Urban rail – Page 396
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NewsValenciennes orders Line 2 trams
FRANCE: Valenciennes regional transport authority SITURV has ordered seven Alstom Citadis trams for the future Line 2. The contract announced on October 5 is worth €17m, and Alstom expects an option for one or two further cars to be taken up in November.The 32 m air-conditioned trams will have the ...
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NewsEIB supports Hanoi metro
VIETNAM: The European Investment Bank extended its first loan for a metro line in Asia when it signed a €73m finance contract with Vietnam on October 4.The loan is part of a package from Asian Development Bank, Agence Française de Développement and EIB to fund construction of the first phase ...
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NewsDelhi metro Line 6 opens
INDIA: Managing Director Dr E Sreedharan and the Directors of Delhi Metro Rail Corp celebrated the opening of Line 6 by riding the first train to make the 26 min run from Central Secretariat to Sarita Vihar on October 3. Trains were flagged off from both stations simultaneously at 08.00.Known ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - October 2010
The Indonesian Ministry of Transport has approved a proposal to build Jakarta’s first metro line between Lebak Bulus and Bundaran HI in Kota. A tender to design the 15·5 km line with 13 stations is due to be issued this month. The line will be financed by ...
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NewsShenyang metro Line 1 fully operational
CHINA: On September 27 Shenyang metro Line 1 entered commercial service following a year of trial operation on part of the route. The opening ceremony was attended by the Mayor of Shenyang Chen Haibo, Deputy Mayor Xing Kai and government and party officials.The metro project was initiated in the 1960s ...
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NewsChinese funding for Addis Abeba light rail
ETHIOPIA: The Export and Import Bank of China has reached agreement with Ethiopian Railway Corp to finance the proposed light rail project in Addis Abeba. A 30 km T-shaped network is envisaged with one line running from east to west connecting the Ayat roundabout with the Torhailoch ring road. ...
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NewsChengdu metro Line 1 opens
CHINA: The first phase of Chengdu metro Line 1 entered trial operation on September 27. Liu Qibao, Party Secretary and Chairman of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress, travelled on the first train, which departed from Century City at 15.00 bound for Tianfu Square. The inauguration followed three months of test ...
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NewsMelbourne tram supplier selected
AUSTRALIA: The government of Victoria has selected Bombardier to supply 50 low-floor trams for Melbourne. The Flexity Melbourne vehicles will be 33 m long with capacity for 210 passengers. The contract also involves a major redevelopment of the East Preston tram depot and maintenance until 2017.According to Industry & Trade ...
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NewsSignalling upgrade plan
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has announced plans to upgrade the signalling on the North-South and East-West lines by May 2011 to achieve 100 sec headways at peak times and increase capacity by 15% to 20%. The existing signalling has been in operation since 1987. Around 120 trains will need ...
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NewsGuangzhou Metro expands as Line 2 splits
CHINA: The metro network in Guangzhou was reconfigured on September 25, when the existing Line 2 between Sanyuanli to Wangshenwei was split into two sections. The north-south route from Sanyuanli to Jiangnanxi remains as Line 2 while the east-west section from Xiaogang to Wanshengwei has been redesignated as Line ...
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NewsSan Diego Trolley upgrade underway
USA: A $600m, five-year renovation programme has begun to modernise the San Diego Trolley Blue Line between the city centre and San Ysidro. The project will be funded by federal and state grants and local sales tax revenue. The improvements include replacing 18·5 km of rail as well as sleepers, ...
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NewsSão Paulo awards monorail metro contract
BRAZIL: São Paulo metro authority CMSP has selected a consortium including Bombardier to design, supply and install an automated monorail line in the city’s eastern suburbs at a total cost of US$1·44bn. Phase I of the project is due to be opened for passenger services by 2014, ...
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NewsAuckland suburban network expands
NEW ZEALAND: Regular passenger services have resumed on the Onehunga branch in the southern suburbs of Auckland, with the reopening of the branch following a gap of 37 years. The line was officially reopened on September 18 by transport minister Steven Joyce and the Chairman of Auckland Regional Council Michael ...
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NewsALP-45DP electro-diesel locomotive debut
NORTH AMERICA: Attracting interest at the InnoTrans fair in Berlin is the first of 46 electro-diesel locomotives being supplied by Bombardier to New Jersey Transit and Montréal commuter operator AMT. The ALP-45DP is derived from the ALP-46 electric locos already supplied to NJ Transit, and will be used to ...
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NewsThales signs Chinese JV agreement
CHINA: Thales announced on September 22 that it had signed an agreement with Shanghai Electric Corp and SEC subsidiary Shanghai Automation Instrumentation Co to create a signalling joint venture to target the urban rail sector in China. This agreement supersedes Thales’ former arrangement with Alcatel Shanghai Bell and will enable ...
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NewsWestrace licensed for Chinese production
CHINA: Invensys Rail has signed an agreement with Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co Ltd (TEG), licensing the CSR subsidiary to manufacture and sell its Westrace electronic interlocking in China. The two companies will also work together to sell ‘broader train control and signalling solutions’ through TEG into the Chinese urban ...
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NewsSão Paulo metro expands
BRAZIL: São Paulo metro operator CMSP has issued a R$24·8m tender covering planning of metro Line 15, with proposals to be submitted by October 1. To be known as the White Line, the 10 km route will run north from Vila Prudente on Line 2 to Tiquatira. The line would ...
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NewsNürnberg DT3-F metro train arrives
GERMANY: VAG Nürnberg's first DT3-F metro train arrived at the operator's depot in Langwasser at the end of August, following tests at the Siemens plant in Wien. The trainset will now undergo commissioning trials, initially on a test track, and later on the U-Bahn network during non-traffic hours. The fleet ...
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NewsTours selects Citadis and APS
FRANCE: Tours transport authority SITCAT has awarded Alstom a €73m contract to supply 21 Citadis trams fitted with APS ground-level power supply to work the city’s tram line now under construction. Enabling works have just started on the €369·1m project, which is due for completion in September 2013. Finance has ...
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NewsUrban transport partnership targets China
CHINA: Alstom Transport, CNR Corp and Shanghai Electric Group have signed a memorandum agreeing to form a strategic partnership for the joint development of mass transit products, Alstom announced on September 13. Collaboration will accelerate the development of traction systems and complete rolling stock, with the long -term goal of ...
