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NewsChina sets out urban transport guidelines
CHINA: The Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council issued guidelines and targets for urban development and management on February 21, following the Central Urban Work Conference at the end of last year. The document is a response to the problems caused by rapid urbanisation in ...
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NewsFinch West LRT requests for proposals issued
CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario and Toronto regional transport agency Metrolinx have issued requests for proposals to the three consortia which have been shortlisted for the contract to design, build, finance and maintain the Finch West Light Rail Transit project. Proposals are to be submitted later this year. IO envisages that preliminary ...
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NewsNairobi plans light rail network
KENYA: Work on a light rail network in Nairobi is due to start by June, President Uhuru Kenyatta announced on February 19. The first phase would link the existing railway station with the future terminus of the standard gauge line under construction between Nairobi and Mombasa. Further phases would ...
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NewsWork starts on Kolkata airport metro link
INDIA: On February 21 Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu launched construction of an extension of the Kolkata metro to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport in Dum Dum. The 6·9 km underground route would start from the current northern terminus of the North-South Line at Noapara and run northeast ...
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NewsWehrhahn tram tunnel opens in Düsseldorf
GERMANY: Düsseldorf Lord Mayor Thomas Geisel officially launched services through the Wehrhahn tram tunnel at 12.30 on February 20. Regular passenger services began the following day. The 3·4 km route links Bilk in the south with Wehrhahn in the northeast through the centre of Düsseldorf. The line has six ...
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NewsTesting begins on Bratislava dual-gauge tram extension
SLOVAKIA: Testing on a dual-gauge extension of Bratislava’s tram network began on February 16. Operator Dopravný podnik Bratislava expects passenger services to start in March or April. Running south from Šafárikovo námestie, the new route is the only one in the city to cross the Danube, using the 460 ...
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NewsMoscow metro tests automatic operation
RUSSIA: The first train equipped with automatic train operation has entered passenger service on Line 5 of the Moscow metro. Testing started in September on Line 8, and two more ATO-equipped trains are due to enter service on Line 5. The train operates with a driver who has to ...
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NewsChicago moves ahead with airport express plan
USA: The City of Chicago expects to select a contractor in March to develop designs for the proposed O’Hare Express Rail link, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on February 14. The route is intended to offer a faster service over the 30 km between the city centre and O’Hare International Airport ...
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NewsContractor selected for Perth airport rail link
AUSTRALIA: The Public Transport Authority of Western Australia has selected a joint venture of Salini Impregilo and NRW as preferred bidder for the main works of the A$2bn Forrestfield-Airport Link in Perth. Two other bidders were shortlisted: the Forrestfield Connect joint venture of Acciona Infrastructure, BAM International and Ferrovial ...
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NewsBilbao metro Series 950 train presented
SPAIN: On February 17 EuskoTren presented the first of 28 Series 950 trainsets that CAF is supplying for the Bilbao metro. In 2014 EuskoTren awarded CAF a €150m contract to supply 12 metre-gauge trainsets for Line 3, and 16 to replace existing Series 200 and 300 units in use ...
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NewsAPTA signs NFC MoU
USA: The American Public Transportation Association and the NFC Forum announced on February 17 that they had signed a memorandum of understanding to promote the use of near field communication technologies for public transport operators. The two organisations will work on training courses, white papers, case study analyses, customer ...
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NewsBuenos Aires ticketing contract awarded
ARGENTINA: National rail operator SOFSE has awarded Indra a €35m contract to supply ticketing equipment for the Buenos Aires commuter network. The Spanish company will equip more than 200 stations across the eight-line network with 1 400 ticket gates and 170 entrances suitable for wheelchairs. It will also supply ...
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NewsMoscow metro opens 200th station
RUSSIA: A southern extension of Moscow metro Line 1 on February 15 brought the number of stations on the network to 200. The 1·9 km section from Rumyantsevo to Salaryevo follows on from the opening of the previous extension, a 2·5 km section from Troparyevo to Rumyantsevo, on January 18. ...
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NewsRussian metre-gauge tram under construction
RUSSIA: PK Transportnye Systemy presented a prototype tram that it is building for Yevpatoria at its new facility in the Tver Carriage Works factory. The 20·5 m long, 2 300 mm wide multi-articulated Type 71-922 Varyah tram is designed for metre-gauge networks. Yevpatoria envisages that it will order up ...
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NewsTrams ordered for Sétif
ALGERIA: Alstom announced the details of the 26 Citadis trams that it is to supply for Sétif on February 15. The order forms part of a framework contract signed in 2012 by Cital and Entreprise du Métro d’Alger for the supply of Citadis trams to operate on lines planned for ...
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NewsVladikavkaz orders trams
RUSSIA: Uralvagonzavod subsidiary Uraltransmash has agreed a leasing deal with the Vladikavkaz city authorities for the supply of 10 Type 71-407 trams. Uraltransmash presented the updated design of its four-axle single-section tram last year. The 39% low-floor vehicles feature asynchronous traction motors. Vladikavkaz has a 59 route-km network, ...
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NewsMidland Metro trams to be converted for catenary-free operation
UK: The 21 CAF Urbos trams used on the Midland Metro light rail line are to be retrofitted with batteries to enable catenary-free operation, West Midlands transport agency Centro announced on February 12, and four more trams have been ordered which will be supplied with batteries already fitted. This will ...
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NewsDriverless metro reaches Barcelona airport
SPAIN: A further section of the orbital driverless metro line in Barcelona was inaugurated on February 12. The 19·6 km north-south Line 9 Sud in the west of the city connects Zona Universitària with stations at both terminals of the airport. There are 15 stations, including six interchanges. Services ...
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NewsManila Line 1 extension contract awarded
PHILIPPINES: Concessionaire Light Rail Manila Corp has awarded a consortium of Bouygues Travaux Publics and Alstom a €450m contract to extend metro Line 1. Alstom’s share is worth €160m and covers signalling and communications, power supplies and trackwork for the 11·7 km extension with eight stations. One new depot ...
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NewsPraha tests locally-made tram
CZECH REPUBLIC: Passenger-carrying tests of a locally-built prototype tram started on routes 5, 6 and 7 of the network in Praha on February 1, and will run until the end of August. The EVO1 tram, also known as Evička, was built at the central workshops in Hostivař by the ...
