Peoplemover & monorail – Page 6
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Shanghai peoplemover train delivered
CHINA: The first trainset for the automated peoplemover that will form the southern section of Shanghai metro Line 8 was delivered to the city on January 12. In June 2015 by Shanghai Shentong Metro Group Co signed a turnkey contract with a 50:50 joint venture of Bombardier Transportation and ...
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Metro Report InternationalChongqing monorail extension opens
CHINA: A 10 km extension of Chongqing monorail Line 3 north from Bijin to Jurenba opened on December 28. This takes Line 3 to a total of 66·5 km with 45 stations. Construction of the extension had begun in January 2013. Five of the six stations on the extension are ...
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Metro Report InternationalGeneration 15 trainsets enter service in Wuppertal
GERMANY: A ceremony at Kluse station on December 18 marked the entry into service of the first five Generation 15 vehicles on Wuppertal’s schwebebahn suspension monorail. The first Generation 15 car was presented in Wuppertal in November 2015. The 31 three-car sets are being supplied by Stadler Rail Valencia ...
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Metro Report InternationalBangkok monorail PPP concessionaire selected
THAILAND: The BSR joint venture of BTS Group, Sino-Thai Engineering & Construction and Ratchaburi Electricity Generating has been selected to build and operate two monorail lines in Bangkok under a PPP concession. BSR beat Bangkok Expressway & Metro, the operator of the Blue and Purple metro lines. The concession ...
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Metro Report InternationalŠkoda to supply São Paulo monorail traction equipment
BRAZIL: Škoda Electric has won a contract to supply traction equipment for the 10 five-car monorail vehicles that Scomi Engineering is supplying for São Paulo metro Line 17. The KC100m order follows the signing of a co-operation agreement between the two companies last year. According to Škoda, it ...
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NewsKeolis joint venture to operate Shanghai peoplemover
CHINA: Shentong Metro Group has selected the Shenkai joint venture of its subsidiary Shanghai Shentong Consulting (51%) and Keolis (49%) for the operation of the automated peoplemover that will form the southern section of Shanghai metro Line 8. The contract signed on April 27 includes two years of pre-operational work ...
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NewsMünchen Airport peoplemover inaugurated
GERMANY: The automated peoplemover between München airport Terminal 2 and a new section of the terminal was officially inaugurated on April 22, ahead of its entry into regular service on April 26. Bombardier Transportation has supplied 12 Innovia 300 vehicles, Cityflo 650 automatic train control, telecoms, power supplies, platform ...
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NewsLuton Airport peoplemover plan announced
UK: Plans for a £200m fully-automated ‘guided light rail peoplemover’ linking Luton Airport with Luton Airport Parkway station were announced by airport owner London Luton Airport Ltd on April 15. This would support a £110m project to increase the airport’s capacity by 50% to 18 million passengers/year by 2020. LLAL ...
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NewsMünchen airport peoplemover completes test run
GERMANY: A test run of an automated peoplemover between München airport Terminal 2 and a future satellite facility was carried out on February 23. Bombardier has supplied 12 Innovia 300 vehicles under an €89m contract awarded in November 2011. The scope also includes supply of Cityflo 650 automatic train ...
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NewsTokyo peoplemover to receive lightweight train
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has completed a five-car Model 330 automated rubber-tyre light metro trainset which is expected to enter service on the Tokyo Metropolitan Government’s Nippori-toneri Liner peoplemover next month. The cars have an unpainted double-skin aluminium body structure which is designed to be around 1·5 tonnes lighter ...
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Metro Report InternationalScomi and Škoda Transportation sign partnership
INTERNATIONAL: Czech company Škoda Transportation and Malaysian monorail and bus supplier Scomi Engineering have signed an agreement to collaborate in the development of mass rapid transit and light rail vehicles. ‘This collaboration by both parties will enable Scomi to participate in a wider range of transport projects’, said Kanesan ...
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NewsShanghai peoplemover contract
CHINA: Shanghai Shentong Metro Co has awarded a joint venture of Bombardier Transportation and CSR Nanjing Puzhen an 808m yuan turnkey contract to supply a 6·6 km automated peoplemover for Shanghai. The elevated alignment would run south from the terminus of metro Line 8 at Shendu Gonglu to the ...