All articles by Metro Report International – Page 209
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Metro Report InternationalJeddah invites expressions of interest in urban transport projects
SAUDI ARABIA: Public transport project promoter Metro Jeddah Co has invited initial expressions of interest in the civil works contract for the future metro network, prequalification for a separate contract to design and build its planned light rail and tram lines, and the provision of overall project ...
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Metro Report InternationalRiyadh metro Line 1 tunnelling begins
SAUDI ARABIA: Tunnel boring has begun for the 38 km Line 1 of the future Riyadh metro network. The first tunnel boring machine for Line 1 is named Mneefah, after a horse owned by the country’s founding king, and is expected to progress at an average of 100 m/week to ...
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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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Metro Report InternationalRiyadh metro operations prequalification
SAUDI ARABIA: Arriyadh Development Authority has invited interested parties to prequalify for operation of the metro, with a deadline of June 1. Work is progressing on the six-line network. The Governor of Riyadh Prince Faisal bin Bandar officially activated the first tunnel boring machine for the ...
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Metro Report InternationalPrasarana to operate Makkah’s pilgrim metro
SAUDI ARABIA: The Municipal & Rural Affairs Ministry has awarded Kuala Lumpur transport agency Prasarana a three-year contract to operate and maintain the Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddasah metro line in Makkah, which is only operated during the Hajj period. The contract starts from this year. Announcing the ...
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Metro Report InternationalBudapest receives CAF tram
HUNGARY: The first of 47 CAF Urbos low-floor trams arrived in Budapest from CAF’s factory in Spain on March 11. Budapest transport authority BKK signed a €90m contract for 37 bidirectional trams in March 2014 and has placed a firm order for a further 10 under options for 87 more. ...
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Metro Report InternationalIndra wins €266m Riyadh metro ticketing contract
SAUDI ARABIA: ArRiyadh Development Authority has awarded Indra a €266m contract to provide fare collection and access control systems for Riyadh’s future network of six metro lines and 1 000 buses. Indra beat nine other bids for the contract, which was signed on January 5. It includes a 54-month implementation ...
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Metro Report InternationalRiyadh metro Orange Line train design revealed
SAUDI ARABIA: Bombardier Transportation has presented the final designs for its Riyadh Metro Line 3 trains to Prince Turki Bin Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, Governor of Riyadh and Chairman of project promoter the ArRiyadh Development Authority. Bombardier is to supply 47 two-car driverless trainsets for Line 3 (Orange) as a member ...
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Metro Report InternationalKing Abdullah Financial District monorail revealed
SAUDI ARABIA: The first monorail vehicle for the King Abdullah Financial District in Riyadh was officially unveiled at InnoTrans by Pierre Attendu, President of Bombardier Transportation’s Systems Division, and Waleed Aleisa, Project Manager at Al Ra’idah Investment Co. The vehicle stopped off in Berlin while being delivered to Saudi Arabia ...
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Metro Report InternationalGroundbreaking ceremony launches construction of Riyadh metro
SAUDI ARABIA: Construction of the Riyadh metro was officially started on April 3 with a groundbreaking ceremony led by Riyadh Governor Prince Khaled bin Bandar. Work started at five sites simultaneously. These include King Khaled International Airport, Olaya at the intersection of line 1 and 2, and the site ...
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Metro Report InternationalBudapest orders CAF trams
HUNGARY: Budapest transport authority BKK signed a €90m contract on March 5 for CAF to supply 37 Urbos low-floor bidirectional trams with an option for 87 more. The order is being funded by the EU. Of the initial order, 25 five-section trams would be 34 m long ...
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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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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to supply Inspiro trains for the Riyadh metro
SAUDI ARABIA: Siemens has announced details of the trainsets and control technology it is to supply for Riyadh metro lines 1 and 2. Siemens is part of the BACS consortium with Bechtel, Almabani General Contractors and Consolidated Contractors Co which the Arriyadah Development Authority selected for the €7·5bn contract to ...
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Metro Report InternationalWS Atkins and Typsa awarded Riyadh metro design contract
SAUDI ARABIA: A joint venture of WS Atkins and Typsa has been awarded a contract to design Riyadh metro lines 4, 5 and 6. The contract announced on October 8 was awarded by the FAST consortium of FCC, Samsung C&T, Alstom, Strukton, Freyssinet, Typsa and Setec which Arriyadh Development ...
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Metro Report InternationalRiyadh metro project management contracts awarded
SAUDI ARABIA: The winners of two contracts to oversee design and construction of Riyadh's US$22·5bn six-line metro network were formally announced by Arriyadh Development Authority on August 27. The Riyadh Metro Transit Consultants joint venture of Parsons, Egis and Systra has won a US$556m project management contract covering lines 1 ...
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Metro Report InternationalRiyadh metro construction contracts awarded
SAUDI ARABIA: Arriyadh Development Authority announced the winners of three turnkey contracts for the construction of a 176 km six-line driverless metro network in Riyadh on July 29. The overall budget for the metro is €16·3bn, making it one of the world’s largest public infrastructure projects. Design work is to ...
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Metro Report InternationalFunding approved for Jerusalem light rail extension
ISRAEL: On June 26 the Jerusalem Regional Planning Committee approved a 1·1bn shekel allocation from the Transportation Ministry’s budget to extend the city’s light rail line from Mount Herzl to Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Centre. Total spending on the project is expected to be 4bn shekels. Preparatory work has ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro provides an oasis in the city centre
SAUDI ARABIA: Snøhetta of Norway has been appointed to design the city centre Qasr Al Hokm station on the planned Riyadh metro network. ArRiyadh Development Authority said it had selected the winning proposals for the main stations on the 177 km six-line network based on their 'outstanding conceptual thinking and ...