Urban rail – Page 335
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NewsBremen tram route extends out
GERMANY: A 5·5 km extension of Bremen tram Route 4 was officially inaugurated at 14.00 on August 1, with a public ceremony on the following Sunday. The 10-stop extension from Borgfeld to Falkenberg in the neighbouring town of Lilienthal is the first of the city’s tram routes to cross ...
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NewsGrand Paris funding
FRANCE: Société du Grand Paris approved €3·49bn for the Grand Paris project last month. The investment will go towards construction of Lines 16 between Noisy-Champs and Saint-Denis-Pleyel, as well as Line 17 South from Le Bourget RER station to Triangle-de-Gonesse and Line 14 North from Mairie de Saint-Ouen to Saint-Denis-Pleyel. ...
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NewsCAF to supply Monterrey fleet
MEXICO: Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF has announced that it is to supply 22 cars for Line 3 of the Monterrey metro, as leader of the consortium awarded a 20-year concession to build and operate the line on July 30. According to CAF, the funding package for the project was ...
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NewsCzech-Chinese joint venture targets China’s tram market
CHINA: Tong Hao Railway Vehicles Corp has been established as a joint venture of state-owned China Railway Signal & Communication Corp (66%), Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group Corp (17%) and Czech company Inekon Group (17%) with the aim of producing low-floor trams for the Chinese market. The joint venture is ...
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NewsCAF metro trains enter service in Bucureşti
ROMANIA: The first CAF trainset entered service on Bucureşti metro Line M2 this month. By the end of the year the total fleet of 16 is expected to be in operation on the 18·6 km route. Operator Metrorex ordered 16 six-car trainsets from CAF in November 2011 for €97m. ...
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NewsDirect award as Berlin S-Bahn tender delayed
GERMANY: The Länder of Berlin and Brandenburg have announced their intention to directly award DB subsidiary S-Bahn Berlin GmbH an interim contract for the operation of the capital's ‘Ring’ group of S-Bahn services. The direct award contract would run for 69 months from December 17 2017, giving the transport ...
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NewsAtkins to design Qatar Gold Line
QATAR: Atkins has been selected as lead designer for the Doha metro Gold Line project. The east-west line from Airport City North to Al Rayyan South is scheduled to open by 2019 under Phase 1 of Qatar’s four-line metro plan. The design contract announced on July 30 is worth £80m ...
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NewsMálaga light rail opens
SPAIN: The two-line Málaga light rail network opened on July 30. The east-west 6·7 km Line 1 runs at-grade from Andalucía Tech to Universidad, after which it goes into a tunnel. The eastern terminus is El Perchel, where interchange is provided with the underground Line 2, which runs 4·6 ...
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NewsWashington metro paperless ticket contract
USA: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has awarded Cubic Transportation Systems an $8m contract to convert more than 500 vending machines selling magnetic stripe ‘farecard’ tickets to sell and load value onto SmarTrip contactless smart cards. This forms part of WMATA’s plan to eliminate paper ticketing by early 2016. ...
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NewsCubic wins London ticketing system maintenance contract
UK: Cubic Transportation Systems has beat rival bids by LG CNS and Scheidt & Bachmann to win Transport for London’s ‘Electra’ contract to maintain its ticketing and fare collection equipment. This includes 1 900 ticket gates at London Underground and London Overground stations, 1 800 stand-alone validators including those ...
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NewsDetroit streetcar breaks ground
USA: Construction of the M-1 light rail project in Detroit officially started on July 28. The first stage of construction, due to last 120 days, includes utility relocation and drain installation along Woodward Avenue. Total construction is to last 27 months. Also known as the Woodward Avenue Streetcar, the ...
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NewsLima metro opens Line 1 extension
PERU: The third phase of Lima metro Line 1 opened at 06.00 on July 25. The 12·4 km extension runs north from Grau to Bayóvar on an elevated alignment. This adds 10 stations to Line 1, which is expected to increase its ridership to 250 000 passengers/day. Services run every ...
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NewsSilver Line opens in Washington
USA: The Silver Line of the Washington metro was inaugurated on July 26. The 18·8 km first phase of the line, which will eventually serve Dulles International Airport, branches off from the Orange Line between East Falls Church and West Falls Church and runs to Wiehle Avenue in Reston with ...
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NewsHo Chi Minh City selects underground contractors
VIETNAM: Ho Chi Minh City Management Authority for Urban Railways has selected a consortium of Shimizu and Maeda Corp to build the underground section of metro Line 1. The 2·6 km underground section of Line 1 will run from Ben Thanh Market to Ba Son Shipyard with three stations. ...
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NewsTucson Sun Link streetcar opens
USA: The Tucson Sun Link tram line opened on July 25, with three days of free travel. The 6·2 km route links the University of Arizona and the area west of the I-10 highway, with 18 stops. The $196·5m capital cost of the line and related public works was ...
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NewsChicago to restart metro car tender
USA: Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on July 24 that the Chicago Transit Authority would restart its procurement of up to 846 cars later this year. The contract to supply 7000 Series cars could be worth up to $2bn. In October 2013 CTA issued an invitation to tender for 854 ...
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NewsNavi Mumbai metro E&M contract awarded
INDIA: A consortium led by Ansaldo STS and including Tata Projects and CSR Zhuzhou has won a €78m turnkey contract for electrical and mechanical systems for the first phase of Navi Mumbai metro Line 1. The contract covers the design, installation, testing and commissioning of the E&M works, which ...
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NewsMTR signs agreement with Chongqing
CHINA: MTR Corp signed a memorandum of understanding on July 23 with the Chongqing municipal government for rail and property development in the municipality. Under the terms of the agreement, MTR will discuss the potential for investment, construction and operation of one or more metro lines in the city. ...
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NewsAnnaba tram contractor selected
ALGERIA: Entreprise du Métro d’Alger has selected a consortium of Daewoo and GS Engineering & Construction to build the first tram line in Annaba. Work is to be completed within 39 months of signing the 43·5bn dinar contract. The city is planning two tram lines, although the start ...
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NewsDriverless trains delivered to Singapore
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has taken delivery of the first new trainsets for the North East and Circle lines from the Shanghai Alstom Transport Co joint venture of Alstom Transport and Shanghai Electric Group. These are the first of 18 trainsets for the North East Line and 24 for ...
