Middle East and African urban transport news – Page 7
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Metro Report InternationalTest running starts on Tel Aviv Red Line
ISRAEL: Tel Aviv light rail project promoter NTA has started test running with its Chinese-built LRVs on the first section of the Red Line, which is now under construction between Petakh-Tikva and Bat Yam.
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Metro Report InternationalIstanbul opens metro Line M9
TURKEY: Line M9 on the European side of Istanbul opened on May 29. M9 combines a newly-built metro route between Ikitelli Sanayi and Bahariye, which has been under construction since 2016, with the İkitelli Sanayi – Olimpiyat line which opened in November 2013 as branch of ...
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Metro Report InternationalIranian metro train rolled out
IRAN: A domestically-designed metro train with 85% local content has been unveiled by President Hassan Rouhani. Development began in June 2019, when a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Vice-Presidency for Science & Technology, Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Co and the Innovation & Prosperity ...
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Metro Report InternationalTram tracking and depot management contract awarded
ISRAEL: CAF has awarded GMV a contract to supply an automatic vehicle location and depot management system for Jerusalem’s expanding light rail network. Based on GMV’s SAE-R software platform, the system will provide standard functions such as tram fleet tracking, driver communications and passenger information, and ...
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Metro Report InternationalCfir takes over Jerusalem light rail operations
ISRAEL: The Cfir grouping of CAF and local company Shapir Engineering Ltd took over as operating concessionaire for the Jerusalem light rail network on April 16, succeeding CityPass which had held the contract to operate the Red Line for the past 10 years. Under the 15-year ...
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Metro Report InternationalLagos Governor launches Red Line works
NIGERIA: Construction of the long-planned Red Line in Lagos was launched on April 15 with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Ikeja station attended by the Governor of Lagos state Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Transport Minister Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi. The north-south mass transit line ...
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Metro Report InternationalDubai RTA picks Keolis-led joint venture to operate metro and tram networks
UAE: Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority has selected a Keolis-led consortium to operate and maintain its metro and light rail networks for nine years with options for up to a further six.
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Metro Report InternationalTehran adds more metro stations
IRAN: Two stations at the northwestern end of Tehran metro Line 6 were opened for revenue service on March 13, along with an isolated section of the route. The short section of Line 6 serving Yadegar-e-Emam and Shahid Sattari is being operated as a separate shuttle from ...
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Metro Report InternationalRATP to operate Cairo rail line
EGYPT: National Authority for Tunnels has selected RATP Dev Mobility Cairo to operate and maintain the ‘light rail’ line linking Cairo with 10th Ramadan City and the New Administrative Capital.
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Metro Report InternationalMersin metro electromechanical tender result
TURKEY: Mersin municipality has announced the results of a tender for the supply, installation and commissioning of electromechanical systems for the Mezitli – Üçocak metro line. Four of the 13 groups which had initially expressed interest in the contract prequalified to tender, and of those two ...
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Metro Report InternationalCasablanca tramway construction contracts awarded
MOROCCO: Casablanca transport authority Casa Transports has awarded Colas Rail two contracts for the construction of tram routes T3 and T4 The first contract is worth €24m and covers the design, construction and commissioning of 25 km of overhead electrification for the two routes, along with ...
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Metro Report InternationalDubai’s smarter tram stop saves energy
UAE: Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority has undertaken a green buildings initiative to reduce power consumption at tram stops An evaporation system which uses cooling pads to reduce the temperature of the air entering Marina Towers stop and the tram depot by 8 to 10ºC has ...
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Metro Report InternationalDubai RTA launches metro engineering information platform
UAE: Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority has launched an electronic platform for railway engineering information, containing about 800 000 documents relating to assets on the metro’s Red and Green lines as well as data about the authority, consultants, project contractors, rail operators and other bodies. ‘The ...
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Metro Report InternationalMauritius light rail Phase 2A contract awarded
MAURITIUS: India’s L&T Construction has been awarded a contract to build Phase 2A of the Mauritius Metro Express. This will extend the light rail line by 3·4 km from Rose Hill Central to Quatre Bornes Central Station and Trianon, serving the densely populated areas of Ebene ...
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Metro Report InternationalDomestic trains to work Turkish metro line
TURKEY: Bozankaya has been awarded a contract to supply seven four-car driverless trainsets for the metro under construction to link Gebze and Darica in Kocaeli province to the southeast of Istanbul. Bozankaya beat a rival bid from CRRC, and said it would ...
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Metro Report InternationalFinancing package enables Bombardier’s Derby plant to go ahead with Egyptian monorail production
EGYPT: Bombardier Transportation’s factory at Derby in the UK is to go ahead with the production of 70 four-car Innovia Monorail 300 trainsets for two lines being built in Cairo, after the British government confirmed a £1·7bn export finance guarantee. In August 2019 a Bombardier-led consortium ...
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Metro Report InternationalIstanbul opens first section of Golden Horn tramway
TURKEY: The first section of Istanbul tram line T5 alongside the Golden Horn waterway opened on January 4. The initial section runs 8·8 km from Alibeyköy to Cibali. There are 12 stops, including connections with the TF2 cable car and metro line M7. The line has catenary-free ...
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Metro Report InternationalMostaganem tram starts test running
ALGERIA: Test running on Mostaganem tram route T2 began on December 31, ahead of an expected opening in the first quarter of 2021.
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Metro Report InternationalIstanbul secures US$580m to complete stalled metro projects
TURKEY: Work on four stalled metro projects is set to resume after Istanbul municipality successfully raised US$580m to fund construction through its first international Eurobond sale.
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Metro Report InternationalMetro to the pyramids contract awarded
EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels has awarded a consortium of Mitsubishi Corp and Orascom Construction the US$800m Railway Systems, Track & Depot Works Package CP411 contract for Cairo metro Line 4 Phase 1. This will run 19 km southwest from central Cairo to the Giza Pyramid ...