Metro news – Page 45
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NewsLongest train washing plant in Berlin enters service
GERMANY: The longest train washing plant on the Berlin S-Bahn has commenced operations in Friedrichsfelde depot. The 160 m long wash road can wash an eight-car trainset in 30 min, around half the time taken by older washing plants. The plant took 12 months to install, with the €5·5m ...
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NewsHamburg S-Bahn capacity expansion approved
GERMANY: The Hamburg Senate has given the go-ahead for DB subsidiary S-Bahn Hamburg to place a firm order for Bombardier Transportation to supply 12 additional Class 490 three-car electric multiple-units. This will enable six-car formations to be operated across the network. Stabling facilities for 28 trainsets are also to be ...
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Metro Report InternationalStockholm Citybanan to open in July 2017
SWEDEN: The 6 km Citybanan cross-city tunnel under Stockholm is to open for revenue service at 05.00 on July 10 2017, national infrastructure manager Trafikverket announced on November 3. Under construction since 2009, the north-south link is intended to carry the capital’s suburban services, doubling rail capacity through the ...
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Metro Report InternationalRebuilt Abbey Wood station takes shape
UK: Austrian timber construction firm Weihag has installed glued laminated timber panels which in combination with 31 tonnes of 45 m long steel beams will form a ‘landmark’ roof for Abbey Wood station. This is being rebuilt for its future role as the southeastern terminus of London’s Elizabeth Line. Network ...
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Metro Report InternationalLast-mile app integrates Amtrak, Uber and buses
USA: North Carolina Department of Transportation and technology company TransLoc have launched a three-month pilot of a door-to-door journey planning app which highlights options to use Uber and local public transport services to access nine stations on Amtrak’s Piedmont and Carolinian routes. Users enter their preferred station into the Rider ...
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NewsAlstom awarded Breisgau EMU contract
GERMANY: DB Regio has awarded Alstom a contract worth more than €130m for the supply of 24 Coradia Continental regional electric multiple-units. These are to be used from December 2019 on Breisgau-Ost-West services around Freiburg. DB Regio is to operate these services under a contract awarded by the Land of ...
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NewsFirst Class 490 EMU arrives in Hamburg
GERMANY: The first Class 490 electric multiple-unit for the Hamburg S-Bahn arrived at the Ohlsdorf depot on October 11. It will now undergo a year of testing without passengers on the S-Bahn network. In 2013 S-Bahn Hamburg’s parent company Deutsche Bahn ordered 60 three-car EMUs from Bombardier Transportation under ...
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Metro Report InternationalStockholm Citybanan tracklaying completed
SWEDEN: National infrastructure authority Trafikverket has completed the final tracklaying for the Stockholm Citybanan project. Tracks had already been laid through the 6 km cross-city tunnel, where test running is already underway. The final phase of the work began on August 30, when InfraNord’s SWM 1000 tracklaying train was used ...
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NewsTEX Rail commuter rail link to Dallas Fort Worth airport finalised
USA: TEX Rail commuter rail services are to serve two stations within the boundary of Dallas-Fort Worth airport under an agreement between the airport and Fort Worth Transportation Authority reached on June 30.DFW airport is already served from the east by the DART light rail network ...
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NewsMontréal commuter fleet depot inaugurated
CANADA: The Lachine Maintenance Centre which will maintain the locomotives and rolling stock used on the Candiac, Saint-Jérôme and Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter routes was formally inaugurated by Montréal transport agency AMT on May 13. The 14 ha facility on the site of the former Sortin yard has stabling ...
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NewsNew-generation Stockholm commuter EMU inaugurated
SWEDEN: Stockholm County Council’s transport authority Stockholms Läns Landsting and Alstom inaugurated the first Coradia Nordic X60B commuter electric multiple-unit at Stockholm Central on April 4. SLL ordered 46 six-car electric multiple-units in June 2012 for €440m under a framework agreement signed in 2002. Deliveries from Alstom’s Salzgitter plant ...
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Metro Report InternationalAnsaldo STS awarded $338m MBTA PTC contract
USA: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority has awarded Ansaldo STS a $338m contract to equip the Boston commuter rail network with Positive Train Control. The contract includes design, installation, systems integration, commissioning, technical support and documentation. The lines are to be equipped with an integrated PTC package interoperable with both the ...
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NewsSEPTA orders Siemens electric locos
USA: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has formally awarded preferred bidder Siemens a $118m contract to supply 13 ACS-64 electric locomotives by early 2018, along with spare parts and staff training. The contract announced on November 11 includes an option for up to five more of the locomotives, which are ...
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NewsRhein-Ruhr-Express operating contracts signed
GERMANY: Contracts for the operation of Rhein-Ruhr-Express passenger services from December 2018 to December 2033 were signed by National Express, Abellio and a group of five transport authorities at a ceremony in Hamm on October 19. The five RRX routes totalling around 14·6 million train-km per year were tendered as ...
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Metro Report InternationalATO to boost capacity on Paris RER Line A
FRANCE: Alstom Transport has been selected to develop and install automatic train operation on Paris RER Line A under a €20m contract awarded by city transport operator RATP, the Ile-de-France region and transport authority STIF. The introduction of attended ATO that meets Grade of Automation 2 is expected to improve ...
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News€1·7bn Rhein-Ruhr-Express EMU order awarded
GERMANY: A ‘record-breaking’ order for Siemens to supply and maintain a fleet of 82 electric multiple-units for the Rhein-Ruhr-Express network was officially awarded on March 26 by a group of local transport authorities in the Rhein-Ruhr region. The company had been selected in February as preferred bidder ...
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NewsAMT launches Train de l’Est commuter service
CANADA: Montréal commuter rail operator Agence Métropolitaine de Transport finally began revenue service on its 52 km Train de l’Est route from Montréal Central to Mascouche on December 1, around three years later than previously anticipated. Serving a region with around 700 000 inhabitants, the route had been expected to ...
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Metro Report InternationalKeolis wins Massachusetts commuter rail operating contract
USA: Massachusetts Department of Transportation has selected Keolis Commuter Services for a contract to operate the state's commuter trains from July 1. The eight-year operating contract is worth $2·69bn, with options for two two-year options which would take the value to $4·26bn. The network centred on Boston carried 36·4 million ...
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NewsQR plans ETCS Level 2 for Brisbane suburban network
AUSTRALIA: Queensland Rail requested expressions of interest on May 9 for the supply of European Train Control System Level 2 lineside and onboard equipment for its South East Queensland electrified suburban network. According to the tender documents, QR is seeking ‘to improve operational safety, improve the capacity ...
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NewsRedlands Passenger Rail Project preliminary engineering and environmental services contract awarded
USA: San Bernardino Associated Governments has awarded HDR an 18-month contract to provide preliminary engineering and environmental services for the Redlands Passenger Rail Project in California. The proposed commuter service between San Bernardino Intermodal Transit Center and the University of Redlands would use a 14 km former ...