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NewsBEML delivers first train for Kolkata’s East-West Line
INDIA: Kolkata Metro Rail Corp took delivery of the first train for the East-West Line on March 31 from BEML’s factory in Bangalore. KMRC originally awarded CAF the rolling stock contract in 2009, but the Spanish manufacturer pulled out of the project in 2014. In September 2015 BEML emerged ...
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Metro Report InternationalDriverless peoplemover opens in Shanghai
CHINA: Shanghai’s Pujiang Line automated peoplemover opened to passengers on March 31. The 6·6 km elevated route runs from the southern terminus of metro Line 8 at Shendu Gonglu to Huizhenlu in Pujiang, serving six stations. The line is expected to carry 73 000 passengers a day, with services running ...
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Metro Report InternationalTicket vending machines for Santiago
CHILE: SICE and software partner GMV are supplying a total of 80 standard and 150 compact customised ticket vending machines for Santiago metro Line 6 which opened last November and the future Line 3 which is scheduled to open at the end of this year. The TVMs are being used ...
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NewsBishkek receives trolleybuses
KYRGYZSTAN: Trolza delivered the first five of 37 trolleybuses that it is supplying to Bishkek on March 23. The 12 m long 5275.03 Optima vehicles have three sets of 1 230 mm wide double doors and capacity for 100 passengers, including 27 seated. In November Bishkek Trolleybus Co ...
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Metro Report InternationalDriverless shuttle enters passenger service in mixed traffic
SWITZERLAND: An autonomous shuttle started running with passengers in mixed traffic in Neuhausen am Rheinfall on March 27. The Navya vehicle has received approval from the Federal Office of Road Traffic and has been integrated into the operations control system of Schaffhausen public transport authority VBSH. It operates on ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Edmonton Valley Line LRV completed
CANADA: The first light rail vehicle for Edmonton’s Valley Line has been completed at Bombardier Transportation’s factory in Kingston. It is scheduled to arrive in Edmonton in mid-2018. Bombardier is supplying 26 LRVs for the first phase of the Valley Line project as part of the TransEd Partners consortium, ...
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Metro Report InternationalCivil works awarded for Paris Line 14 extension
FRANCE: RATP has awarded two contracts to undertake civil works on the southern extension of its driverless metro Line 14, which will run for 14 km between Olympiades and Orly Airport. The project is being funded by Société du Grand Paris as part of the Grand Paris Express programme. Contract ...
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Metro Report InternationalContactless payment comes to Dijon
FRANCE: Dijon Métropole and public transport operator Keolis announced the launch of contactless bank card payment on the city’s trams on March 27. The technology has been supplied by Visa, Worldline and Natixis Payment Solutions, with the support of regional development bank Caisse d’Epargne de Bourgogne Franche-Comté. A ...
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Metro Report InternationalSeoul metro LTE-R contract awarded
SOUTH KOREA: SK Telecom has signed a contract to supply LTE-R communications for an extension of Seoul metro Line 5, the company announced on March 26. LTE-R is to be installed on the 7·7 km extension from Sangil-dong to Hanam by the end of 2020. It will use the ...
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NewsMore Crossrail trains ordered
UK: Transport for London has awarded Bombardier Transportation a contract to supply a further five nine-car Class 345 Aventra electric multiple-units for use on the Elizabeth Line, taking its total order to 70 trainsets. The order announced on March 27 includes an expansion of the existing train services agreement to ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Milwaukee Streetcar delivered
USA: Brookville Equipment Corp delivered the first of five trams that it is supplying to Milwaukee on March 27. The three-section bidirectional Liberty Modern Streetcar is 20·4 m long and 2 600 mm wide with capacity for 150 passengers including 32 seated. Due to open in mid-2018, the ...
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NewsSecond tram line opens in Izmir
TURKEY: The Konak tram line in Izmir opened to passengers at 10.00 on March 24. Travel is free for the first 45 days. The 12·8 km route runs from Fahrettin Altay metro station in the west to Halkapınar metro and Izban station in the east via Konak metro station ...
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NewsJakarta light metro train rolled out
INDONESIA: Hyundai Rotem has rolled out the first of eight two-car light metro trainsets for Jakarta at its Changwon factory. The Korean company was selected last year to supply rolling stock for the first phase of a light metro network that is due to open in in time for ...
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Metro Report InternationalWiener Lokalbahnen inaugurates new depot
AUSTRIA: On March 21 light rail operator Wiener Lokalbahnen inaugurated a new depot at Inzersdorf south of Wien city centre. Following 26 months of work, the 6 500 m² facility brings together more than 200 operations and maintenance staff. There are 1 720 m of depot and stabling tracks, ...
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NewsOstrów Wielkopolski selects Ursus Bus
POLAND: MZK Ostrów Wielkopolski has selected Ursus Bus as preferred bidder to supply six electric buses. Ursus’ offer of 15·4m złoty beat a bid from Solaris. The first three buses are due to be delivered in February 2019, with the remainder to be delivered in two months later. ...
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NewsBaku takes delivery of Moskva metro train
AZERBAIJAN: Baku Metropoliten took delivery of the first of two Metrowagonmash trainsets ordered last month on March 21. The five-car Moskva trainset is almost identical to those supplied to Moscow, with a different livery and passenger information system. It comprises two end trailers and three powered intermediate cars. ...
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NewsParis electric bus order placed
FRANCE: RATP and Heuliez Bus have signed a framework contract worth between €5m and €10m for the supply of electric buses. Heuliez Bus is to supply is GX 337 Electric model. The buses will be fitted with 360 kWh lithium-ion NMC batteries supplied by Forsee Power, with six roof-mounted ...
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NewsTramwaje Śląskie selects Pesa to supply more trams
POLAND: Tramwaje Śląskie has selected Pesa as preferred bidder to supply 35 multi-section trams to operate on the network centred on Katowice. The Bydgoszcz-based supplier is to supply 27 65·5% low-floor bidirectional trams 25 m long, and eight 74·1% low-floor unidirectional trams 32 m long. The shorter trams are ...
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Metro Report InternationalDubai Metro extension financial close
UAE: Financial close for Phase 2 of the Route 2020 project to extend the Dubai Metro’s Red Line by 15 km from Nakheel Harbour & Tower to the Expo 2020 site was achieved on March 20. Banco Santander, First Abu Dhabi Bank, HSBC Bank Middle East, Intesa ...
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Metro Report InternationalBrookville to supply trams to Portland
USA: Portland City Council approved the purchase of two trams to operate on Streetcar routes A and B on March 21. The vehicles from Brookville Equipment Co are to enter service in 2020. The vehicles are being ordered as an option on a contract signed between Brookville and Seattle’s ...
