All articles by Metro Report International – Page 10
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Metro Report InternationalTram-train scheme guidance issued
UK: The Light Rail Safety & Standards Board has published what it says is a ‘landmark’ document providing guidance for organisations considering the development of tram-train schemes where light rail vehicles run over both tramways and main line railway tracks. Supertram launched the UK’s first modern ...
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Metro Report InternationalVery light rail and pop-up metro partnership
INTERNATIONAL: US-based international railway investor Railroad Development Corp and British lightweight rolling stock developer TDI Greenway are to join forces in the emerging very light rail and ‘pop-up metro’ sectors.
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Metro Report InternationalSecond metro line opens in Taiyuan
CHINA: The capital of Shanxi province gained a second metro line on February 22 with the opening of Line 1, celebrated at an event held at Xiayuan station.
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Metro Report InternationalMetro signalling: TACS supports flexible operation
An integrated train control and operating system has been successfully deployed on Qingdao metro Line 6 as a national demonstrator for China’s next generation of metro signalling.
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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Metro Report InternationalRoma metro funding agreed as more tram extensions studied
ITALY: The municipality of Roma has reached an agreement with the Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport for financing the next phases of metro Line C. The city council has also approved feasibility studies for five more tram lines. Metro Line C to Farnesina On February 12, ...
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Metro Report InternationalTina tram delivered to Rostock
GERMANY: The first of 29 Stadler Tina trams ordered by Rostocker Straßenbahn was officially unveiled on February 19.
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Metro Report InternationalHiroshima AGT deliveries completed
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has competed deliveries of 24 six-car Automated Guideway Transit rubber-tyred light metro trainsets ordered for Hiroshima Rapid Transit Co’s Astram Line. The longest AGT route in Japan runs 18·4 km from Hondori station in central Hiroshima to Koiki-koen-mae station in Seifu Shinto ...
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Metro Report InternationalStadler trams begin entering service in Milano
ITALY: The first of 74 Stadler Tramlink trams being supplied to Milano transport operator ATM has entered passenger service on routes 7 and 31. Regular services began on February 20, after a launch event the previous day. The rest of the fleet will be introduced over ...
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Metro Report InternationalCanberra light rail extension construction launched
AUSTRALIA: Tramway PPP concessionaire Canberra Metro has begin construction of the light rail Stage 2A extension to Commonwealth Park. The A$577m project is being jointly funded by the national government and the Australian Capital Territory. It includes 1·7 km of new route from Alinga Street, with ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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Metro Report InternationalParis metro MF19 train unveiled as next order planned
FRANCE: The first MF19 trainset for the Paris metro was unveiled by operator RATP, manufacturer Alstom and transport authority Ile-de-France-Mobilités on February 14. In November 2019 RATP selected a 50:50 consortium of Alstom and what was then Bombardier Transportation to supply up to 410 steel-wheel trainsets ...
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Metro Report InternationalDnipro orders low-floor trams
UKRAINE: Dnipro’s transport operator has awarded local company Tatra-Yug a contract to supply five K1T306 three-section low-floor trams. The 27 m long air-conditioned vehicles will have a capacity of 260 passengers at 5/m2, including 67 seated. Deliveries are to start this year, with the trams to ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew fleet boosts capacity on Nippori-Toneri Liner
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has completed the deliveries of a further 12 five-car Series 330 Automated Guideway Transit trainsets for Tokyo Metropolitan Bureau of Transportation’s Nippori-Toneri Liner. Delivery of the lightweight aluminium alloy Series 330 trainsets has enabled the replacement of 16 ...
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Metro Report InternationalSelTrac CBTC to control street-running trams as Muni resignalling agreed
Photo: Dave Lustig Heritage cars run on the Muni F Line along Fisherman’s Wharf in central San Francisco. USA: Hitachi Rail has won a contract to modernise signalling on San Francisco’s Muni light rail network using its SelTrac communications-based train control equipment. The contract includes a 10-year ...
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Metro Report InternationalGreen energy sought to power Manchester light rail services
UK: Transport for Greater Manchester is planning to award a virtual Power Purchase Agreement contract for the long-term supply of wind or solar energy equivalent to the energy needs of the Metrolink light rail network. The vPPA would see TfGM buy energy from a generator at ...
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Metro Report InternationalBerlin freight tram plan needs legal clarity
GERMANY: The introduction of freight trams in Berlin could be feasible, an interim report has found, and further studies will be undertaken once there is greater clarity on the legal requirements. On January 28 the Berlin Senate took note of an interim report on freight trams ...
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Metro Report InternationalTramwaje Śląskie orders 50 trams
POLAND: Tramwaje Śląskie has awarded Pesa Bydgoszcz and Modertrans Poznań contracts to supply 50 trams worth 777m zloty. All will be low-floor and equipped with air-conditioning, electronic information displays and wi-fi. ManufacturerUnidirectionalBidirectionalLength, mDelivery Pesa Bydgoszcz 30 10 25 by mid-2027 ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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Metro Report InternationalAustin Light Rail construction procurement gets underway
USA: The procurement process has begun for a contract to design and build Austin Light Rail Phase 1. The 15·7 km Phase 1 would run from 38th Street to Yellow Jacket, with a branch to Oltorf. The double-track street-running tramway will have 15 stops and include ...