Metro train news
News about metro train orders, operations and technology.
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In depthAustralia: Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel poised to reshape city connectivity
The opening of Melbourne’s cross-city tunnel for revenue operation paves the way for a network-wide timetable change in February, which will reshape the Sunbury – Cranbourne/Pakenham axis and release capacity for additional services on other suburban lines. Benjámin Zelki investigates.
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NewsChennai metro trains to be fitted with anti-drag system to detect trapped saris and bags
INDIA: Chennai Metro Rail Ltd has awarded Faiveley Transport Rail Technologies India a contract to retrofit metro cars with an anti-drag safety system which would stop the train if a sari, bag or belt gets trapped in the doors.
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NewsSubway car order to provide ‘the safety and reliability New Yorkers need’
USA: The New York MTA board has approved the award of a $1·507bn contract for Kawasaki Rail Car to supply 378 metro cars for the Subway’s B division.
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NewsTitagarh awarded Mumbai metro train contract
INDIA: Titagarh Rail Systems is to design, supply and maintain 132 metro cars, communication-based train control, telecoms, platform screen doors and depot equipment for Mumbai metro Line 5.
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NewsParis metro fleet renewal reaches milestone as first MF19 trainset enters traffic
FRANCE: The first of up to 410 next-generation trainsets worth €3bn has entered service on Paris metro Line 10. Jérémie Anne reports.
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NewsJakarta MRT North-South Line Phase 2A metro trains ordered
INDONESIA: MRT Jakarta has awarded Sumitomo Corp and Nippon Sharyo a ¥17bn contract to supply eight six-car metro trainsets for Phase 2A of the Jakarta Mass Rapid Transit North-South Line project.
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NewsCRRC wins Guadalajara light metro train order
MEXICO: CRRC Zhuzhou has won a contract to supply 11 light metro trainsets to Guadalajara.
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NewsIranian company develops domestic metro train
IRAN: The city of Qom has awarded Mapna’s rolling stock company Wagon Pars a contract to design and build three metro trainsets as part of a project to develop domestic urban rail technology in Iran.
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NewsŠkoda rolls out metro train with powerful air-conditioning for Sofia’s hot summers
BULGARIA: Škoda Group has unveiled one of the trainsets it is building for the Sofia metro.
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Rail Business UKDocklands Light Railway’s first CAF trainset enters service
UK: The first of the 54 Class B23 trainsets which CAF is supplying for the Docklands Light Railway has entered passenger service on the automated light metro in east London.
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NewsCairo metro train modernisation and maintenance contracts awarded
EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels has awarded CAF three contracts for the modernisation and maintenance of trainsets on Cairo Metro Line 2 and the maintenance of trainsets on Line 1.
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NewsSmall-profile Type JK trains enter service on the Berlin U-Bahn
GERMANY: Berlin transport operator BVG has put the first of its small-profile Type JK metro cars into passenger service with a ceremony at Deutsche Oper station.
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NewsHitachi Rail opens Maryland rolling stock factory to supply North American market
USA: Hitachi Rail has opened a factory in Maryland where it will produce rolling stock for North American customers including the Washington DC, Baltimore and Philadelphia metros.
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Metro Report InternationalMumbai Metro Line 4 signalling and rolling stock contract awarded
INDIA: Mumbai Metro Regional Development Authority has awarded Larsen & Toubro and its partner Alstom the rolling stock and signalling systems contract for Mumbai Metro Line 4 (Green).
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Metro Report InternationalToronto to order metro trains through single-source contract to support Canadian jobs
CANADA: Toronto Transit Commission has cancelled a competitive tender for the supply of metro trainsets in favour of a single-source contract with Alstom.
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In depthNew Taipei: Urban rail supports low-density growth
New Taipei Metro Corp manages three urban rail lines with four more under construction in the municipality surrounding Taipei. NTMC President Kuo-Chi Wu explains to Benjámin Zelki how the urban rail network has developed, and how it plans to grow in the medium term.
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Metro Report InternationalFirst São Paulo metro Line 6 trainset delivered
BRAZIL: Alstom has delivered the first of 22 six-car trainsets it is supplying for São Paulo Metro Line 6 (Orange).
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC to supply Tbilisi metro trains
GEORGIA: The city of Tbilisi has selected GT group, representing Chinese rolling stock manufacture manufacturer CRRC, for a contract to supply 111 cars to replace the ageing metro fleet.
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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.