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NewsShanghai tram proposal
CHINA: Shanghai Transport & Port Authority has proposed a 90 km, six-line tram network in the southwestern Songjiang district. This is the first stage of a plan for an 800 km network by 2020. The plan envisages that the 16 km route T1 from Xinsongjiang Road to Xinqiao would be ...
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NewsSiemens unveils first Avenio tram in München
GERMANY: The first Siemens Avenio tram was publicly unveiled in München on November 4. In September 2012 München utility body SWM awarded Siemens a €29m contract for eight vehicles, designated Type T1 by city transport operator MVG. Following testing, the trams will enter passenger service alongside the Bombardier/Siemens Type ...
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NewsAdelaide tram expansion plan launched
AUSTRALIA: South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill has begun public consultation on an integrated transport & land use plan for the Adelaide region. It has been developed by the South Australia government together with industry groups and government agencies. Total cost of the 30-year package is put at A$36bn, with an ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - November 2013
Last month EIB signed a €50m loan agreement to fund road modernisation projects in Sofia including the upgrade of 7·6 km of tramway. Oklahoma City has approved funding for a US$130m tram line. Phase 1 would run for around 8 km and have six air-conditioned vehicles. The French ...
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NewsDhaka metro construction officially launched
BANGLADESH: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina laid the foundation stone for the Dhaka metro on October 31 at Bhawal Badre Alam University College Ground. The project is to be developed with Japanese assistance, following the signing of a 40-year soft loan agreement with JICA in February valued at ¥10·477bn. The ...
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NewsSeoul Line 9 contract extension awarded
SOUTH KOREA: The SML9 consortium of Transdev and RATP Dev signed a contract extension for the operation and maintenance of the Seoul metro Line 9 metro on October 28. The 10-year contract is worth €525m. Line 9 is the only line in Seoul run by a private operator, which ...
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NewsStockholm light rail extension opens
SWEDEN: Regular services on a 7 km extension of Stockholm's Tvärbanan light rail line north from Alvik to Solna Centrum began on October 28, following opening celebrations and free rides the previous day. The extension includes a 0·8 km tunnel. It adds seven stops to the line, with two providing ...
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NewsFirst Škoda tram on its way to Konya
TURKEY: The first of 60 trams for Konya left Škoda Transportation’s Plzen factory in the Czech Republic on October 29, almost seven months after the €104·7m contract was announced. The 100% low-floor Type 28T vehicle is based on 31 trams ordered by Miskolc in Hungary. The five-section tram is ...
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NewsHo Chi Minh City metro Line 5 funding secured
VIETNAM: The Ho Chi Minh City Management Authority for Urban Railways has announced that three foreign organisations will help to finance metro Line 5. The Asian Development Bank will provide US$500m, the European Investment Bank €150m and the Spanish government €200m. The remainder will come from the Vietnamese government’s ...
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NewsMelbourne’s B-Class trams to be refurbished
AUSTRALIA: Public Transport Victoria is investing A$4·4m to refurbish Melbourne’s B-Class trams, which make up a quarter of Yarra Trams’ fleet. The work will be completed early next year and aims to increase the capacity of each two-section tram by seven to nine passengers. This will be achieved by ...
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NewsWarszawa orders short trams
POLAND: Tramwaje Warszawskie has selected Pesa to supply 30 low-floor trams to the Polish capital for 185·4m złoty. Pesa beat offers from Solaris, CAF, Škoda Transportation and Stadler. At 20 m long, the unidirectional three-section trams from Pesa’s Jazz family will be shorter than most of the Warszawa fleet. ...
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NewsDubai metro contract extended
UAE: Serco Group announced on October 24 that it had extended its contract with Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority to operate and maintain the metro network. The five-year extension is worth £355m and will run to September 2019, with an option to extend it further to 2021. Serco has ...
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NewsTyne & Wear Metro launches door safety campaign
UK: A campaign to encourage passengers not to obstruct train doors has been launched on the Tyne & Wear Metro. This includes a specially-commissioned animation 'Use your brain near a train' which is being published via social media. The campaign has been launched in response to recommendations made by ...
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NewsSantiago metro lines 3 and 6 E&M contract awarded
CHILE: A consortium of Eurovia subsidiary ETF and Colas Rail has been awarded a €150m contract to build and maintain track and catenary on lines 3 and 6 of the Santiago metro. ETF's share is 55% The contract covers 75 track-km and 15 track-km in two depots. Once built, ETF ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - October 2013
A study has found that the number of pedestrians in central Jerusalem has increased by 46% since the opening of the tramway in 2011. Delhi Metro Rail Corp has invited tenders for the supply of 75 standard gauge cars for the Kochi metro. On behalf of the state ...
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NewsSalvador metro Phase II PPP contract awarded
BRAZIL: Bahia state government and CCR signed a 30-year public-private partnership concession worth R$4bn for Phase II of the Salvador metro on October 15. The contract covers a 5·6 km extension to Line 1 from Pirajá to Acesso Norte, and preparation to extend the line 3·6 km to Águas ...
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NewsZürich suburban light rail line approved
SWITZERLAND: The federal government has approved the proposed 13·4 km Limmattalbahn light rail line which would link the Zürich suburbs of Altstetten, Dietikon and Killwangen-Spreitenbach. The project is backed by the cantons of Zürich and Aargau, which would pay 75% and 25% of the estimated SFr670m cost; a third of ...
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NewsFortaleza awards East Line contract
BRAZIL: A consortium of Acciona and Cetenco Engenharia has been awarded a R$2·3bn contract to build the Fortaleza metro East Line. The 12·4 km East Line will have 12 stations, of which 11 will be underground. It is expected to carry 400 000 passengers/day, and will provide interchange with ...
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NewsMidland Metro unveils first CAF tram
UK: Birmingham City Council leader Sir Albert Bore unveiled the first of 20 CAF Urbos 3 trams for the Birmingham – Wolverhampton Midland Metro line at Wednesbury depot on October 16. The tram had been delivered from CAF’s Zaragoza factory in two sections on low-loaders, with a sea crossing ...
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NewsBursa circular tramway opens
TURKEY: The Bursa tramway opened on October 12, with trams running anti-clockwise around the single-track circular route in the city centre. The 6·5 km line has 12 stops, including two interchanges with the Bursaray light metro network. The line was built by COMSA under an €8m contract that covered ...
