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NewsLos Angeles selects Purple Line extension signalling
USA: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority has awarded Ansaldo STS a $31·5m contract to supply signalling and train control equipment for the first phase of the Purple Line extension. Ansaldo STS is to supply signalling with ATP, ATO and ATS functionalities, as well as train-to-wayside systems. Due to ...
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NewsBombardier to supply new Guadalajara fleet
MEXICO: The Jalisco state government has selected Bombardier as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 12 two-car trainsets for Line 1 of the Guadalajara light rail system operated by SITEUR. According to the state government, 13 companies responded to the call for tenders where the winning ...
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NewsMore tram-trains ordered for Paris
FRANCE: On behalf of Paris regional transport authority STIF, SNCF has ordered a further 15 Citadis Dualis tram-train vehicles from Alstom. The order announced on January 5 is worth €75m and forms the second option on a framework contract signed in 2007. The vehicles are to be delivered from ...
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NewsBucurești metro upgrade funds confirmed
ROMANIA: The European Commission has confirmed that it is to provide funding towards the modernisation of infrastructure and rolling stock on metro Line M2 in București. The modernisation is being carried out in two phases. The first phase covers the procurement of 24 new trainsets. The Commission is contributing ...
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NewsWuhan opens metro Line 3
CHINA: The fourth metro line in Wuhan opened on December 28. The 33·2 km Line 3 runs underground from Hongtu Boulevard in the north to Zhuanyang Boulevard in the southwest with 24 stations. Interchanges are provided with Line 2 at Fanhu, with Line 1 at Zongguan and with Line 4 ...
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NewsNanchang opens first metro line
CHINA: Nanchang became the 24th city in China with a metro when it opened the first of five planned lines on December 26. The 28·7 km underground Line 1 has 24 stations, including interchanges with Line 2, currently under construction, and the planned lines 3, 4 and 5. It ...
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NewsPalermo tram network inaugurated
ITALY: The tram network in Palermo was officially opened on December 30 with a ceremony attended by Infrastructure & Transport Minister Graziano Delrio, Sicilian President Rosario Crocetta and Mayor Leoluca Orlando. The standard gauge network is made up of two unconnected sections totalling 17·8 km and operated as four ...
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NewsFirst Kochi metro car unveiled
INDIA: Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu unveiled the first car for the Kochi metro at Alstom’s Sri City plant in Andhra Pradesh on January 2. Alstom is supplying an initial fleet of 25 three-car Metropolis trainsets to Kochi Metro Rail under an €85m contract awarded in October 2014. The order ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief
Tram services in the Russian city of Dzerzhinsk ceased on December 18 following a decision to close the lines because of deteriorating infrastructure. Two tram routes in Angarsk closed on November 15: a 2 km section between Upravleniye Neftekhimkombinata and Zavod Polimerov and a 3·5 km section between Peresecheniye and ...
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NewsChangsha maglev starts trial running
CHINA: Trial running has started on the 18·5 km ‘medium-speed’ maglev line linking Changsha Nan station with the city's Huanghua Airport. Operated by Hunan Maglev Transport Co, the line has been designed for a maximum speed of 120 km/h, although the normal running speed is limited to 100 km/h. Interchange ...
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NewsBeijing and Guangzhou metros expand
CHINA: Three more metro extensions have been opened for revenue service in two of China’s largest conurbations. Beijing commissioned two routes on December 26. The larger adds a further 16·6 km to Line 14, which is being built by the Beijing MTR Corp joint venture under a PPP concession agreed ...
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NewsChengdu opens Line 4
CHINA: The third metro line in the western city of Chengdu was opened for revenue service on December 26. Running entirely underground for 22·4 km and serving 16 stations, the first phase of the east-west Line 4 links Intangible Cultural Heritage Park to Wannianchang. Interchange is provided to the national ...
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NewsDowntown Line reaches Bukit Panjang
SINGAPORE: The second phase of the city’s Downtown Line was opened for revenue service on December 27, following a formal inauguration by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at Botanic Gardens station the previous day. Free travel is being provided until January 1. Running from northwest Bugis to Bukit Panjang, the ...
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NewsSapporo completes tram loop
JAPAN: Ceremonies were held in the northern city of Sapporo on December 19 to mark the completion of a 449 m city centre tramway link, which opened for revenue service the following day. The new line connects the northern terminus of the Yamahana Line at Susukino with the eastern terminus ...
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NewsExim Bank to fund Lahore metro project
PAKISTAN: A soft loan agreement which would see China Exim Bank provide Rs162bn to fund construction of the Orange Line metro in Lahore was signed by Punjab’s Economic Affairs Secretary Tariq Bajwa and Exim Bank Vice-President Sun Ping on December 21. An agreement with China for the construction of the ...
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NewsEmergency traction tram batteries
SWITZERLAND: Saft is to supply onboard batteries for the 61 Flexity trams that Bombardier is supplying to Basel transport authority BVB. Each tram is being equipped with two 24 V Saft MSX battery systems. These would provide emergency short-term back-up traction power to enable the tram to travel short ...
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NewsTfL chooses Bakerloo Line extension alignment
UK: Transport for London is to begin detailed technical work on a southern extension of London Underground’s Bakerloo Line next year, it announced on December 17. TfL opened a public consultation in September 2014 on two proposed routes to extend the line from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham. It ...
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NewsGrand Paris Express funded
FRANCE: Project promoter Société du Grand Paris announced last month that funding had been agreed for the three remaining lines of the Grand Paris Express metro network. These include the northern section of Line 17 from Le Bourget to aLe Mesnil-Amelot, expected to cost €18bn and comprising 19·5 km of ...
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NewsPanamá City orders more Line 1 trainsets
PANAMA: Metro de Panama has awarded a €145m contract to a consortium led by Alstom and including Thales, Sofratesa, CIM and TSO for the supply of additional rolling stock and associated work to lengthen trainsets on Panamá City metro Line 1. Alstom’s share of the contract is €130m, and ...
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NewsTfL granted powers to rebuild Bank
UK: The Department for Transport has granted a Transport & Works Act Order to Transport for London, giving it legal powers to start the remodelling of Bank station in central London.Bank is the third-busiest station on the London Underground network, handling more than 52 million passengers per year and serving ...
