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NewsParis route T3 heads further west
FRANCE: Initial public consultation is being undertaken until February 21 on plans for a further extension of tram route T3 in Paris. With the extension to Porte d’Asnières due to open at the end of 2017, local residents are now being invited to comment on options for extending T3 further ...
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NewsEMEF to maintain Porto LRVs
PORTUGAL: EMEF announced on February 10 that it had signed a contract with Metro do Porto for the maintenance of 35 Eurotram light rail vehicles. The €10·6m contract covers medium-term maintenance, including the LRVs’ 960 000 km general overhaul. The work will be carried out over 36 months at ...
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NewsSiemens CBTC for Paris RER Line E
FRANCE: On February 10 SNCF announced that it had awarded Siemens France a €186m contract to supply NExTEO communications-based train control for the central section of RER Line E in Paris. According to SNCF, this is the first major contract to be placed under the €3⋅7bn project to extend Line ...
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NewsMelbourne grade separation completed
AUSTRALIA: The replacement Gardiner station in Melbourne has been opened, and the first grade separation completed under a programme to eliminate 50 level crossings which had been announced as part of the 2014 election campaign. The railway has been rebuilt on a new sunken alignment, with the platforms at ...
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NewsAzur metro trains begin carrying passengers
CANADA: Montréal metro operator STM started passenger-carrying tests with the first Azur trainset on February 7. The train will undergo testing on the Orange Line for at least 61 days while a second pre-series train will continue testing without passengers on the other three lines. In October 2010 STM ...
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NewsIzmir suburban extension opens
TURKEY: A 22 km extension of Izmir’s IZBAN suburban rail network opened on February 6, marking the first extension since the two lines opened in 2010. The Southern Line has been extended south from Cumaovası to Tepeköy with six stations. The first 23 km section of the Southern Line, ...
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NewsMashhad airport metro link open
IRAN: President Hassan Rouhani attended the opening ceremony for an extension of Mashhad metro Line 1 on February 6. Running southeast from Ghadir to Hashemi Nejad Airport with an intermediate station at Parvaz, the 6 km extension cost €206m to build, which was financed by Mashhad Urban Railway Corp. ...
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NewsGuided bus to tram plan confirmed
FRANCE: The municipality of Caen has confirmed its intention to develop a three-line light rail network for opening by the end of 2019. The majority of the tramway would be converted from the existing TVR guided bus network under plans first announced in December 2011, but a feasibility study has ...
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NewsMoscow Small Ring agreement
RUSSIA: Following consultation with the Moscow city government, Central Suburban Passenger Co and Moscow Metro have agreed to transfer to Russian Railways the rights and obligations under the contract to provide services on the Small Ring route. Small Ring passenger services are scheduled to launch on September 2, following ...
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NewsIncheon Airport maglev starts passenger services
SOUTH KOREA: Passenger services on the first urban maglev line with domestically-developed technology began on February 3. Services on the 6·1 km line between Incheon International Airport and Yongyu with six stations run every 15 min between 09.00 and 18.00, although the operating hours are set to expand in ...
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NewsBayern announces München S-Bahn tendering plan
GERMANY: Bayern railway authority BEG set out details of a three-phase plan to tender the operation of München S-Bahn services on February 3. The strategy is designed to reflect the need to manage major investment projects over the next decade, as well as the scale and complexity of the ...
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NewsSiemens opens US rail vehicle services plant
USA: This month Siemens will begin operations at a 5 600 m2 rail vehicle servicing, maintenance and repair plant it has established at the McClellan Park business development on the former McClellan Air Force Base in Sacramento, California. The site will be Siemens Mobility’s US customer services headquarters and ...
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NewsTenerife tram extension approved
SPAIN: The board of Metrotenerife has approved the start of tendering for a 2·5 km extension of tram Route 2 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. The cost of construction is put at €37m. The southwest extension of Route 2 from Tíncer to La Gallega would have four stops. It ...
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NewsSeoul’s Sin Bundang Line extended
SOUTH KOREA: A 12·8 km southern extension of the Sin Bundang Line in Seoul opened on January 30, bringing the total length of the driverless line to 30·1 km. The new section connects the previous southern terminus of Jeongja with Kyonggi University in Gwanggyo. There are five intermediate stations, ...
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NewsCanberra light rail contractor chosen
AUSTRALIA: Australian Capital Territory Chief Minister Andrew Barr and Minister for Capital Metro Simon Corbell announced on February 1 that the Canberra Metro consortium has been selected to build and operate the first stage of the planned light rail network. The consortium comprises Pacific Partnerships, CPB Contractors, ...
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NewsAlstom signs Iranian mainline and urban transport agreement
IRAN: A memorandum of understanding for co-operation in the mainline and urban transport sectors was signed by Alstom and Iran’s Industrial Development & Renovation Organization in Paris on January 27. Alstom said the aim was to initiate discussions for industrial co-operation with IDRO, including the possible formation of a ...
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NewsHuai’an tram line opens
CHINA: Services on the first tram line in Huai’an commenced on December 28, following the start of passenger-carrying tests on December 19. The 20·3 km northwest-southeast route runs from Huai’an Gymnasium to South Gate with 23 stops. Construction started in February 2014 and cost 3·65bn yuan. Services are ...
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NewsTracklaying begins on Samsun tram extension
TURKEY: Tracklaying on the southeastern extension of the Samsun tram line started on January 27. The 14 km section from Gar to Tekkeköy is due to open on October 10. The extension will nearly double the current 15 km route between Üniversite and Gar. The fleet of 21 trams ...
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NewsCBTC over LTE test successful
CHINA: Telecoms company ZTE announced on January 25 that it had completed a laboratory test of communication-based train control over LTE. Ansaldo STS supplied CBTC signalling and ZTE provided LTE equipment and devices for the test, which covered scenarios such as static condition, handover, failover, and load with static ...
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NewsHefei metro starts test running
CHINA: Testing started on the first metro line in Hefei on January 20. Initial tests are being carried out on a 1·4 km section of Line 1 at up to 80 km/h using 45 staff. Nine parameters are being tested while trains are moving and a further 27 while static. ...
