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NewsMore LRVs ordered for Karlsruhe tram-train services
GERMANY: Karlsruhe tram-train operator AVG has ordered a further 20 dual-system Flexity light rail vehicles from Bombardier Transportation, the supplier announced on December 17. Vehicles from the €87m order are due to be delivered between May 2020 and March 2021. The 37 m long LRVs have capacity for 244 ...
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NewsAstra sole bidder in Galaţi tram tender
ROMANIA: Astra Vagoane Călători has emerged as the sole bidder for a contract to supply eight low-floor trams to Galaţi with options for 10 more. Astra put in a bid of 119·7m lei for all 18 trams, and the option would be exercised if the municipality receives sufficient EU ...
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NewsNice Airport tram link inaugurated
FRANCE: Trams began serving Nice Côte d’Azur Airport on December 15 with the inauguration of an extension of Line 2. The 1·7 km branch running south from Pôle Intermodal has two stops, serving both airport terminals. The initial 7 km section of Line 2 between Magnan and Cadam ...
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Metro Report InternationalOklahoma City Streetcar inaugurated
USA: The Oklahoma City Streetcar was inaugurated on December 14 at a ceremony in Leadership Square attended by officials including Mayor David Holt. Travel is free until January 5. ‘Our streetcar will be an important economic development tool for our entire city, accommodating visitors and residents alike’, said Holt. ...
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Metro Report InternationalBYD electric buses delivered to São Paulo
BRAZIL: A ceremony on December 10 marked the delivery of 15 battery electric buses to São Paulo by Chinese manufacturer BYD. Three of the buses are being tested by operator Transwolff in the south of the city as part of a pilot project which uses solar energy generated with ...
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NewsMore DT5 metro trains ordered for Hamburg
GERMANY: Hamburger Hochbahn has directly awarded a consortium of Alstom and Bombardier Transportation a contract to supply 13 additional DT5 metro trainsets. The contract includes two options each for the supply of a further 16 sets. The order brings the number of DT5 sets ordered to 131, of which ...
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Metro Report InternationalBudapest railway projects approved
HUNGARY: The government has approved projects to develop the suburban rail network serving Budapest. It plans an investment in the region of HF1tr, to be partly funded by the EU. HÉV lines H6 and H7 are to be connected by building a new section of track at Közvágóhíd, and ...
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NewsYekaterinburg metro cars modernised
RUSSIA: Transmashholding has completed the overhaul of four 81-717.5 and 81-714.5 metro cars for Yekaterinburg metro. The work was carried out by TMH subsidiary OEVRZ, which signed an agreement with the metro operator in September. The vehicles’ lifetime has been extended by 15 years, with bodyshells, ventilation system, bogies ...
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NewsAlstom delivers Avignon’s first Citadis Compact tram
FRANCE: Alstom delivered the first of 14 trams that it is supplying to Avignon on November 29. The journey from Alstom’s La Rochelle factory took three days. The three-section Citadis X05 Compact is 24 m long and 2 400 mm wide with capacity for 140 passengers. The tram is ...
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Metro Report InternationalHudson-Bergen light rail extension progresses
USA: New Jersey transport agency NJ Transit has awarded a design and preliminary engineering contract worth $160·2m to WSP USA to develop the Route 440 extension of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail network. The 1·1 km extension would take the existing Jersey City branch of HBLR from West Side Avenue ...
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NewsAmsterdam electric bus contract signed
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam city transport operator GVB signed a contract with VDL Bus & Coach on December 12 for the supply of 31 battery-electric buses with options for up to 69 more. The buses are due to enter service in 2020 on routes 15, 22 and 36. VDL is to ...
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NewsNJ Transit orders double-deck EMUs from Bombardier
USA: A firm order for 113 double-deck EMU cars was approved by the NJ Transit board on December 12. A base contract will be placed with Bombardier Transportation for what the commuter rail operator claims will be ‘the first self-propelled multilevel railcars in the USA’. The contract ...
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Metro Report InternationalCrossrail opening likely to be delayed further
UK: Transport for London confirmed on December 10 that the Crossrail tunnels under central London are unlikely to open in autumn 2019, and that a new financing package had been agreed to meet the additional costs incurred through the delay. The tunnels that will form the central part of ...
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NewsFlexity tram enters passenger service in Wien
AUSTRIA: The first Flexity Wien tram entered revenue service on December 6 on Route 67. Bombardier Transportation is delivering 119 trams from its factory in the city until 2025 under a €431m contract signed in 2015 that includes 24 years of maintenance support under the manufacturer’s FlexCare programme. There ...
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NewsSecond tram line opens in Ulm
GERMANY: The second tram line in Ulm was officially inaugurated on December 8 with a day of free travel. Line 2 links Science City in the northwest to Kuhberg in the southwest via a section that is shared with Line 1 between Theater and Ehinger Tor. A total of ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom wins Mumbai metro signalling contract
INDIA: Mumbai Metro Rail Corp has awarded Alstom a €100m contract to supply CBTC signalling for Mumbai metro Line 3, the supplier announced on December 10. Alstom is to supply its Urbalis 400 for unattended operation, as well as platform screen doors and SCADA systems. Earlier this year ...
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Metro Report InternationalTunnelling poised to start on Paris RER Line E extension
FRANCE: Construction of the main tunnel of the RER Line E extension between Courbevoie and Haussmann-Saint Lazare to the west of Paris will commence during the first quarter of 2019. This follows a traditional ceremony held at Courbevoie on November 28 to name the tunnel boring machine Virginie. Present at ...
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NewsBangkok Sukhumvit Line reaches Kheha
THAILAND: A 10 km extension of the elevated Sukhumvit Line in Bangkok was inaugurated on December 6. The southern metro extension runs from Samrong to Kheha, adding eight stations. A depot has been built 1·5 km southwest of Kheha, and Kheha features a 1 200-space park-and-ride site. Construction ...
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NewsŠkoda presents Chemnitz tram
GERMANY: Škoda Transportation has officially presented the first of 14 trams that it is supplying to Chemnitz transport operator CVAG. CVAG and Škoda signed a €35m contract in 2016 for the supply of the bidirectional ForCity Classic trams. The first is expected to enter passenger service early next year, ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom completes last Sydney metro train
AUSTRALIA: Alstom has rolled out the last of the 22 driverless Metropolis trains that it is supplying for the Sydney metro at its Sricity factory in India. Alstom is supplying 22 six-car Metropolis driverless trainsets, together with Urbalis 400 communications-based train control, Iconis control systems and Smartlock 400 computer-based ...
