ITSO on Mobile goes multi-modal
UK: ITSO on Mobile ticketing is now available on buses as well as tram and rail services in the West Midlands, after Transport for West Midlands extended its Swift mobile ticketing scheme to bus operators.
App to keep passengers up to date with Tyne & Wear Metro depot works
UK: Contractor VolkerFitzpatrick has worked with software developer SitePodium to launch a community engagement app to help people living and working around the Tyne & Wear Metro’s Gosforth depot gain a better understanding of the works to rebuild the facility to accommodate new Stadler trainsets.
Supertram training programme developed as Semcon targets the rail market
UK: Technical documentation and digital training specialist Semcon is to develop a training system which will enable technicians at Sheffield’s Supertram to learn about the Controller Area Network bus system used on the network’s fleet of Vossloh Citylink tram-trains.
Black Country very light rail innovation centre under development
UK: The Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation has been formed to oversee the development and operation of a very light rail innovation centre in Dudley, and has appointed law firm Higgs & Sons to advise on corporate governance and other legal matters.
Financing package enables Bombardier’s Derby plant to go ahead with Egyptian monorail production
EGYPT: Bombardier Transportation’s factory at Derby in the UK is to go ahead with the production of 70 four-car Innovia Monorail 300 trainsets for two lines being built in Cairo, after the British government confirmed a £1·7bn export finance guarantee.
Consortia to develop 'bold, innovative conceptual' Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro designs
UK: Three groups of suppliers have been awarded contracts to develop ‘bold, innovative conceptual designs’ for the proposed Cambridgeshire Autonomous Metro.
Tram-train project knowledge shared through learning hub
UK: A ‘learning hub’ has been launched to share information and experiences gained from the design, construction and operation of the UK’s first modern tram-train service.
Additional support for Edinburgh Trams and Glasgow Subway
Tyne & Wear Metro opens temporary depot
Test running begins on London’s Northern Line Extension
Tyne & Wear Metro introduces smartphone ticketing
Docklands Light Railway extension study underway
Teleste to supply Docklands Light Railway onboard systems
Government agrees £825m loan to support Crossrail
Stadler partners with Newcastle University to support metro fleet renewal
Glasgow Subway tunnel improvement contract awarded
Delivery of next batch of Manchester trams begins
Transport for London and government agree six-month funding package
London Underground deploys UV light escalator sanitisers
Further funding for English light rail services