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NewsOn The Go on the subway
USA: New York MTA has selected Control Group to provide up to 90 On The Go interactive displays. These will provide real-time information, including visual station directions and interchange information, train arrival countdowns, service updates, local maps, other information and advertising content. A custom content management system will ...
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NewsHESOP energy recovery system to be installed on the Victoria Line
UK: Alstom's Harmonic & Energy Saving Optimiser energy recovery technology is to be trialled on London Underground's Victoria Line under a €1m contract awarded by UK Power Networks Services. The HESOP inverting substation equipment will be installed at the Cloudesley Road substation until 2014, feeding energy regenerated by braking trains ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - May 2013
The construction of Lima metro Line 2 is amongst projects being promoted to Asian investors at roadshows in Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo. Plans for a light rail line in Phnom Penh were discussed by Cambodian Foreign Minister Hor Namhong and French ambassador Serge Mostura on April 8. Systra is ...
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NewsOran tramway opens
ALGERIA: Transport Minister Amar Tou and Wali of Oran Abdelmalek Boudiaf attended the inauguration of the Oran tramway on May 1, and the 18·7 km line with 32 stops opened to the public the following day. Services run from 05.00 to 23.00, and ridership is expected to reach 90 ...
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NewsTrams arrive for testing in Washington
USA: The first of three trams for the H/Benning streetcar line in Washington arrived for post-delivery testing on May 1. The testing site in Anacostia has been under construction since September 2012. Testing will be conducted by Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority and vehicle manufacturer Inekon. Upon completion, District ...
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NewsSeattle South 200th Link breaks ground
USA: A groundbreaking ceremony for the South 200th Link light rail extension was held in Seattle on April 26. The 2·6 km elevated line will run from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, along 28th Avenue South to South 200th Street. It is due to open together with the University Link extension in ...
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NewsDenver West Rail Line opens
USA: The West Rail Line in Denver opened on April 26, eight months ahead of schedule. Passengers were offered free travel on the line on that day, and on the entire Regional Transportation District light rail network the following day. The 19·5 km line runs from Auraria West to ...
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NewsSiemens rolls out first C2 München metro train
GERMANY: The first of 21 C2 metro trainsets for München was rolled out at Siemens’ factory in Wien on April 26. It is to undergo trials at the Wegberg-Wildenrath test centre before delivery. ‘The planned start of the test runs marks an important milestone on the way to on-time ...
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NewsFrench operators sign Chinese urban rail agreements
CHINA: Two urban rail operating partnerships were agreed on April 26 during a state visit by French President François Hollande to China. SNCF subsidiary Keolis and Shanghai Shentong Metro Group have formed a strategic alliance to 'respond jointly to tenders for operating contracts covering metros, tram networks and regional rail ...
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NewsEverLine automated light metro opens
SOUTH KOREA: Passenger services on the EverLine light metro in Yongin started on April 26. The mostly elevated 18·5 km automated line links the Everland amusement park with the Seoul metro network. Yongin Rapid Transit Co won the public-private partnership concession in July 2004. The consortium comprises Bombardier, Daelim ...
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NewsFirst tram on its way to the Gold Coast
AUSTRALIA: The first of 14 Bombardier Flexity 2 trams for the Gold Coast light rail line has left the factory in Bautzen. Custom features of the 45 m long, seven-section vehicles include racks for surfboards. Bombardier is part of the GoldlinQ consortium which the Queensland government selected in May ...
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NewsNanjing to get catenary-free trams
CHINA: CSR Nanjing Puzhen Rolling Stock Co has won an order to supply 15 catenary-free trams for Nanjing. They will be the first to use Bombardier’s Primove traction batteries. The trams will be built in Nanjing under a 10-year technology licence agreement signed in 2012 that allows CSR Puzhen ...
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NewsSingapore to offer free metro travel to reduce overcrowding
SINGAPORE: Passengers exiting 16 central metro stations before 07.45 will get the rail section of their journey free of charge under a one-year trial which Land Transport Authority is to launch on June 24. Passengers exiting between 07.45 and 08.00 will be given a discount of up to S$0·50. To ...
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NewsGera launches tram network upgrade
GERMANY: Work on the second phase of a project to modernise and extend the metre-gauge tram network in Gera was formally launched with a groundbreaking ceremony on April 12. There are four elements to the programme. The Tinzer Straße - Bieblach-Ost route is to be upgraded to ...
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NewsDelhi metro extension signalling contract awarded
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp has awarded Bombardier Transportation a €35m contract to supply Cityflo 350 signalling and train control technology for extensions to lines 5 (Green) and 6 (Violet) which will add 35 km and 23 stations to the network in 2016. Line 5 will be extended 11·2 km ...
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NewsFour shortlisted for Docklands Light Railway franchise
UK: Transport for London announced on April 17 that had shortlisted four bidders for a franchise to operate the Docklands Light Railway from September 14 2014. Invitations to tender were expected to be issued ‘within the next few weeks’ to Stagecoach Rail Projects Ltd, a joint venture of Keolis ...
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Metro Report InternationalKing Saud University plans campus metro
SAUDI ARABIA: Egis Rail is undertaking studies for a proposed automated light metro to serve the King Saud University campus in Riyadh. Construction could start within two years. The university said the proposed metro would provide staff, students and visitors with a 'high-quality, frequent service', reducing the need for road ...
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NewsBombardier signs Orlando SunRail contract
USA: Florida Department of Transportation announced on April 15 that it had signed a $195m contract with Bombardier Transportation for operations and maintenance services for the SunRail commuter rail route in Orlando. The 10-year contract covers operations, dispatching, fleet and track maintenance, customer service, station platform and facility maintenance, ...
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NewsSalt Lake City light rail reaches airport
USA: Utah Transit Authority celebrated the opening of an extension of the TRAX light rail network to Salt Lake City Airport with entertainment and free trips from 10.00 to 22.00 on April 13. Revenue services began the following day. ‘We need to grow our mass transit in order to ...
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NewsDoha metro Red Line contractors selected
QATAR: Qatar Rail has selected contractors for the Red Line North construction phase of the Doha metro. One contract is for the construction of an underground section of the Red Line; the other is for building Msheireb and Education City stations. The consortium selected for Red Line North includes ...
