Hitachi Rail awarded €480m Torino Metro Line 2 contract
ITALY: Torino metro project promoter Infra.TO has awarded Hitachi Rail a contract to design and supply driverless trains and signalling systems for the future metro Line 2.
Alstom Boa trains enter service on Lille metro Line 1
FRANCE: Alstom Boa rubber-tyred light metro trains have finally begun entering passenger service on Lille’s automated Line 1, as part of a long-running programme to upgrade the line.
Limited service starts on Santo Domingo metro extension
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Limited services started on the 7·3 km northwestern extension of Santo Domingo metro Line 2 from María Montez to Pablo Adón Guzmán with a ceremony on February 24 attended by President Luis Abinader.
Underground solar power contract awarded
UK: Transport for London has appointed SSE Energy Solutions to build and operate solar installations to provide zero-carbon electricity directly to the London Underground.
Government backs Kraków metro plans
POLAND: The national government declared its support at a parliamentary committee meeting on February 26 for the metro project planned by the city council in Kraków.
RATP suggests ‘Team France’ approach to winning international contracts
FRANCE: Incoming RATP President Xavier Piechaczyk sets out his strategy for the incumbent Paris municipal transport operator as its home market starts to open to competition.
Construction starts on New Taipei’s Keelung line
Odour filters to be tested on Chicago metro trains
Metro beats monorail as best choice for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor
Alstom among bidders for Riyadh metro Line 7
Driverless metro train on test
China: Latest wave of openings brings faster and more automated metros
CRRC starts work on São Paulo metro trainsets
Santiago metro Line 7 automated trainset unveiled
TfL starts DLR Thamesmead Extension Programme market engagement
Roma metro Line C extension contract awarded
Hong Kong: MTR completes East Rail Line’s complex retrofit
Financial close allows Ho Chi Minh City Line 2 civil works to start
Metro Maintenance: Investigating degradation in tight curves
Titagarh orders ABB traction equipment for Mumbai metro trains
Helsinki metro CBTC and 5G communications contracts awarded as automation ambitions revived
Ahmedabad metro train sashays into spotlight as Titagarh targets the world market
Riyadh metro Red Line extension contact awarded
Indian rolling stock engineers trained in Russia