Urban rail – Page 343
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NewsBeijing metro Line 16 prequalification underway
CHINA: Beijing Infrastructure Investment Co has invited three operators to bid for the metro Line 16 PPP concession. Civil works will be funded by the state, with the concessionaire required to invest 15bn yuan in the E&M systems and operate and maintain the line for 30 years. Two of the ...
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NewsKošice orders 23 Pragoimex trams
SLOVAKIA: Košice city transport operator DPMK has awarded Czech company Pragoimex a €33·3m contract to supply 23 trams and provide 15 years of maintenance support. The partly low-floor VarioLF2plus trams will have 44 seats and space for 131 standees at 5 passengers/m2. Deliveries are scheduled to run from August 2014 ...
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NewsUltracapacitor energy storage offers metro operators 20% savings
SOUTH KOREA: Metro operators in Seoul, Daejon and Incheon have achieved power savings of more than 20% using ultracapacitor braking energy recuperation technology, according to ultracapacitor manufacturer Maxwell Technologies. Up to 200 Maxwell Technologies 48 V multi-cell ultracapacitor modules are installed in 750 V and 1·5 kV energy recuperation systems ...
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NewsDoha metro tunnel boring machines completed
QATAR: Minister of Transport Jassim Saif Ahmed Al Sulaiti has inspected the first two of 15 tunnel boring machines which Herrenknecht is building to bore 90 km of tunnel for the Doha metro by 2019. The 7 050 mm diameter earth pressure balance TBMs 'Lehwaila' and 'Al Wakra' have a ...
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NewsMoscow metro Line 12 extended
RUSSIA: An extension of Moscow metro Line 12 from Ulitsa Starokachalovskaya to Bitevskiy Park, with an intermediate station at Lesoparkovaya, opened on February 27. Construction of the 4·5 km underground extension started in 2011. Bitevskiy Park provides interchange with Line 6 at its southern end. Lesoparkovaya is part of ...
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NewsLondon Underground starts New Tube for London train procurement
UK: On February 28 London Underground announced that it had placed an OJEU notice inviting expressions of interest in the supply of 250 small-profile trainsets for the Bakerloo, Central, Piccadilly and Waterloo & City lines. The invitation to tender is expected to be issued in early 2015. According to LU's ...
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NewsChennai receives its first Indian-built metro cars
INDIA: Alstom has delivered the first two Metropolis trainsets built at its Sricity factory in India. Chennai Metro Rail Limited placed a €243m order for 42 four-car trainsets in 2010, with the first nine being built in Alstom’s Lapa plant in Brazil. Delivery is expected by 2015. The 26 ...
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NewsAmpang Line Extension train unveiled
MALAYSIA: The first of 50 metro trainsets ordered for Kuala Lumpur's Ampang Line Extension Project was rolled out at CSR Zhuzhou's factory in China on February 27. Transport authority Prasarana has ordered 50 of the trainsets, of which 30 are to replace the current fleet which has been in service ...
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NewsCanberra appoints light rail advisers
AUSTRALIA: Following bids by four consortia, the Capital Metro Agency has appointed an Arup-led consortium as technical adviser for engineering design, operations and infrastructure for the planned Capital Metro light rail line in Canberra. The consortium includes Hassell, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Brown Consulting, LandData Surveys, Phillip Chun Access, ...
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NewsDurham-Orange light rail approved
USA: The Federal Transit Administration approved project development for the Durham-Orange Light Rail line in North Carolina on February 25. ‘We can now proceed to complete the environmental process, advance our engineering and make final alignment decisions’, said David King, General Manager of transport authority Triangle Transit. Environmental ...
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NewsWenzhou suburban EMU contract awarded
CHINA: CSR Sifang has beaten five rival domestic bids to win a contract to supply 32 four-car suburban electric multiple-units for the future Line S1 in Wenzhou. The 52 km east-west line will link the city centre with Oujiangkou New District. The first EMU is scheduled to be delivered ...
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NewsDriverless metro train arrives in Hong Kong
CHINA: The first metro train for Hong Kong’s South Island Line (East) was delivered to Siu Ho Wan depot on February 19. This is the first of 10 three-car trainsets being supplied by Changchun Railway Vehicles Co, which are to be equipped for unattended train operation. According to metro ...
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NewsŠkoda tram enters service in Konya
TURKEY: The first of 60 Škoda Transportation 28T trams ordered by Konya has entered passenger service. Škoda Transportation Chief Executive Josef Bernard said: ‘In less than a year after signing the contract we have managed to develop, produce and deliver the first tram to the Turkish market. The vehicle ...
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NewsMoscow Metro orders 832 cars
RUSSIA: Moscow Metro has selected Transmashholding subsidiaries Metrowagonmash and Transholdleasing to supply 832 metro cars in 2014-17. The contract is worth 143·9bn roubles, with maintenance for 30 years. The city of Moscow will provide finance in instalments over 15 years. The only other bid came from a ...
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NewsFeature articles in the March 2014 issue of Metro Report International
Articles in the March 2014 issue of Metro Report International. Comment Ramon Malla considers the progress of automation and shares some insights from the UITP’s Observatory of Automated Metros News Review Round-up of world metro, light rail and tram news Zhengzhou Mainland China gains its 18th metro Paris STIF’s 2014 ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - February 2014
The Brazilian state of São Paulo has approved R$7·4bn in metro and rail investment for 2017 as part of a wider R$16·2bn transport infrastructure investment plan. Moscow metro’s Brateyevo depot on Line 2 opened on January 15. The metro is to spend 16·8bn roubles on depot modernisation, including sites ...
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NewsFoxtrot tram for Moscow unveiled
RUSSIA: Pesa revealed its first tram for Moscow on February 21. The new 1 524 mm gauge low-floor tram is branded Foxtrot, and will be delivered to the Russian capital next month. Moscow ordered 120 trams from Pesa in co-operation with Uraltransmash in June 2013, with deliveries to take ...
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NewsFirst electric train runs in Adelaide
AUSTRALIA: The first electric train in Adelaide ran on February 23, marking the completion of electrification between Adelaide main line station and the newly opened southern terminus at Seaford. The 1 600 mm gauge line, electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz, was hitherto known as the Noarlunga Line, but ...
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NewsGovernment consults on privatisation options
PORTUGAL: Responses are due by March 7 under stakeholder consultation being undertaken by the government on options for involving the private sector in the operation of public transport services currently provided by state-owned companies Carris and Metropolitano de Lisboa. This is being undertaken in line with the terms of a ...
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NewsGolden Horn metro bridge opens
TURKEY: A 3·5 km extension of Istanbul metro line M2 from Sishane to Yenikapi including the Haliç metro bridge across the Golden Horn was opened by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Febraury 15. The US$671m extension connects the two parts of the European side of the city. There are ...
