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NewsWuppertal welcomes Generation 15 car
GERMANY: Wuppertal Mayor Andreas Mucke presented the first Generation 15 car for the city’s schwebebahn suspension monorail to a crowd of 5 000 at the Vohwinkel terminus on November 14. ‘This is a generational project that will shape our city for the next 40 years’, said Stadtwerke Wuppertal CEO ...
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NewsGera seeks tram operator
GERMANY: The city of Gera has invited expressions of interest in a contract to operate tram and bus services, and intends to award an operating contract on October 1 2016. Four organisations are reported to be interested: Transdev, Rhenus Veniro, DB Bus and regional bus operator Regionalverkehr ...
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NewsSEPTA awards light rail CBTC contract
USA: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has awarded Ansaldo STS a $53·2m design-build contract to install communications-based train control on light rail routes 101 and 102, also known as the Media-Sharon Hill Lines. The scope includes civil works and upgrading existing signalling on the 1 581 mm gauge routes totalling ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Alstom metro cars for Riyadh under construction
SAUDI ARABIA: Production of the first of 69 two-car Metropolis trainsets for Riyadh metro lines 4, 5 and 6 has begun at Alstom’s Katowice plant in Poland. Metro project promoter Arriyadh Development Authority expects to unveil a full-size mock-up of a trainset in Riyadh shortly, and is scheduled to take ...
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NewsMilwaukee selects Brookville trams
USA: The City of Milwaukee agreed terms with rolling stock manufacturer Brookville Equipment Corp on November 13 for the supply of four Liberty Modern Streetcars to operate its starter line. The $18·6m contract includes options for up to 20 more vehicles. The three-section bidirectional trams will be 20·4 m ...
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NewsAddis Ababa opens second light rail line
ETHIOPIA: The second light rail line in Addis Ababa opened on November 9. The 17·4 km Green Line has 22 stops. It runs east from Ayat to Tor Hailoch, sharing tracks with the north-south Blue Line on a 2·7 km, five-stop stretch between Lideta and Meskel Square. The north-south ...
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NewsDelhi inaugurates Line 2 metro extension
INDIA: A 4·4 km northern extension of Delhi Metro’s Line 2 was inaugurated on November 10. The elevated alignment runs from Jahangirpuri to Samaypur Badli. The three stations are equipped with rooftop solar panels and rain water is collected for reuse. The extension forms part of the Phase ...
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NewsKyiv receives Elektron tram
UKRAINE: Elektrontrans delivered the first of seven 1 524 mm gauge Elektron trams to Kyiv on November 11. Operator Kyivpastrans placed a 183·75m hryvnia order in July for the trams, which are similar to metre-gauge cars delivered to Lviv last year. Designated as T5B64, the unidirectional 100% low-floor vehicle ...
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NewsBremen approves tram funding
GERMANY: The Bremen Senate announced on November 10 that it had approved funding for capital expenditure on the city’s tram network. The approved funds include €210m for the purchase of 67 new trams, for which a tender is to be called next year. Deliveries of prototypes are due to ...
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NewsSEPTA orders Siemens electric locos
USA: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority has formally awarded preferred bidder Siemens a $118m contract to supply 13 ACS-64 electric locomotives by early 2018, along with spare parts and staff training. The contract announced on November 11 includes an option for up to five more of the locomotives, which are ...
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NewsWork starts on Bologna airport monorail
ITALY: Construction of the Marconi Express monorail linking Bologna Centrale main line station with Marconi Airport began on October 31. Works are due be completed in 36 months, with passenger services expected to begin in 2019. The 5 km route will be built at up to 7·6 m above ground ...
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NewsWabtec to supply PTC for Denver’s North Metro Line
USA: Construction contractor Regional Rail Partners has awarded Wabtec a $27m contract to supply Positive Train Control for the first phase of the North Metro commuter rail line. Announcing the contract signing on November 9, Wabtec said that its Xorail division would also be responsible for integration and project management. ...
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NewsToulouse becomes world VAL headquarters
FRANCE: On November 9 the first staff moved into the new world headquarters for VAL driverless light metro systems that Siemens is establishing in Toulouse. Covering 10 000 m2, the new offices will eventually house around 100 staff currently working at the Siemens sites at Châtillon, Roubaix and Colomiers. According ...
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NewsCaracas Line 5 opens to Bello Monte
VENEZUELA: The first section of Line 5 of the Caracas metro, running for 1∙3 km from Zona Rental to Bello Monte, was officially opened by President Nicolás Maduro on November 4, accompanied by Metro de Caracas President Luis Sauce. Serving southeastern Caracas, Line 5 will eventually be 16 km in ...
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NewsMilano welcomes new M2 metro train
ITALY: The first of 10 Leonardo trainsets for metro Line M2 in Milano entered service on November 4. Transport operator ATM ordered 30 six-car trainsets from AnsaldoBreda in 2012. The €220m cost is coming from ATM’s funds, including a loan from the European Investment Bank. The order was a ...
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NewsC$9·1bn Eglinton Crosstown light rail contract signed
CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario, transport authority Metrolinx and preferred bidder Crosslinx Transit Solutions signed the C$9·1bn fixed-price construction and maintenance contract for Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit project on November 3. Opening is scheduled for 2021. Crosslinx was named preferred bidder on June 9. The consortium comprises ACS Infrastructure Canada, ...
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NewsWarszawa metro extension contractors selected
POLAND: Metro Warszawskie has selected contractors to build two extensions of metro Line 2 in the capital. Gülermak is to undertake work on a 3·5 km western extension with three stations for 1·15bn złoty. A 3·1 km eastern extension, also with three stations, is to be built by Astaldi ...
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NewsŁódź opens tram extension
POLAND: A extended and modernised Route 10 of the Łódź tram network was inaugurated on October 31. The first tram on the new route ran at 04.44; it was a Bombardier CityRunner, as the Pesa Swing trams ordered for the main east-west axis will only be delivered in December. ...
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NewsHungarian company builds tram for Africa
ETHIOPIA: A prototype tram for the African market has been delivered to Addis Ababa by Hungarian company Dunai Repülőgépgyár. DR intends to carry out series production in Ethiopia using Hungarian components, and is in talks with Ethiopian state-owned Metals & Engineering Corp about constructing a test track. It is ...
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NewsCAF delivers trams to two US cities
USA: The first vehicles for the Cincinnati and Kansas City streetcar lines have reached their respective cities from CAF USA’s Elmira factory in New York state. The first of five Urbos 3 trams for Cincinnati arrived on October 30, with the first of four Urbos 3 cars for Kansas ...
