St Louis orders light rail vehicles with onboard energy storage
2024-03-15T11:00:00+00:00By Metro Report International
USA: Bi-State Development Agency has formally awarded Siemens Mobility a contract supply 55 high-floor light rail vehicles with battery onboard energy storage for the MetroLink network serving the greater St Louis region.
Maryland’s Purple Line project pushed back
2024-03-14T11:00:00+00:00By Metro Report International
USA: The opening date for the 26 km Purple Line light rail route between New Carrollton and Bethesda in the Maryland suburbs of Washington DC has been pushed back again.
Ontario Line guideway and stations contract awarded
2024-03-05T13:00:00+00:00By Metro Report International
CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have selected Trillium Guideway Partners to build the elevated guideway and stations for Toronto’s Ontario Line metro project.
Funding agreed for Curitiba light rail studies
2024-02-23T09:39:00+00:00By Metro Report International
BRAZIL: Federal development bank BNDES has agreed to fund studies for a 22·8 km light rail line linking Centro Cívico in Curitiba with Afonso Pena International Airport in neighbouring São José dos Pinhais.
Montréal metro CBTC contract awarded
2024-02-20T11:26:00+00:00By Metro Report International
CANADA: Thales Ground Transportation Systems has been awarded a C$217m contract to supply and maintain a communications-based train control system for the Montréal metro Blue Line.
Hyundai Rotem USA wins Los Angeles metro train contract
2024-02-12T09:27:00+00:00By Metro Report International
USA: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority has selected Hyundai Rotem USA as the winner of a contract to supply metro trains.