Urban rail – Page 354
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NewsLondon Underground deploys modular sleepers
UK: The Track Partnership collaboration of London Underground and Balfour Beatty Rail has installed its first novel sleeper design on the network in 30 years. Cemex Rail Solutions’ 1502 is preassembled incorporating a Pandrol FE1404 rail fastening. This allows track to be constructed more quickly and cheaply, Balfour Beatty ...
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NewsBratislava orders Škoda Transportation trams
SLOVAKIA: Škoda Transportation signed a €39m contract to supply 15 Type 30T trams to Bratislava on July 18. The deal includes maintenance support and an option for a further 15 trams, and is being supported by EU funding. Deliveries are scheduled to being in mid-2015. The 32·5 m long ...
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NewsFirst Grand Paris line to open in 2020
FRANCE: Société du Grand Paris announced on July 15 that its supervisory board had authorised the release of €5·3bn to fund construction of the first phase of the Grand Paris Express project. This covers the southern part of Line 15 from Pont-de-Sèvres to Noisy-Champs under the revised scheme announced by ...
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NewsDelhi regional rail link plans move ahead
INDIA: The national government has approved plans to develop regional express rail links connecting Delhi with three satellite towns in the National Capital Region. Meeting on July 11, the cabinet approved the setting up of the NCR Transport Corp to develop the Rapid Rail Transit System at ...
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NewsCincinnati Streetcar construction contract signed
USA: The main construction contract for the 5·8 km first phase of the Cincinnati Streetcar project was signed by the city council and the MPD joint venture of Messer, Prus and Delta Railroad on July 15, enabling the council to issue a notice to proceed. Utility relocation works for the ...
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NewsKyiv metro orders 40 cars
UKRAINE: Kyiv metro has signed a contract with Transmashholding subsidiary Metrowagonmash for eight five-car trainsets, it was announced on July 12. The contract value was not disclosed. The 81-717.5М and 81-714.5М cars will be delivered by the end of the year. The interior will feature fire-resistant materials ...
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NewsWaterloo orders Bombardier light rail vehicles
CANADA: Waterloo Regional Council approved an agreement with regional transport authority Metrolinx for the purchase of 14 Bombardier light rail vehicles on July 10. The vehicles will be used for Stage 1 of the ION light rail line that is scheduled to open between Waterloo and Kitchener in 2016. ...
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NewsRATP cleared to automate Paris metro Line 4
FRANCE: The board of Ile de France transport authority STIF voted on July 10 to approve the conversion of Paris metro Line 4 to fully-automated operation, endorsing proposals submitted by operator RATP on June 28. Carrying 740 000 passengers/day, the north-south Line 4 is the second-busiest metro line in ...
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NewsIndra to build Kuala Lumpur integrated control centre
MALAYSIA: Kuala Lumpur transport operator Prasarana has awarded Indra a €28m contract to design and build an integrated control centre covering the city's monorail, Ampang metro and Kelana Jaya automated light metro lines. Completion is envisaged within 48 months. Combing operational planning, signalling and real-time service monitoring activities within once ...
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NewsMakkah metro and bus programme consultant appointed
SAUDI ARABIA: The Development Commission of Makkah & Mashaaer has awarded Parsons Brinckerhoff a US$93·6m 60-month contract to provide programme management consultancy services for the 62bn riyal Makkah Public Transport Programme. Makkah Mass Rail Transit Co is responsible for managing the development of integrated metro and bus services in the ...
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NewsConstantine tramway opens
ALGERIA: The Constantine tramway was officially opened by Transport Minister Amar Tou and Wali of Constantine Noureddine Bedoui on July 4, with regular services starting the following day. The 8·1 km line runs from Benabdelmalek to Zouaghi, with 10 stops. Ridership is predicted to be 70 000 passengers/day, with ...
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NewsMTR proposes Stockholm transport investment
SWEDEN: Stockholm metro operator MTR, consultancy SWECO and construction firm Skanska have proposed a SKr169bn investment in public transport to tackle a 50% increase in population in the Swedish capital predicted by 2070. MTR and its partners hope that the Stockholm 2070 study will start off a planning process that ...
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NewsTunnel plug tested
USA: New York Metropolitan Transit Authority carried out the test of an inflatable plug in a metro tunnel as a defence against flooding on May 15, as a demonstration project to examine the possible use of this technology across the network. The 9 m long plug has a diameter ...
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NewsSão Paulo prepares for Line 5 tunnelling
BRAZIL: The cutting head for the 1 500 tonne TBM that is to be deployed on the 11⋅5 km extension of São Paulo metro Line 5 from Largo Treze to Chácara Klabin was lowered into place on July 1, in the presence of state governor Geraldo Alckmin. ‘We will move ...
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NewsCPTM EMU order awarded
BRAZIL: São Paulo suburban operator CPTM has announced the successful bidders in a tender to supply 65 eight-car EMUs, divided into two lots. Lot 1 has been awarded to a consortium of Hyundai Rotem of South Korea and Iesa Distribuidora Comercial SA of Brazil. Lot 2 has been awarded to ...
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NewsCuenca tram contracts awarded
ECUADOR: Mayor of Cuenca Paúl Granada announced on June 28 that contracts had been signed for the construction of a 10·5 km tram route, the first modern line to be built in Ecuador. Scheduled to open in 2015, the route will serve a total of 27 stops and will be ...
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NewsModernised tram presented to Iaşi
ROMANIA: Electroputere VFU presented the first rebuilt GT4 tram to Iaşi Mayor Gheorghe Nichita on June 27. The project was jointly developed by city transport operator RATP and Electroputere VFU, which carried out the work at its Paşcani factory. Nichita praised the ‘European standard’ of the upgraded tram, now ...
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NewsDelhi Metro takes over Airport Express Line
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp took over the operation of the city’s Airport Express Line on July 1, after PPP concessionaire Delhi Airport Metro Express Private Ltd gave notice on June 27 that it would cease to operate the route at the end of the month. Under the terms ...
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NewsFirst E-Class tram delivered to Melbourne
AUSTRALIA: The first Bombardier E-Class tram for Melbourne was unveiled at Yarra Trams’ Preston depot on July 1. Among those present were Premier of Victoria Denis Napthine and Minister for Public Transport Terry Mulder. The tram arrived from Bombardier’s factory in Dandenong. It is about to begin tests on ...
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NewsBombardier wins Hamburg S-Bahn train order
GERMANY: The Hamburg senate has awarded incumbent S-Bahn Hamburg GmbH a contract to operate the city's S-Bahn services for a further 15 years from December 9 2018, enabling the DB Regio subsidiary to place a order for new trains as part of €450m package which includes train refurbishment and depot ...
