Nokia says it has successfully completed testing of voice and data calls over what is claimed to be the world’s first 4·9G/LTE private wireless network to support ETCS Hybrid Level 3 Signalling on Delhi’s 82 km Regional Rapid Transit System.
Kuala Lumpur’s Mass Rapid Transit Corp has awarded a joint venture of HSS Integrated and HSS Engineering a 997·9m ringgit contract to act as project management consultant for the 51 km MRT3 Circle Line.
Egis and CyD Ingéneria have been awarded a contract to provide railway systems project management services for the construction of the 26 km, 19-station Santiago metro Line 7.
Alstom and Métropole Aix-Marseille have presented the first of 38 four-car metro trains which are due to enter service in Marseille from 2024.
The third of three types of tram which Hyundai Rotem is building for Warszawa under a contract awarded n 2019 is ready for dynamic testing in the Polish capital. The Type 141N tram is 24 m long.
Subterra has begun work on a 2·3 km extension of the Praha tram network west from Divoká Šárka to Dědinská, with five stops along Evropská and Vlastina. The KC839·5m project is partly funded by the EU’s Operational Programme Transport 2, with opening planned for November 2023.
Seattle’s Sound Transit has appointed Eric Beckman as Portfolio Services Office Executive Director, responsible for project delivery. He joined Sound Transit in November 2003 as a project manager supporting ST Express and Sounder services before he became a Sounder project director. Eric recently served as the Deputy Executive Director in the agency’s Department of Design, Engineering & Construction Management.
All 281 stations on the Moscow Metro and the Moscow Central Circle are to be equipped with audio navigation beacons for use by visually impaired passengers by the end of the year.