New-build tram for Sarajevo unveiled
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: The first of 15 Tango NF3 trams that Stadler is to supply to Sarajevo was unveiled at the 15th Trako International Railway Fair in the Polish city of Gdańsk on September 20.
Bozankaya delivers its first driverless metro trainset
TURKEY: Bozankaya has delivered the first of seven domestically-developed four-car driverless trainsets for the Gebze metro.
Xochimilco light rail vehicle unveiled
MEXICO: China’s CRRC Zhuzhou has unveiled the first of nine light rail vehicles it is supplying for the Xochimilco line in the southern outskirts of Mexico City under a €33m contract.
Torino trams begin entering service
ITALY: The first of 70 trams which Hitachi Rail’s Napoli plant is supplying to Torino transport operator GTT entered service on September 11, following an official unveiling by the mayor the previous week
Osijek orders Končar KEV trams
CROATIA: City transport operator GPP Osijek has ordered 10 low-floor trams from Končar KEV.
Samara tram deliveries begin
RUSSIA: Belarusian manufacturer BKM has delivered the first three of 12 T811 trams for use in the city of Samara.
Dublin and Cork tram orders planned
IRELAND: Rail and road project agency Transport Infrastructure Ireland is drawing up plans to begin replacing Dublin’s tram fleet and procure vehicles for future Irish light rail lines.
København tram delivered
DENMARK: Siemens Mobility has delivered the first of 29 trams for the Hovedstadens Letbane orbital light rail line which is under construction in København.
First Indore metro train delivered
INDIA: Alstom has delivered the first of 52 trainsets it is to supply for the Bhopal and Indore metros.
KVSZ wins Kyiv metro train order
UKRAINE: Kryukovsky Railway Car Building Works announced on August 25 that it had won a €79·2m tender for the supply of 10 five-car metro trainsets to Kyiv.
Santiago de los Caballeros monorail contract awarded
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Public transport development agency SITRAM has selected the SIF consortium of Alstom and Sofratesa to supply railway systems and rolling stock for the elevated monorail under construction in Santiago de los Caballeros.
Vancouver’s MkV SkyTrain cars on test
CANADA: The first of the MkV trainsets for Vancouver’s SkyTrain automated light metro are on test at Alstom’s factory in Kingston, Ontario.
Trams delivered for Lipetsk PPP modernisation programme
RUSSIA: Tram manufacturer UKVZ has delivered the first two of 46 vehicles being supplied to Lipetsk as a part of a project to upgrade and expand the network.
Singapore’s North East Line fleet grows
SINGAPORE: The first of six additional Metropolis trainsets supplied by Alstom entered service from July 28 on Singapore’s North East Line.
CAF trams on test in Lisboa
PORTUGAL: Lisboa bus and tram operator Carris has begun testing and driver training with its first new trams for 28 years.
Zagreb buys Augsburg trams
CROATIA: Zagreb transport operator ZET has bought 11 secondhand trams from Stadtwerke Augsburg for a total of €2·1m.
Augsburg tram arrives despite war and pestilence
GERMANY: The first of 11 Stadler Tramlink trams has been delivered to Augsburg, following production delays caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the Russian war against Ukraine.
Paris metro Line 8 train refurbishment gets underway
FRANCE: Refurbishment of the 44 Alsthom MF77 trainsets used on Paris metro Line 8 has begun at the ACC M plant in Clermont-Ferrand.
First of London Underground’s new Piccadilly Line trains ready for testing
UK: The first of the trainsets which Siemens Mobility is supplying to replace the existing 1970s fleet on London Underground’s Piccadilly Line has arrived at the Wegberg-Wildenrath Test & Validation Centre in Germany from the company’s factory at Wien in Austria.
Hyundai Rotem presents hydrogen tram
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem has developed a demonstration hydrogen-fuel cell powered tram as part of a national project which aims to strengthen the position of South Korean suppliers in the global light rail market by adapting existing technologies from the automotive sector.