SPAIN: Tenerife tram operator Metropolitano de Tenerife has introduced a smartphone-based ticketing system. Vía-Móvil has been developed with local firm Avantic and has been implemented in six months.
An Android or Apple iOS application allows tickets to be purchased through a secure internet connection, and validated by scanning QR codes onboard the vehicle. Data from each transaction is stored in a central server. Other features of the application include real-time running information.
SPAIN: Work is now underway on the two branches that will form Line 2 of the light rail network in the Spanish city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (RG 10.07 p597). Under a contract worth €11·4m, a joint venture of Acciona Infraestructuras, Comsa, Promotora Punta Larga and Tinerfeña Obras ...
Roma Mayor Virginia Raggi visited Line C construction work in late July. ITALY: Construction of metro Line C in Roma reached another milestone on August 6 when a tunnel boring machine broke though at Piazza Venezia, having excavated one bore from Colosseo. A second ...
Photo: Benjamin Zelki BRAZIL: A consortium of GPO, Geocompany and Geotec has been awarded a contract covering preliminary engineering design and an environmental impact study for the planned Line 20 metro in São Paulo . The contract is worth R$5∙3m and work is due for ...
