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NewsNewag tram rolls onto the streets of Kraków
POLAND: Test running began on June 25 with the first tram to be produced by Polish rolling stock manufacturer Newag. The prototype Nevelo tram will be tested on route 8 of Kraków’s network until September 22. The three-section, unidirectional, articulated tram was designed and built in Newag’s Nowy Sącz ...
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Metro Report InternationalFunding approved for Jerusalem light rail extension
ISRAEL: On June 26 the Jerusalem Regional Planning Committee approved a 1·1bn shekel allocation from the Transportation Ministry’s budget to extend the city’s light rail line from Mount Herzl to Hadassah Ein Kerem Medical Centre. Total spending on the project is expected to be 4bn shekels. Preparatory work has ...
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NewsSpanish consortium to build Ouargla tram line
ALGERIA: The Ministry of Transport has awarded a consortium of Rover Alcisa, Elecnor and Assignia Infrestructuras a €228m contract to build a tram line in Ouargla. The project is being developed by Enterprise du Métro d’Alger, the urban rail construction agency that is also responsible for several other light rail ...
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NewsSan Francisco signs Central Subway contract
USA: San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency awarded an $840m contract for the Central Subway project to Tutor Perini Corp on June 20. The contract covers construction of four stations and trackwork for the 2·7 km extension of Muni’s T Third Line. Tutor Perini expects ‘substantial completion’ in the second ...
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NewsEBRD support for Ufa tramway upgrade
RUSSIA: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is considering providing a long-term loan of up to 1·5bn roubles to Ufa transport operator MUE for tramway construction and rehabilitation. It will carry out due diligence on the project later this year, which will include a feasibility study. The ...
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NewsBidders for Crossrail concession shortlisted
UK: On June 25 Transport for London announced its shortlist of bidders for the concession to operate Crossrail services. These are Arriva Crossrail Ltd, Keolis/Go Ahead, MTR Corp (Crossrail) Ltd and National Express Group. The concession would be similar to the existing London Overground inner-suburban contract. TfL invited expressions ...
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NewsCharleroi light rail returns to Gosselies
BELGIUM: Trams returned to Gosselies on June 21, with the inauguration of a 7·2 km extension of Charleroi light metro Line M3 to a new terminus at Faubourg de Bruxelles. Operator TEC Charleroi provided a free service across its entire network the following day to mark the start of regular ...
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NewsAlstom announces Ukrainian tram manufacturing agreement
UKRAINE: On June 24 the TramRus joint venture of Alstom and Transmashholding announced an agreement with Ukrainian bus manufacturer City Transport Group to produce trams for the Ukrainian market. Under the agreement, City Transport Group would manufacture and maintain Citadis CIS trams under licence from TramRus, to replace current ...
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NewsBergen tram extension opens
NORWAY: The second phase of the Bybanen tram line in Bergen opened on June 21, exactly three years after the first phase. City Mayor Trude Drevland and County Mayor Tom-Christer Nilsen cut the ribbon on the 3·6 km extension from Nettsun to Lagunen. The project was carried out by ...
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NewsMoscow to get 120 Pesa trams
RUSSIA: Polish rolling stock supplier Pesa is to supply 120 trams to Moscow in co-operation with Uraltransmash, with delivery due to take place between March 2014 and March 2015. The value of the order has not been disclosed. The deal replaces an agreement with a consortium of Bombardier and Uralvagonzavod ...
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NewsRotherham tram-train contract signed
UK: A firm contract for Vossloh España to supply seven vehicles for the Sheffield - Rotherham train-tram pilot scheme was signed on June 19. The £58m project will provide a tram-train service between Sheffield and Rotherham Parkgate using a new 400 m connection between the existing Supertram network and a ...
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NewsAlstom and J-TREC target the Japanese light rail market
JAPAN: A memorandum of understanding to jointly assess business opportunities in the Japanese light rail and tram markets was signed on June 19 by Alstom and Japan Transport Engineering Co, the former Tokyu Car rolling stock business which is owned by East Japan Railway. The companies are to undertake a ...
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NewsUnified team to run Paris RER Line B
FRANCE: SNCF and RATP announced on June 17 that they were putting in place a unified management team to run Paris RER Line B, which is run by the national operator north of Paris Nord and by the city transport agency to the south. Train crews have been operating through ...
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NewsAvignon chooses Alstom Citadis Compact trams
FRANCE: Avignon council has selected Alstom to supply 24 Citadis Compact trams for the city’s future two-line network. Alstom announced the order on June 18, saying that the trams are to be delivered in early 2016, for opening later that year. The order is worth €43·7m. Avignon is the ...
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NewsSantos light rail signalling contract signed
BRAZIL: The VLT RMBS consortium has signed a contract for signalling and communications systems for the future SIM light rail network in Santos. Thales will provide signalling equipment including fixed and mobile communication systems, data transmission and the electronic traffic monitoring system. VLT RMBS comprises Construtora Ferreira Guedes, Trans ...
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NewsEU to support Cairo metro safety reform
EGYPT: A group of Spanish public bodies has been selected to provide technical and legal support to the Cairo metro on the reform of safety regulations, procedures and practice. The project is one of a series of twinning initiatives promoted by the EU to promote co-operation between EU member states, ...
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NewsAlstom reveals Dubai's first Al Sufouh tram
UAE: The first of 11 Citadis 402 trams being built for Dubai's Al Sufouh tramway was formally presented to Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman of the Road & Transport Authority, during a visit to Alstom Transport's La Rochelle plant in France on June 14. The 14·7 km tramway equipped with the ...
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NewsIstanbul opens metro M1B extension
TURKEY: Istanbul metro opened the M1B branch of Line M1 June 14, and the first passenger train ran at 15.00. The branch connects Esenler, which was until now on a one-station branch from Otogar, to Kirazlı, the southern terminus of Line M3. There are intermediate stations at Menderes, Üçyüzlü ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - June 2013
Beograd has received a €57m loan from EBRD for transport improvements, including tramway extensions and modernisation. A study on a light rail extension in the Klang Valley is underway, according to Malaysia’s Land Public Transport Commission. A study will also be conducted into a new line from Subang or ...
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NewsSydney plans driverless trains
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government announced on June 6 that trains on the North West Rail Link in Sydney would be driverless, and all stations would have platform screen doors. ‘Fully-automated train technology has been in use around the world for 30 years, keeping customers safe and ensuring ...
