Transport & mobility projects – Page 76
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Metro Report InternationalFuzhou metro expands
CHINA: The second section of the Fuzhou metro opened for regular passenger service on January 6, following the start of passenger-carrying trials on December 25. Running north from Sanchajie to Xiangfeng, the 15·1 km section has 12 stations, including an interchange with the future Line 2 at Nanmendou. ...
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NewsIzmir trams start test running
TURKEY: Trams started test running on a 4·3 km section of the Karşıyaka Line in Izmir on December 28, with Mayor Aziz Kocaoğlu on the initial ride. Tests are taking place between Ataşehir and Bostanlı. The whole 8·8 km line is 95% complete, with opening expected in March. Kocaoğlu ...
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NewsDiyarbakır tram project approved
TURKEY: Prime minister Binali Yıldırım has approved the construction of a tram line in Diyarbakır. The city in eastern Turkey has 930 000 inhabitants, with more than 1·5 million in the metropolitan area, but no tram lines. The planned route would link Dağkapı on the edge of the historic ...
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NewsAnkara metro Line M4 opens
TURKEY: Line M4 of the Ankara metro network entered passenger service at 14.00 on January 5. The 9·2 km route from Gazino to Atatürk Kültür Merkezi has nine stations. Construction began in 2004 and test running started in August 2016. A further 1·4 km section running south ...
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Metro Report InternationalLos Angeles metro extension secures more federal funding
USA: The Department of Transportation announced on January 4 that it is to provide $1·6bn in federal grants and loans to the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, to be used towards the $2·5bn Westside Purple Line Extension Section 2 project. The funds will be provided over 12 years. ...
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NewsElevated metro line to be built in Toshkent
UZBEKISTAN: The government has announced plans to build an elevated metro line in Toshkent. To be built by national railway UTY, the 8 km Sergili Line would run around 6 m above Choshtepa, Mirzo Tursunzoda and Qipchoq streets, serving six stations. The government is to contribute US$170·1m towards ...
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Metro Report InternationalCasablanca tramway extension contracts awarded
MOROCCO: Casablanca tram operator Casa Transport has selected Engie Group subsidiaries Engie Ineo and Engie Cofely Morocco to supply signalling and other systems for Line 2 and an extension of the existing Line 1. In addition to supplying signalling, communications, CCTV and fire detection equipment, Engie will install its ...
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Metro Report InternationalChinese year-end metro expansions
CHINA: The last few days of 2016 were filled with openings of metro lines and network extensions in China. In addition to the first metro line in Hefei, new lines opened in Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, as well as an extension of one of Chongqing’s monorail lines. Line ...
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Metro Report InternationalSecond driverless metro line opens in Hong Kong
CHINA: The South Island Line in Hong Kong opened for passenger services on December 28, making it the first driverless line to open on the network since the Disneyland Resort Line shuttle in 2005. Linking South Horizons with Admiralty, the 7 km route has four stations. Services run at ...
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Metro Report InternationalBeijing metro adds Line 16
CHINA: The latest metro line in Beijing opened on the last day of 2016. Line 16 is the fourth in the capital to be operated by Beijing MTR Corp, and the opening of the first phase brings the metro network to 574 route-km with 19 lines. The 19·6 km ...
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Metro Report InternationalGuangzhou metro network exceeds 300 route-km
CHINA: The Guangzhou metro grew to 308·7 route-km on December 28 with the opening of a new line and extensions of two more, making it the third-largest network in China. That day, 7·77m passenger-journeys were made. The first phase of Line 7 runs west from Higher Education Mega Center ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York MTA opens first section of Second Avenue Subway
USA: The first passengers travelled along New York’s long-planned Second Avenue Subway on January 1. First proposed early in the 20th Century, the Second Avenue line is intended to be developed in three phases which would link areas of eastern Manhattan and Harlem that are currently poorly served by the ...
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Metro Report InternationalNice tram Line 2 power supply contract awarded
FRANCE: A consortium of Alstom and Colas Rail has been awarded an €11m contract to supply power supply equipment for Line 2 of the Nice tramway, which will use Alstom’s SRS ground-based static charging technology. The firm order includes seven electrical substations, 10 lighting power stations and two intake ...
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Metro Report InternationalBeijing receives first maglev train
CHINA: CRRC Tangshan delivered the first of 10 maglev trains to Beijing on December 16. These will be used on the ‘medium-low speed’ maglev Line S1 due to open next year. The six-car Linglong trainsets have a maximum speed of 100 km/h and capacity for 1 302 passengers. The ...
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NewsCatania metro extension opens
ITALY: A 1·9 km extension of the Catania metro opened at 12.00 on December 20, the first since the inauguration of the line in 1999. The new section runs underground from Galatea to Stesicoro, with an intermediate station at Giovanni XIII. The surface section from Galatea to the previous southern ...
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Metro Report InternationalSouth Island Line completed in Hong Kong
CHINA: Hong Kong Chief Executive C Y Leung attended a ceremony at Ocean Park station on December 19 to celebrate the completion of the South Island Line. Ocean Park is one of the four stations on the metro line which is due to open for passenger service on December ...
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NewsBordeaux tram network expands
FRANCE: A 7·2 km extension of the Bordeaux tram network was inaugurated on December 17 with the start of services to the Porte du Médoc district. The new alignment with six stops forms a branch of Line C, leaving the main Parc des Expositions line at Cracovie and running ...
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Metro Report InternationalQingdao metro doubles in size
CHINA: The length of the Qingdao metro network more than doubled at 18.00 on December 18 when the southern section of the city’s only line opened. The 12·8 km extension of Line 3 runs from Shungshan to Qingdao railway station, serving 12 stations. The first phase opened almost exactly ...
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NewsTEX Rail federal funding agreement signed
USA: The Federal Transit Administration announced on December 15 that it had signed a $499·4m Capital Investment Grant agreement with the Fort Worth Transportation Authority towards the $1·03bn TEX Rail commuter rail project. The funds are to be disbursed over four years. Construction of the 43 km route began ...
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NewsKlang Valley MRT Line 1 opens
MALAYSIA: Passenger services began at 06.00 on December 16 the first phase of Klang Valley MRT Line 1, after the opening by Prime Minister Najib Razak at Kwasa Damansara station the previous day. The first month of travel is free. The 21 km northern section of the route, also ...