Urban rail – Page 395
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NewsAliaga – Izmir suburban services launched
TURKEY: The start of trial services on the 58 km suburban line from Alsançak to Aliaga on October 29 marked the completion of a project to develop the 80 km Aliaga–Menderes commuter network in Izmir. The project involves reconstructing two existing railway lines and launching suburban services to connect urban ...
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NewsGuangzhou peoplemover enters service
CHINA: Guangzhou Metro launched trial operation of its automated peoplemover on November 8. The line will serve key venues for the Asian Games taking place in the city from November 12 – 27. The 4 km double-track underground route connects the Zhujiang Xincheng central business district to the Tianhe commercial ...
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NewsAnsaldo STS selected to upgrade Stockholm Red Line signalling
SWEDEN: Stockholm public transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik has awarded Ansaldo STS an €80m contract to replace the existing signalling on the metro’s Red Line with communications-based train control in order to increase capacity on the route.The Red Line is operated as two routes, T13 from Norsborg to Ropsten and T14 ...
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NewsSilverliner V makes its debut in Philadelphia
USA: Philadelphia operator SEPTA ran its first Silverliner V regional commuter train in passenger service on the Cynwyd Line on October 29. The three-car electric multiple-unit departed Cynwyd station shortly after 09.00 on its inaugural run and called at Bala, Wynnefield and 30th Street before terminating at Philadelphia’s Suburban Station, ...
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NewsBeijing metro lines 8 and 10 to be extended
CHINA: Beijing Mass Transit Railway Construction Administration Co Ltd has awarded Siemens and its local partner, China National Railway Signal & Communication Corp, a €65m contract to supply Trainguard MT automatic train control for planned extensions to Beijing metro Olympic Line 8 and Ring Line 10. Both lines have ...
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NewseBART project launched in San Francisco
USA: The Bay Area Rapid Transit District on October 29 held a groundbreaking ceremony for eBART, a DMU-operated extension of the regional rail network to the eastern part of Contra Costa County. The 16 km line will run east along the median of State Route 4 from a transfer ...
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NewsTrans-Hudson Tunnel scrapped
USA: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie announced on October 27 that he would not reconsider his decision to scrap ‘Access to the Region’s Core’, a commuter rail expansion plan that included a new trans-Hudson tunnel which would double capacity between northern New Jersey and Midtown Manhattan. Christie originally cancelled ...
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NewsLínea Uno consortium to build Panamá Metro
PANAMA: Roberto Roy, head of the Panamá Metro Secretariat, announced on October 27 that the Línea Uno consortium, comprising Odebrecht and FCC, had been awarded the contract to build Panamá City’s first metro line. The decision was made at a public meeting when two economic proposals were opened in the ...
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NewsComprehensive spending review backs light rail
UK: In his Comprehensive Spending Review speech on October 20, Chancellor George Osborne confirmed that the Department for Transport will make funding available for the Midland Metro extension from Snow Hill to New Street in Birmingham, and for Phase 2 of Nottingham Express Transit to Chilwell and Clifton.DfT is providing ...
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NewsBrussels takes up option for more Flexity trams
BELGIUM: Brussels transport operator STIB has exercised a €170m option for a further 65 Flexity Outlook trams, Bombardier Transportation announced on October 28. The order is a follow-on from two contracts signed in 2008, and covers 46 five-section 32 m long T3000 cars and 19 seven-section 43 m long T4000 ...
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NewsQbuzz wins Utrecht sneltram concession
NETHERLANDS: Utrecht regional transport authority BRU has selected Qbuzz for a concession to operate bus services and the sneltram light rail line from the city of Utrecht to the satellite towns of Nieuwegein and IJsselstein. The contract runs for eight years from December 11 2011, and is the first Dutch ...
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NewsMontréal metro car order placed at last
CANADA: Société de transport de Montréal confirmed on October 22 that it had signed a C$1·2bn contract with a consortium of Bombardier and Alstom for the supply of 468 rubber-tyred metro cars. The 52 nine-car trainsets will allow STM to replace its MR-63 fleet, which has been in service since ...
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NewsKolkata metro reaches New Garia
INDIA: A 2·8 km extension of Kolkata's north-south metro line from Kavi Nazrul to Kavi Subhash was officially inaugurated by Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee on October 7. Named after Indian poet Subhash Mukhopadhyay, the terminus at Kavi Subhash serves the New Garia district to the southeast of the city. Opening ...
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NewsLuas opens to Cherrywood
IRELAND: The 7·5 km Cherrywood extension of Dublin’s Luas light rail Green Line from Sandymount to Brides Glen was officially inaugurated by Taoiseach Brian Cowen on October 16, in a ceremony at the new Central Park stop. The event was also attended by the Chair of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County ...
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NewsWiener Linien opens U2 extension
AUSTRIA: Wiener Linien inaugurated the eastern extension of metro line U2 from Stadion to Aspernstrasse on October 2, after four years of construction work. The event was attended by the Mayor of Wien, Michael Häupl, and Deputy Mayor Renate Brauner. The new section has six stations and crosses over the ...
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NewsMadrid metro Line 11 extended to La Fortuna
SPAIN: Esperanza Aguirre, President of the Madrid regional government, inaugurated the extension of metro Line 11 from La Peseta, in Carabanchel, to La Fortuna in Leganés on October 5.The project cost €201·5m and involved boring a 3·2 km tunnel and construction of La Fortuna station beneath Serafín Díez Antón park. ...
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NewsTrial run on Dubai metro Green Line
UAE: On October 13 the Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, launched trial running on Dubai metro Green Line when he travelled from Dubai Healthcare City to the eastern terminus at Etisalat. He was accompanied by Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, RTA ...
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NewsWarszawa metro selects Siemens Inspiro
POLAND: Metro Warszawskie has selected Siemens and Newag as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 35 six-car trainsets at a cost of 1·35bn złoty. Of these, 20 sets will be allocated to Line 2, construction of which has just begun, while the other 15 will supplement the Line 1 ...
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NewsRedesigning Hong Kong's iconic trams
CHINA: Hong Kong Tramways operator Veolia Transport is planning to refurbish the fleet of 163 traditional double-deck trams. The HK$75m project, which will start in 2011 and is expected to take seven years, is part of a HK$200m investment programme to improve services over the next five years. Whilst the ...
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NewsBangkok SkyTrain orders metro cars
THAILAND: Bangkok Skytrain operator BTS has signed a 2bn baht contract with Siemens for 35 cars to extend the existing fleet of 35 three-car trains to four cars. The vehicles will be delivered over the next 30 months.BTS plans to transfer the three-car Siemens trains to the Sukhumvit route once ...
