Co has awarded the CRRC Puzhen Bombardier Transportation Systems joint venture a 453m yuan contract to supply an Innovia 300 automated peoplemover. The 2·6 km line which is scheduled to enter service in 2020 would connect an airside satellite to the airport’s Terminal 3, which opened in ...
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NewsDelhi Metro Green Line extended
INDIA: The 11·2 km western extension of Delhi Metro Line 5 from Mundka to Bahadurgarh City Park was formally inaugurated on June 24, with a ceremony in Bahadurgarh attended by Urban Development Minister Hardeep Puri and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar. Following the official launch, public services began operating ...
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Metro Report InternationalSubway station damaged in 9/11 attacks to reopen in October
USA: Trains on the 1 Subway line in New York are to serve Cortlandt Street station from October 1 for the first time in 17 years. Cortlandt Street was among the closest Subway stations to the site of World Trade Center which was destroyed in the terror attack of September ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew South Wales transport budget announced
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government has allocated A$14·4bn towards public transport in its state budget for 2018. A$3bn is going towards the Metro West project to build a second metro line in Sydney. A further A$2·4bn is earmarked for the completion of the first phase of the initial ...
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NewsŠkoda to supply Warszawa metro trains
POLAND: Metro Warszawskie selected Škoda to supply up to 45 trains for both metro lines on June 20. The consortium led by Škoda Transportation and including Škoda Vagonka beat bids from Stadler, CAF, Alstom and a Siemens-Newag consortium. The first six-car walkthrough trainset is to be delivered within 20 ...
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NewsSiemens and Bozankaya roll out Bangkok Skytrain vehicle
THAILAND: The first train that Siemens and Bozankaya are supplying for Bangkok’s Skytrain elevated metro was rolled out at Bozankaya’s Ankara factory on June 19. The train is due to leave the Turkish port of Borusan at the end of June and arrive at the Thai port of Laem Chabang ...
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NewsSiemens to supply London Underground deep tube fleet
UK: Transport for London has selected Siemens Mobility to supply 94 metro trainsets for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line, it announced on June 15. The £1·5bn contract is due to be signed following a 10-day standstill period. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2023 from a factory that Siemens will ...
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Metro Report InternationalBYD to build monorail line in Salvador
BRAZIL: BYD has signed an agreement to build a monorail line in Salvador. The R$2·5bn project is to be built in two phases, with work due to begin in the fourth quarter of 2018. The 20 km coastal route will include a section that crosses the sea en route ...
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NewsNizhny Novgorod World Cup metro extension inaugurated
RUSSIA: An extension of the Nizhny Novgorod metro serving the newly built stadium was inaugurated on June 12, a few days before the start of the FIFA World Cup. Revenue services began the following day. The 2·2 km northern extension of the Sormovsko-Meshcherskaya Line runs from Moskovskaya to Strelka. ...