Transport & mobility projects – Page 15
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In depthBrazil: Private participation keeps metro momentum building
Led by São Paulo, Brazilian cities are making use of private sector funding and operating models to accelerate urban rail development across the country. Benjámin Zelki reports.
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Metro Report InternationalAutomated metro to serve Izmir university campus
TURKEY: Gülermak Heavy Industries has been awarded a contract to build a 13·5 km driverless underground metro line in Izmir, with construction scheduled to begin on February 14. To be known as the Buca Line, it will serve 11 stations, linking the existing Üçyol metro station ...
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Metro Report InternationalParis Line 4 reaches Bagneux as driverless conversion moves forward
FRANCE: Paris transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités and operator RATP opened the southern extension of metro Line 4 to Bagneux-Lucie Aubrac on January 13.
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Metro Report InternationalWood to design six stations for Santiago metro Line 7
CHILE: Engineering consultancy Wood is to develop detailed designs for six stations on section C of the future Line 7 in the east of Santiago. Under the 24 month contract, Wood will work on architectural, structural, civil, mechanical and electrical designs, and will provide site support ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst phase of Lusail tramway opens
QATAR: The first section of the four-line Lusail tram network was opened for trial public services on January 1.
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Metro Report InternationalThree new lines opened as Beijing metro expands again
CHINA: The opening of three new metro lines and six extensions in Beijing has increased the capital’s urban rail network to a total length of 783 route-km.
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Metro Report InternationalShanghai metro passes 800 km as another driverless line opens
CHINA: The total length of the Shanghai urban rail network reached 831 route-km with the inauguration of the city’s fifth fully-automated metro line on December 30.
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Metro Report InternationalChina opens 211 km of urban rail routes in a single day
CHINA: Seven Chinese cities opened new metro lines, suburban railways or route extensions on December 28, totalling almost 211 km and adding 107 stations. Designed for driverless operation at up to 120 km/h, Shenzhen Line 20 runs entirely underground, connecting Airport North to Convention & Exhibition ...
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Metro Report InternationalLuoyang opens second metro line
CHINA: A north-south metro line was opened for revenue service in the Henan provincial city of Luoyang on December 26. The 18·2 km Line 2 connects Erqiao Road in the north with Balitang in the south, and serves 15 stations. Interchange is provided ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork underway on Petržalka tram extension
SLOVAKIA: Work is underway on the development of a new tram line to serve Bratislava’s largest housing estate, with opening anticipated by the end of 2023. Located on the south side of the River Danube, Petržalka is home to more than 100 000 inhabitants. It is ...
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Metro Report InternationalBolshaya Koltsevaya Line tunnelling completed
RUSSIA: Tunnelling work for Moscow’s Big Circle orbital metro Line 11 has been formally completed, with the holing through of the 1 200 m drive between Negatinskaya Zaton and Klenovy Bulvar.
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Metro Report InternationalWuhan goes driverless as three more metro lines open
CHINA: Wuhan’s third driverless metro line was one of three expansion projects totalling 73 route-km to be inaugurated in the Hubei provincial capital on December 26, taking the city’s operational network to 435 km and 282 stations.
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Metro Report InternationalNanchang metro passes 100 km mark
CHINA: The inauguration of Nanchang’s fourth line on December 26 has taken the metro network in the Jiangxi provincial capital to a total of 128·6 route-km.
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Metro Report InternationalHefei opens fifth metro line
CHINA: Hefei Metro Line 4 was opened for revenue service on opened on December 26, being one of six new routes inaugurated that day.
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Metro Report InternationalMünchen city council backs tram network expansion
GERMANY: Two more routes are to be added to the München tram network under a package of public transport investment plans authorised by the city council on December 16. Formal planning approval will now be sought from the Oberbayern regional government for the Westtangente and the ...
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Metro Report InternationalSczcecin tramway extended
POLAND: A western extension of Sczcecin tram routes 1 and 3 to serve the city’s Netto Arena was opened for revenue service on December 18.
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Metro Report InternationalWork to start on Pasing U-Bahn extension
GERMANY: Construction of the western extension of München metro line U5 to Pasing is expected to begin in January, following approval of the formal planning application by the city government on December 15.
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Metro Report InternationalMadrid metro extension contract awarded
SPAIN: Madrid municipality has awarded Azvi-Cotodisa Obras and Servicio-Obras Subterráneas a 22-month, €92m contract to extend metro Line 3 by 2∙5 km from Villaverde Alto to El Casar in Getafe.
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Metro Report InternationalTramway and cable cars proposed to relieve Andorra’s roads
ANDORRA: Construction of a light rail line is proposed in a study commissioned by the government to consider options for reducing unsustainable growth in road traffic. The tramway would run from Sant Julià de Lòria to Escaldes-Engordany, with three connecting cable car links to the airport, ...