Guadalajara light metro line opens in freight railway corridor
MEXICO: A 21·7 km nine-station light metro Line 4 opened in Guadalajara on December 15 linking Las Juntas with Tlajomulco Centro south of the city.
Additional funding for London Underground quantum navigation tests
UK: MoniRail has secured £1·25m of additional funding to further develop a quantum navigation system for use on the London Underground, and potentially the national rail network.
Limited services start on Bhopal’s first metro line
INDIA: Limited revenue services started on the first 6·2 km section of Bhopal metro’s Orange Line on December 21. Trains are initially running every 1 h 15 min between 09.00 and 17.00.
Bilbao metro Line 4 project approved
SPAIN: The construction of Metro de Bilbao Line 4 has been approved by the Basque government and Bizkaia provincial council.
Docklands Light Railway escalators delivered to site by rail
UK: Quattro Plant has transported replacement escalators to the Docklands Light Railway’s Cutty Sark station using a Doosan Ultimate 250 road-rail vehicle.
Contract to fit out and operate Melbourne’s Suburban Loop awarded
AUSTRALIA: Project promoter Suburban Rail Loop Authority has awarded a A$6·7bn Linewide contract package to supply rolling stock, fit out and then operate the Suburban Rail Loop East in Melbourne.
Moskva-2026 metro train enters service
Roma Line C extended to Colosseo under archaeological top-down approach
Radar positioning system provides precise stopping without CBTC
Personnel protection system installed at Glasgow Subway depot
Proactive obsolescence management included in Singapore metro signalling support contract
Metro CBTC over public LTE network goes live in Oslo
Singapore public transport sector upskilling initiative launched
Mexico City metro Line 1 fully reopens following System+ modernisation
Docklands Light Railway extension funding arrangements still to be finalised
Crossrail expertise to support sustainable rail development in Colombia
CAF demonstrates CBTC over private 5G network in Bilbao
Australia: Melbourne’s Suburban Loop reaches lift-off
Phú Quốc island metro to be developed through PPP
Civil works contract let to build more of Taipei's Wanda Line metro
Plenary-led consortium to bid for Dublin MetroLink metro contract
Montréal’s REM metro tripled in size with Deux-Montagnes line opening
Delhi Metro data to be added to MapmyIndia’s mapping app
Australia: Melbourne’s Metro Tunnel poised to reshape city connectivity