All articles by Metro Report International – Page 4
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Metro Report InternationalVancouver’s next generation SkyTrain cars enter service
CANADA: The first of the Mark V automated light metro trainsets which Alstom is supplying for Vancouver’s SkyTrain has entered service on the Expo Line.
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Metro Report International‘Technically challenging’ London Underground signalling upgrade completed
UK: Hitachi Rail has completed what it says is ‘the most technically challenging milestone to date’ under Transport for London’s ongoing Four Lines Modernisation project to upgrade the signalling on London Underground’s Circle, District, Hammersmith & City and Metropolitan lines.
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Metro Report InternationalBergen tramway orders customised rail grinding and winter service vehicle
NORWAY: Windhoff is to supply a specially-designed VentuS-LR SF50 rail grinding and winter service vehicle for the Bergen tram network.
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Metro Report InternationalCAF wins Grenoble tram order
FRANCE: Grenoble area transport body SMMAG has awarded CAF a contract to supply 38 Urbos trams with an option for up nine more.
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Metro Report InternationalTendering of next København metro operating contract begins
DENMARK: København metro authority Metroselskabet has called tenders for the next contract to operate and maintain the capital’s driverless network.
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Metro Report InternationalKeolis to buy Downer stake in Australian public transport joint venture
AUSTRALIA: Keolis Group has signed an agreement to buy Downer’s 49% stake in the Keolis Downer public transport operating joint venture, which will be rebranded as Keolis.
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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 InternationalMoskva monorail closes to be turned into an elevated park
RUSSIA: The 4·7 km straddle monorail operated as Moskva Line 13 has closed.
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Metro Report InternationalChongqing, Nanchang, Guangzhou and Tianshui expand their networks
CHINA: The annual flurry of June metro extensions has seen more than 100 route-km of new infrastructure commissioned in four cities.
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Metro Report InternationalRidership boost expected as Mallorca metro reaches technology park
SPAIN: An extension of Mallorca’s metre-gauge metro Line M1 from Universitat de les Illes Balears to the Parc Bit technology campus opened on July 2.
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Metro Report InternationalSolar plant to power London Underground trains
UK: Transport for London has awarded EDF Renewables UK a 15-year power purchase agreement to provide solar energy to cover part of the London Underground’s electricity needs.
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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 InternationalFirst train for Singapore – Malaysia RTS Link unveiled
ASIA: The first trainset for the future Rapid Transit System Link cross-border metro line has been unveiled by Singapore’s Acting Transport Minister Jeffrey Siow and Malaysia’s Transport Minister Anthony Loke.
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Metro Report InternationalMoskva orders 704 metro cars
RUSSIA: Transmashholding is to supply a new design of metro trainset as part of the capital’s fleet renewal programme.
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Metro Report InternationalRIDDOR access incorporated into light rail safety reporting system
UK: The processes for statutory incident reporting in the light rail sector are to be streamlined into a single access point.
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC Changchun unveils Belo Horizonte metro trainset
BRAZIL: CRRC Changchun has unveiled the first of 24 four-car metro trainsets it is supplying for Belo Horizonte’s lines 1 and 2.
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Metro Report InternationalHyundai Rotem shows off urban rail vehicles for three cities
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem has unveiled light rail, metro and suburban rail cars for Canada, Taiwan and its home market at the RailLog Korea trade show in Busan.
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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 InternationalQuébec tramway early operator appointed
CANADA: Public infrastructure developer CDPQ Infra has appointed RATP Dev Canada as the early operator for the TramCité project in Québec City.
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Metro Report InternationalSevilla metro signalling maintenance contract
SPAIN: Metro de Sevilla has awarded Alstom a contract for the maintenance and upgrading of its signalling systems.