Urban rail – Page 414
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NewsRFF initiates Paris RER Line D upgrade
FRANCE: The board of Réseau Ferré de France approved a €115m investment package to start the modernisation of Paris RER Line D on July 9. Linking Orry-la-Ville, Melun, and Malesherbes with a total route length of 160 km, Line D is currently being used by 550 000 passengers/day, which is ...
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NewsAnsaldoBreda to supply Fortaleza metro trains
BRAZIL: AnsaldoBreda signed a €86m contract to supply 20 trains for the Fortaleza metro on July 6. The air-conditioned metre-gauge EMUs will be 40 m long with capacity for 445 passengers and a top speed of 120 km/h. The 23 km South Line of Metrofor will run from Vila da ...
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NewsSupercapacitors to be tested on Paris STEEM tram
FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP and Alstom are to launch a one-year trial of a supercapacitor on-board energy storage system, following approval by Certifer for the equipment to be used in revenue service. Developed under the STEEM research and development project, the supercapacitor technology has been fitted to one of ...
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NewsShanghai Line 8 extension open for business
CHINA: The second phase of Shanghai metro Line 8 entered service at 08.00 on July 5 when the first train left Lianhang Road station. On board were 220 local residents who had been invited to join the inaugural trip along the extended route, which is now 37·5 km long ...
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NewsLinz orders more Cityrunners
AUSTRIA: Bombardier Transportation has received a €69m order from transport operator Linz Linien GmbH to supply a further 23 Flexity Outlook trams. They will be a development of the 33 Cityrunners which have been in service in Linz since 2001, and were the first 100% low-floor trams with conventional wheelset ...
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NewsAlstom to supply Athens metro extensions
GREECE: Alstom Transport and Athens metro operator Attiko Metro signed a €15m contract on June 26 for the supply of Iconis automatic train supervision and passenger information equipment for extensions of lines 2 and 3. These projects form part of the development plan to link the metro to the ...
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NewsPöyry wins São Paulo metro Line 4 project management
BRAZIL: Pöyry has been awarded a €3m contract by the São Paulo Metro to provide project management for Phase II of the city’s fully automated driverless Line 4. The company is already supervising construction of Phase I. The contract scope includes project management, technical and financial assistance, and providing tools ...
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NewsDublin Metro North shortlist announced
IRELAND: The Railway Procurement Agency has shortlisted two tenderers to proceed to the final stage of the procurement competition for the 18 km Metro North light rail line, following the receipt of four bids for the PPP contract in February. The remaining bidders are Celtic Metro Group and Metro ...
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News'Buy America' tram unveiled
USA: Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood was in Portland on July 1 for the formal unveiling of United Streetcar's prototype 10 T3 tram. A subsidiary of commercial fabricator and defence contractor Oregon Iron Works Inc, United Streetcar has developed the light rail vehicle to be compliant with the 'Buy America' ...
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NewsTours tramway project manager appointed
FRANCE: Tours transport authority SITCAT has appointed a consortium led by Systra as project manager for the city’s first tram line. Studies began last month and construction is scheduled to begin in June 2010, ready for services to be launched on September 1 2013. The consortium includes infrastructure consultants ...
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Metro Report InternationalBombardier Transportation signs its largest ever tram order
CANADA: Bombardier Transportation has announced its ‘largest single order ever for light rail vehicles worldwide’, covering 204 trams worth C$851m. Toronto Transit Commission Chief General Manager Gary Webster gave Bombardier the contract award letter on June 26, immediately after a special meeting of Toronto city council which ...
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NewsTaipei Neihu Line inaugurated
TAIWAN: On June 29 Mayor Hao of Taipei City hosted the official ceremony to mark the inauguration of the Neihu Line, an extension of the existing Muzha Line. The project involved the design and supply of the 15 km line and a fleet of 202 vehicles, as well as ...
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NewsTangshan begins maglev testing
CHINA: CNR Tangshan Railway Vehicle Co has announced the start of tests of a domestically produced magnetic levitation train for medium and low-speed urban applications up to 120 km/h. The prototype has been developed by China Northern in conjunction with Beijing Enterprises Holdings Maglev Technology Development Co and the ...
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NewsMelbourne tram and train operators selected
AUSTRALIA: The Victorian government has selected Metro Trains Melbourne as the preferred bidder for a contract to operate Melbourne's rail services, and Keolis Downer EDI Rail to run the city's trams. Both contracts are expected to be signed in August and will run for eight years from December, with optional ...
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NewsCairo sticks with French suppliers
EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels has signed a contract for the construction of the second phase of Cairo metro Line 3 with a consortium headed by Vinci Construction Grands Projets. The consortium is already working on phase 1, which is 60% complete and set to open in October 2011. ...
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NewsMakkah metro contracts signed
SAUDI ARABIA: Thales is to supply Seltrac Communications-Based Train Control, an operations control centre, CCTV, SCADA and passenger information systems for the Al Mashaaer Al Mugaddassah Metro in Makkah under a contract announced on June 24. The €130m contract was awarded by China Railway Construction Corp, which is responsible ...
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NewsZaragoza light rail partner selected
SPAIN: The municipality of Zaragoza announced on June 10 that it had selected the Traza consortium of Tuzsa, CAF, FCC Construcción, Acciona, Ibercaja and Concessia as its preferred partner to build Line 1 of the city's light rail network. By the end of June it was hoped to form the ...
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NewsSão Paulo modernisation contract placed
BRAZIL: São Paulo metro operator CMSP has awarded a consortium of Bombardier, Temoinsa and Tejofran a €139m contract to modernise 26 six-car trainsets used on Line 1. 'This is a complete vehicle modernisation project that will extend the useful life of CMSP's rolling stock well beyond 30 years', said ...
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NewsRiyadh university metro contracts signed
SAUDI ARABIA: A contract for the construction of an automatic light metro within the Princess Noura Bint Abdulrahman women's university in Riyadh was signed on Finmeccanica's stand at the Paris air show. General contractor Saudi Binladen Group has awarded a consortium of Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda a €218m contract ...
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NewsCairo to extend
EGYPT: A consortium headed by French construction company Vinci expects to receive the go-ahead imminently to start work on the second section of Cairo metro Line 3. This will continue the underground line eastwards by 6·2 km from Abbasiya to Al Ahram (Heliopolis), and includes four underground stations. A turnkey ...
