All articles by Metro Report International – Page 11
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Metro Report InternationalModernisation of Alexandria’s Raml network gathers pace
EGYPT: Hyundai Rotem is to supply LRVs as part of a wider programme to modernise Alexandria’s Raml tram network.
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Metro Report InternationalPhiladelphia fare payment upgrade contract awarded
USA: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems a $211m contract to design, install and operate its SEPTA Key 2.0 next-generation fare payment system. Plans include virtual Key smart cards, enhancing the website, mobile app and call centre and supporting equity-focused fare policies for ...
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Metro Report InternationalZagreb tram deliveries begin
CROATIA: Local manufacturer Končar KEV has delivered first of 40 NT2400 trams ordered by Zagreb public transport operator ZET. ZET placed a €37·8m order for an initial 20 vehicles in June 2023, financed by the EU-backed National Recovery & Resilience Plan for ...
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Metro Report InternationalIncoming Uruguayan government commits to Montevideo light rail
URUGUAY: The national government elected in the autumn is to ‘carry to an end’ Montevideo’s proposed tram-train project by the end of its term. Local politician Francisco Legnani said he had agreed the plan with President-elect Yamandú Orsi. Uruguay held presidential elections in October and November ...
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Metro Report InternationalSevilla metro Line 3 contracts awarded
SPAIN: The Junta de Andalucía has awarded a joint venture of Vías y Construcciones, Lantania and DSV Empresa Constructora y Ferroviaria a €173m contract to build Section 3 of the northern part of Sevilla metro Line 3. This will run 1 km along Calle San Juan ...
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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 InternationalStepping into the future with Atlanta’s next metro train
USA: ‘When I stepped onto that new train this morning, it felt like stepping into the future’, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority General Manager & CEO Collie Greenwood said after the unveiling of the first Stadler CG400 metro trainset on January 30. In 2019 Stadler was ...
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Metro Report InternationalIran begins series production of domestic metro trains
IRAN: Tehran Wagon Manufacturing Co has received approval for series production of metro trainsets with 85% domestic content. This follows 1½ years of testing of a prototype seven-car set developed under the National Train project which was launched in 2019 to increase the level of localisation ...
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Metro Report InternationalTrieste’s partly funicular tramway reopens
ITALY: The unusual tramway which links Trieste with Villa Opicina via a cable-hauled incline has reopened after being suspended in 2016. Two sections of conventional metre-gauge tramway are linked by an incline from Piazza Scorcola at 17 m above sea level to Vetta Scorcola at 177 ...
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Metro Report InternationalBaseball branded trainset to ‘raise excitement and enthusiasm’
JAPAN: Seibu Railway has ordered three Mitsubishi Heavy Industries rubber-tyre Automated Guideway Transit trainsets for use on its 2·8 km three-station Yamaguchi Line peoplemover which connects Tamako to Seibukyujo-mae in the greater Toyko area. The four-car sets are to be delivered in ...
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Metro Report InternationalModertrans delivers updated tram to Poznań
POLAND: The first of 30 Moderus Gamma LF 04 AC BD trams that operator MPK Poznań’s in-house manufacturer Modertrans is supplying has arrived at Franowo depot.
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Metro Report InternationalWarszawa receives 2bn złoty to complete metro and tram extensions
POLAND: An agreement has been signed for Warszawa to receive 2bn złoty of co-financing from the EU for the completion of metro Line 2 and ongoing tramway projects. The 1·1bn złoty of co-financing from the European Funds for Infrastructure, Climate, Environment 2021-27 programme is to go ...
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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 InternationalTram on test as Praha network grows ‘like mushrooms after rain’
CZECH REPUBLIC: The first ForCity Plus 52T tram for Praha is now on test at Škoda Group’s Plzeň factory, 13 months after the signing of the order and eight months after the start of production. ‘After almost 20 years, Praha is getting a completely new type ...
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Metro Report InternationalHeart for transplant delivered by metro train
INDIA: Hyderabad Metro has taken part in the express transfer of a heart between two hospitals for a life-saving transplant. Hyderabad Metro Rail said the 13 km journey to deliver the organ from Kamineni Hospitals to Gleneagles Global Hospital at 21.30 on January 17 took just ...
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Metro Report InternationalSeoul network keeps growing as second section of GTX-A opens
SOUTH KOREA: Further expansion of the urban rail network around Seoul is under way with another section of the Great Train Express metro network opening, a long-disused part of the suburban rail network being revived and a further extension of the legacy metro network being approved. ...
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Metro Report InternationalLonger trams increase capacity in Göteborg
SWEDEN: Göteborgs Spårvägar began putting its longer and higher capacity Alstom trams into passenger service on Route 11 on January 19, following a preview trip for invited guests two days before. Regional transport authority Västtrafik ordered 60 Type M34 trams in two batches in 2021-22. They ...
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Metro Report InternationalThai metro rolling stock and signalling contracts let
THAILAND: Siemens Mobility, Singapore’s ST Engineering and Bozankaya are to supply rolling stock, mechanical and electrical equipment and signalling for Bangkok’s Orange Line. Siemens has also won contracts covering rolling stock, signalling and maintenance work for the Blue Line, as well as resignalling work on the ...
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Metro Report InternationalTrams return to Reșița after 13 years
ROMANIA: Tram services restarted in Reșița on December 20 after a hiatus of more than 13-years. The city’s sole route links Kaufland in the north to Reșița-Montana in the southeast, a distance of 9 km. The tramway in Reșița was inaugurated in 1988, but services ceased ...
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Metro Report InternationalMRT Jakarta introduces WhatsApp ticketing
INDONESIA: MRT Jakarta and Route Mobile Ltd have launched WhatsApp-based metro ticketing. Passengers who purchase tickets from MRT Jakarta vending machines can receive three automated messages with instructions on using a QR code, a unique QR code to be scanned for entry at the origin station ...