Urban rail – Page 280
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Metro Report InternationalFurther Klang Valley metro contracts awarded
MALAYSIA: MRT Corp announced on March 10 that it had awarded four works packages for the SSP Line which is under construction in the Klang Valley. The contracts include the final three of the 10 viaduct civil works packages to be awarded. Trans Resources Corp won an 858·2m ringgit ...
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NewsFirst metro train arrives in Hanoi
VIETNAM: The first metro train has arrived in Hanoi, and is due to begin test running on the elevated metro Line 2 at the end of September. CRRC is supplying 13 four-car trainsets, with the remaining 12 due to be shipped in three batches. The first train took a ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom and NTL launch Aptis electric bus prototype
FRANCE: Alstom and NTL presented a prototype of the Aptis electric bus at NTL’s factory in Duppigheim in eastern France on March 9. Alstom says that the vehicle is based on a tram design, with roof-mounted equipment and a mostly low floor. The vehicle is 12 m long, 2 ...
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NewsCRRC Changchun to supply more metro cars to Mashhad
IRAN: CRRC Changchun is to supply 20 five-car trainsets for the second phase of Mashhad metro Line 2, which is due to open in May. The first three sets will be manufactured in China, with the remainder being made in Iran by a joint venture that CRRC ...
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Metro Report InternationalFoshan hydrogen fuel cell tram contract signed
CHINA: CRRC Qingdao Sifang is to supply eight hydrogen fuel cell trams for a route being developed in Foshan, the supplier announced on March 9. Each tram will have capacity for 285 passengers and a maximum speed of 70 km/h. They will be powered by hydrogen fuel cells developed ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon creates its first low-emission bus zone
UK: The first of 12 low-emission bus zones planned for London’s most polluted streets started operating on March 9. The zone in the southwestern district of Putney will only permit buses achieving strict Euro-6 emissions standards to operate across the seven routes that pass through it. This ...
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NewsSydney Trains extends maintenance contract
AUSTRALIA: Sydney Trains has exercised a A$225m option to extend Downer EDI’s maintenance contract for its fleet of Millennium electric multiple-units for a further 10 years from June 2017. Downer supplied 35 four-car Millennium sets from 2002 and has been responsible for their maintenance from new. Downer is ...
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NewsEkova and Cegelec complete Göteborg tram refurbishment
SWEDEN: Czech firms Ekova Electric and Cegelec Praha have completed the refurbishment of 79 M31 trams for Göteborg, with the last handed back to operator Göteborgs Spårvägar on March 7. Work began in June 2011 following the award of a KC170m contract. This marks the second renovation of the ...
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Metro Report InternationalRhein-Ruhr-Express depot construction launched
GERMANY: The foundation stone for the Rhein-Ruhr-Express maintenance depot was laid in Dortmund-Eving on March 7. Siemens is building the 70 000 m2 facility on the site of a former marshalling yard on the Dortmund – Lünen main line. A 163 m long, 63 m wide and 12·4 m ...
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NewsOperator sought for Dublin Luas trams
IRELAND: The National Transport Authority is to hold a market awareness day on April 5 ahead of the planned call for tenders for the next contract to operate and maintain Dublin’s Luas light rail lines. The existing five-year contract held by Transdev is due to end in the fourth quarter ...
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Metro Report InternationalRiyadh takes delivery of Alstom metro train
SAUDI ARABIA: Arriyadh Development Authority has taken delivery of the first Alstom Metropolis trainset for the Riyadh metro. Alstom is supplying 69 two-car driverless trainsets from its Katowice factory in Poland, with deliveries due to be completed in 2018. The 36 m long trains have a maximum speed of 90 ...
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Metro Report InternationalKeeping up with ticketing technology
As transport ticketing technology moves ahead at a rapid pace, what are the similarities and differences in cities around the world?
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Metro Report InternationalIntegrating Crossrail’s asset management data
UK: Building information modelling cloud software company 3D Repo has developed a mobile platform which brings together disparate databases and information sources to support the management of maintainable assets on London’s Crossrail project. Data matrix identity labels and RFID tags can be scanned using a mobile device to provide real-time ...
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NewsOlsztyn tram extension funding agreement signed
POLAND: A funding agreement for 144·9m złoty of EU funds for the expansion of the Olsztyn tram network was signed on February 28 by Mayor Piotr Grzymowicz. A new route is to be built from the existing network at the junction of al Piłsudskiego and ul Kościuszki southeast to ...
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore seeks drone inspection partners
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has issued a request for information seeking the industry’s participation in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to inspect metro tunnels. Planned automated tunnel inspection trials would include 360° video mapping and the use of software to automatically detect defects from the video taken and ...
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Metro Report InternationalTEX Rail signalling contract signed
USA: Fort Worth Transportation Authority has awarded Wabtec Corp a $97m contract to provide the signalling, communications and a control centre for the $1·03bn TEX Rail commuter line. The 43 km line between Fort Worth and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport is under construction with opening planned for 2018. It will ...
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore contactless ticketing pilot to begin in March
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority and Mastercard will launch an account-based fare payment pilot on March 20. This will allow passengers to use contactless credit and debit cards for fare payments on the metro and buses. LTA and Mastercard signed a partnership agreement for the pilot last year, ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon’s contactless payment goes global
CONTACTLESS: Cubic Transportation Systems ‘inevitably learned a lot about the processes of the payment industry’ through working with Transport for London on the roll-out of contactless payment, John Hill, Managing Director Europe, told Metro Report International at the Transport Ticketing Global 2017 conference, and such experience means ...
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Metro Report InternationalShijiazhuang metro investment and construction contracts awarded
CHINA: China Railway Construction Corp has been awarded contracts worth 6·5bn yuan to finance and build the civil works element of two underground metro line extensions in Shijiazhuang. The ‘investment & construction’ model will see the contractor finance construction of the civil works, which will then be purchased by ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransdev signs driverless car agreement with Renault-Nissan
INTERNATIONAL: Transdev and the Renault-Nissan Alliance signed a research agreement on February 27 to jointly develop a mobility services system for self-driving road vehicles. The transport operator and vehicle manufacturer will explore the development of ‘mobility services’ using fleets of electric driverless road vehicles for traditional public ...
