All Metro train articles – Page 7

  • Kyoto Municipal Subway Series 20 train
    Metro Report International

    Series 20 ready to operate Kyoto’s Karasuma Line

    2022-03-15T05:00:00Z

    JAPAN: Kyoto Municipal Subway has confirmed that the first of its Series 20 trainsets will enter service on the Karasuma Line from March 26, following the completion of testing and commissioning. The metro operator is buying nine six-car Series 20 trainsets from ...

  • Alstom Metropolis metro train for Santiago in Chile
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    Santiago Line 7 contract signed

    2022-03-10T10:54:00Z

    CHILE: Metro de Santiago has finalised a €355m contract for Alstom to supply and maintain the rolling stock and signalling for the 25·8 km automated metro Line 7 which is now expected to open in late 2027. Alstom had been named as preferred bidder for the ...

  • Tyne & Wear Metro train sliding steps (1)
    Metro Report International

    Sliding steps to improve Tyne & Wear Metro accessibility

    2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

    UK: Tyne & Wear Metro has unveiled the first of the automatic sliding steps that will close the gap between its new Stadler trainsets and platform edges to improve accessibility.

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    Genova Metro orders more trains

    2022-02-08T15:45:00Z

    ITALY: Genova’s Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti has ordered 14 trainsets from Hitachi Rail to expand the capacity of the city’s automated light metro line, which is currently being extended at both ends. Ordered at a cost of €70m, the articulated four-car trains will be similar to ...

  • London Underground Piccadilly Line new Siemens Mobility train impression
    Metro Report International

    Late-stage design changes increase cost of London Underground fleet renewal

    2022-01-25T14:17:00Z

    UK: Late design changes have brought a £34m increase in the cost of the trains which Siemens Mobility is to supply for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line, after the operator discovered that it would not be able to accept the fleet into service as originally specified. ...

  • Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has unveiled the designs for the CQ400 metro trains to be supplied by Stadler from 2023.
    Metro Report International

    Comfort, technology and sleek minimalism selected for Atlanta metro trains

    2022-01-18T13:00:00Z

    USA: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has unveiled the designs for the CQ400 metro trains to be supplied by Stadler from 2023. This follows a public outreach programme which MARTA said led to its users choosing ‘comfort and technology for the interior and sleek minimalism for ...

  • Busan Metro Line 1 train impression
    Metro Report International

    Busan metro traction equipment ordered

    2022-01-11T05:00:00Z

    SOUTH KOREA: Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions is to supply permanent magnet synchronous motors and other electrical equipment for 25 eight-car trains which Woojin Industrial Systems is to build for use on Busan Transportation Corp’s 40 km north-south metro Line 1 from 2025. TISS launched its ...

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    Alstom to supply driverless trains for Santiago Line 7

    2022-01-06T15:06:00Z

    CHILE: Metro de Santiago has selected Alstom to supply and maintain for 20 years the driverless trains and train control systems for the 25·8 km metro Line 7 now under construction.

  • Bucuresti metro train maintenance (Photo: Alstom)
    Metro Report International

    București metro train maintenance contract awarded

    2022-01-04T15:52:00Z

    ROMANIA: București metro operator Metrorex has awarded Alstom a 15-year contract to provide full preventive and corrective maintenance and overhaul services for its train fleet. The contract covers 82 trains totalling 492 cars which are currently in service, as well as the new trains on order ...

  • Warszawa metro Skoda Transportation Varsovia trainset (2)
    Metro Report International

    Warszawa metro train unveiled

    2021-12-21T15:53:00Z

    POLAND: Škoda Transportation has unveiled the first of the trainsets it is producing for the Warszawa metro. Testing is to be undertaken the Czech manufacturer’s Plzeň plant, ahead of further trials at the Velim test centre and on the Praha metro network before delivery to Poland ...

  • Glasgow Subway new train testing (Photo: SPT)
    Metro Report International

    Glasgow Subway train testing gets underway

    2021-12-17T13:53:00Z

    UK: Preliminary testing of the new Stadler trains for the Glasgow Subway has begun, in what Strathclyde Partnership for Transport said marks a ‘major milestone’ for the modernisation of the 10·5 km circular underground line. In March 2016 SPT awarded a consortium of Stadler and Ansaldo ...

  • Tyne & Wear Metro new Stadler train bodyshell (2)
    Metro Report International

    First Tyne & Wear Metro train bodyshell completed

    2021-12-02T15:40:00Z

    UK: The first aluminium bodyshell for the Tyne & Wear Metro’s new fleet of custom-designed trainsets been completed at Stadler’s St Margrethen factory in Switzerland, and is now ready for fitting out. ‘Completing the first bodyshell is a highly symbolic landmark in the manufacturing process, and ...

  • Delhi Metro refubished train
    Metro Report International

    Delhi metro train refurbished

    2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

    INDIA: Mid-life refurbishment has been completed on the the first of the 70 trainsets supplied for Delhi Metro Phase I in 2002-07. Work on an initial 10 trainsets is being undertaken by Escorts Ltd Railway Equipment Division and Naledi Rail Engineering with ...

  • Catania metro train delivery
    Metro Report International

    Titagarh Firema metro cars arrive in Catania

    2021-11-25T05:00:00Z

    Photos: Mobilità Catania ITALY: The first two-car metro trainset to be manufactured by Titagarh Firema for the Catania metro has been delivered to the Sicilian city, ready for the start of test running in the coming weeks. A framework agreement between operator Ferrovie Circumetnea and Titagarh ...

  • New York subway tracks (Photo: F Muhammad/Pixabay)
    Metro Report International

    Subway cars to be converted into emergency pump trains

    2021-11-16T15:09:00Z

    USA: Redundant New York Subway cars are to be converted into mobile pump trains which can be used to remove water from tunnels following hurricanes and unusually heavy rainfall. The project forms part of NYC Transit’s storm preparedness efforts following Superstorm Sandy in 2012, and is ...

  • Kaohsiung Red Line Hyudai Rotem train impression
    Metro Report International

    Kaohsiung Red Line extension E&M contract awarded

    2021-11-16T12:34:00Z

    TAIWAN: Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit Bureau has awarded a consortium of South Korea’s Hyundai Rotem and Singapore’s ST Engineering a 207·8bn won seven-year contract to provide metro trains and electrical systems for a 9·3 km northern extension of the Red Line with six elevated stations. The ...

  • Impression of Mitsubishi and Kinki Sharyo train for Phase 1 of Cairo metro Line 4
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    Pyramid metro trains ordered

    2021-11-11T12:01:00Z

    EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels has awarded Mitsubishi Corp and Kinki Sharyo a ¥40bn contract to supply 184 metro cars incorporating ‘advanced railway technologies developed in Japan’ for use on Phase 1 of Cairo Line 4. Announcing the contract on November 9, Mitsubishi Corp said ...

  • Cairo metro Line 1 Alstom Metropolis train impression
    Metro Report International

    Cairo Metro fleet modernisation agreements

    2021-11-08T15:00:00Z

    EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels has reached an agreement for Alstom to supply and maintain 55 Metropolis trainsets for Cairo Metro Line 1, and has awarded CAF and Mitsubishi a contract to refurbish 23 existing trains. The agreements announced on November 8 form part of ...

  • Sofia metro car refurbished2
    Metro Report International

    Sofia metro cars refurbished

    2021-10-28T05:00:00Z

    BULGARIA: TMH’s Metrowagonmash subsidiary has returned 12 Type 81-717.4/714.4 metro cars to Sofia Metro following their refurbishment. Sofia Metro has 168 cars which were built at the Mytishchi plant in Russia. A pilot batch of eight vehicles was modernised under a contract signed in December 2018, ...

  • Grand Paris Express Line 18 Alstom train impression
    Metro Report International

    Alstom awarded Grand Paris Express Line 18 rolling stock and automation contract

    2021-10-12T11:36:00Z

    FRANCE: Alstom has been awarded a contract to supply rolling stock and automation systems for the future Grand Paris Express driverless metro Line 18. The €230m contract announced on October 11 includes automation, data transmission and supervisory equipment and systems integration, with a firm order for ...