Metro news – Page 88
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Metro Report InternationalMore Grand Paris Express contracts let as delays are confirmed
FRANCE: Société du Grand Paris has announced the award of construction contracts for sections of Lines 14, 16 and 17 which need to be completed in time for the 2024 Olympic Games. Worth €1·84bn, the work has been placed with a group formed of Eiffage Génie Civil, Razel Bec, Eiffage ...
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Metro Report InternationalTendering starts for Buenos Aires metro concession
ARGENTINA: Tendering for a 12-year concession to operate and maintain the Buenos Aires metro network has been launched by the city government. Due to start on January 1 2019, the new contract is being tendered by metro authority SBASE, which will be responsible for setting service levels and fares. As ...
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NewsAlstom to replace Paris metro Line 11 fleet
FRANCE: RATP has exercised an option for 20 five-car rubber-tyred metro trains from Alstom, the supplier announced on February 19. The €157m order is funded half by RATP and half by regional transport authority Ile-de-France Mobilités. The MP14 sets with open gangways would go into service on Line 11, ...
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NewsMetrowagonmash metro trains ordered for Baku
AZERBAIJAN: Baku Metropoliten signed a contract with Metrowagonmash on February 16 for the supply of two five-car metro trainsets. Each Moskva trainset will be composed of two end trailers and three powered intermediate cars. They will have asynchronous traction motors, open gangways, air-conditioning, and bicycle and pushchair spaces. ...
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NewsGebze driverless metro tender progresses
TURKEY: Kocaeli Municipality announced on February 1 that 15 consortia had prequalified for a contract to build a driverless metro line linking Gebze and Darıca. Seven of these will now move on to the next phase. Construction is planned to start by mid-2018 on the 15·7 km ...
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NewsFinal Singapore metro lines transferred to new concession model
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority announced on February 14 that it had concluded discussions with SBS Transit for implementation of the government’s New Rail Financing Framework model on the North East Line and the Sengkang and Punggol peoplemovers. This completes the 10-year transition of the island’s entire rail network to the ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC unveils new-generation monorail train
CHINA: CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co presented its ‘new generation’ straddle monorail vehicle for low- and medium-capacity routes on February 1. CRRC Changchun has drawn on its experience of supplying 770 monorail sets since 2004. The manufacturer says that the use of carbon fibre composite for some components makes ...
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore metro upgrade contracts awarded
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded three contracts for the upgrade of power supply and track circuits on the North-South and East-West metro lines. Meiden Singapore has won two contracts totalling S$500m to upgrade the power supply, and a separate S$73m contract has gone to a consortium of Siemens ...
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Metro Report InternationalSydney metro train on test
AUSTRALIA: Dynamic testing of the first Sydney metro train has started on the elevated section of the city’s future metro line. Alstom delivered the first of 22 trainsets to the Rouse Hill depot on September 26. Testing is initially taking place in that area, before being expanded to the ...
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NewsSingapore – Malaysia metro joint venture
ASIA: Malaysia’s Prasarana and Singapore’s SMRT have accepted a Letter of Offer jointly issued by Malaysia’s Prime Minister’s Department and Singapore’s Land Transport Authority for the two companies to form a joint venture to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the Johor Bahru – Singapore Rapid Transit System Link cross-border ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom and SNC-Lavalin to build Montréal’s automated metro
CANADA: CDPQ Infra announced the winning bidders for the construction and operation of the Réseau Électrique Métropolitain automated metro project in Montréal on February 8. Construction is due to start in April, with testing to start at the end of 2020 and passenger services on the first branch beginning ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutomation speeds up metros
The benefits of automated metros are well-known, apart perhaps from the higher speeds that automation brings.
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Metro Report InternationalNationwide transport smart card to be launched
TURKEY: Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım announced on January 25 that a nationwide public transport smart card will be launched in June. Every citizen will be able to apply for a Türkiye Kart, which will be designated for a named user. This would be valid on urban public transport in ...
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NewsCZ Loko submits best offer for Warszawa metro shunter
POLAND: CZ Loko has submitted the lowest bid to supply a shunting locomotive to Warszawa metro operator Metro Warszawskie. Its bid of 3·25m złoty excluding VAT beat one from ZPS Stargard, which came in at 3·47m złoty. The tender specifies a 9 m long loco with a minimum 250 ...
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Metro Report InternationalIndra wins Amsterdam ticketing contract
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam public transport authority GVB has awarded Indra a contract to supply 130 ticket vending machines. Indra is to supply TVMs that accept credit card payments for installation at metro stations, tram stops and bus stops, as well as machines that only accept cash and card payment for ...
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Metro Report InternationalShanghai driverless metro contract awarded
CHINA: Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Co has awarded the signalling contract for metro Line 14 to the Thales SEC Transport joint venture of Thales and Shanghai Electric. Scheduled to open at the end of 2020, the driverless east-west line would run 38·5 km underground, serving 31 stations.
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NewsTyne & Wear Metro fleet replacement gets underway
UK: Tyne & Wear Metro owner and operator Nexus has called tenders for the supply of 42 two-car 1·5 kV DC electric trainsets to replace the current fleet. This follows a government commitment to provide £337m towards the fleet replacement project which was announced in the November budget, with Nexus ...
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Metro Report InternationalKawasaki to supply 535 New York Subway cars
USA: The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority board voted on January 24 to approve the purchase of 535 metro cars from Kawasaki Rail Car Inc for $1·4bn. The contract includes options for up to 1 077 additional cars, which would bring the order value to $3·7bn if they are exercised. ...
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Metro Report InternationalBART Fleet of the Future train carries passengers in San Francisco
USA: The first train of BART’s Fleet of the Future has entered passenger service in San Francisco. The 10-car trainset is initially running on the Richmond – Warm Springs/South Fremont route during off-peak hours. Bombardier Transportation is supplying 775 cars under a framework contract signed in 2012 and subsequent ...
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NewsGrand Paris costs and timescale adrift
FRANCE: The Cour des Comptes, the independent body responsible for auditing the use of public funds, has called for the scope and timescale of the Grand Paris Express project to be revised. In a hard-hitting report published on January 17, the Cour des Comptes highlights a succession of increases ...