Urban rail – Page 432
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Olympic car order
ON JUNE 13 Docklands Light Railway announced that it had ordered a further 31 articulated cars from Bombardier to accommodate projected demand during the London 2012 Olympic Games. Incorporating an option for nine cars included in the £50m contract for 24 new cars placed in May 2005, the extra 31 ...
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NewsBordeaux tram extensions underway
Less than three years after the first phase of the Bordeaux light rail network was inaugurated, works are well advanced for several extensions which will almost double the length by 2008, reports Chris Heaps
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NewsSmart card accord
NEWLY-APPOINTED UK Secretary of State for Transport Douglas Alexander and Mayor of London Ken Livingstone announced on May 10 that they had reached agreement to expand the use of Transport for London's Oyster smart card ticketing to suburban rail services. Introduced in 2003, there are now more than 5 million ...
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Automation is the way to go
Fully-automatic metro operation looks set to be widely adopted over the next two decades, if feedback from delegates at the Metro Rail 2006 conference is anything to go by. Organised by Terrapinn in Barcelona on March 28-30, the event drew a wide mix of operators, suppliers and consultants from cities ...
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Siemens wins in Ottawa
A CONSORTIUM led by Siemens has been selected as preferred bidder for a DBOM contract to develop Ottawa's 31 km north-south light rail line linking the Rideau Centre to Barrhaven. The winning team includes Siemens Canada, PCL Constructors Canada, Dufferin Construction and local architects Griffiths Rankin Cook. Two other ...
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NewsFasTracks will drive smart growth
Colorado's mile-high city has embarked on an ambitious 12-year programme of rail expansion which will shape economic development over the next 30 years. RTD General Manager Cal Marsella explains to Chris Jackson why a fiercely Republican community bought into spending $4·7bn on public transport
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Locos to fit in a tight spot
FOUR custom-designed battery locos have been built by Clayton Equipment for use by London Underground PPP contractor Metronet in a five-month modernisation programme for the Waterloo & City Line which begins this month (p178). Designed to suit the restricted loading gauge, sharp curves and steep gradients of the 2·37 ...
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NewsT3 forms a green corridor
Running along the boulevards from Pont du Garigliano to Porte d'Ivry, RATP's third light rail route is expected to bring about a 25% reduction in road traffic while doubling the capacity offered by existing bus services. An extensive tree planting programme aims to create a green corridor along busy streets
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NewsWaterloo & City Line closes for upgrade
LONDON Underground's 2·4 km Waterloo & City Line is closed to traffic between April 1 and September 1 as Metronet undertakes a £40m upgrade under its 30-year Public-Private Partnership contract. As well as relaying track to restore the line speed to 55 km/h on straight sections and improve the minimum ...
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Madrid Metro to be extended to Barajas airport Terminal 4
THE PRESIDENT of the Madrid regional government Esperanza Aguirre announced on February 3 that a 2·5 km extension of Madrid Metro Line 8 from Barajas to the new Terminal 4 of the city’s airport is to be built at a cost of €52m. Tendering of a concession to build and ...
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Alger awards metro E&M contract
AT A CEREMONY on January 24, Entreprise Métro d'Alger formally awarded a €380m turnkey contract to a consortium of Siemens, Vinci Construction and CAF for electrical and mechanical systems on the Algerian capital's first metro line. First proposed in 1981, construction of the metro network began in the early ...
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Shenzhen metro expands
SHENZHEN Metro announced in January that it expected to start work this year on an extension of Line 1 from Shijiazhichuang to Bao'an International Airport, which would add a further 14 stations and double the length of the line (p154). Construction of the first section, including two stations at ...
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Lok Ma Chau Spur Line offers a quiet route to China
Noise mitigation is integral to the design of the 7·4 km Lok Ma Chau Spur, a second rail link between Hong Kong and the mainland which will relieve congestion at the Lo Wu crossing point
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KL plans to grow
PLANS TO expand both of Kuala Lumpur's urban rail networks were unveiled on January 3 by the Chief Executive Officer of the state-owned holding company Syarikat Prasarana Negara Bhd, which was formed to integrate the bus and rail network in the Malaysian capital. Shaipudin Shah Harun said work would get ...
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Edmonton extends light rail line
NEW YEAR'S Day saw the start of revenue operation on the first addition to Edmonton's light rail line in 14 years, although formal inauguration ceremonies were not held until the following day. Costing C$100m, the 600m extension from University to the Health Sciences station is the first part of the ...
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Canada Line cars ordered
SOUTH KOREAN rolling stock builder Rotem has won the contract to supply trainsets for the Richmond - Airport - Vancouver automated metro, which has been named the Canada Line to mark Vancouver's role as a gateway between North America and Asia. The 19 km line with 16 stations is ...
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DLR reaches City Airport
MAYOR of London Ken Livingstone and UK Transport Minister Karen Buck officially opened the latest extension of the Docklands Light Railway at London City Airport station on December 6. Services on the 4·4 km branch from Canning Town to King George V had already begun on December 2, adding four ...
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NewsSilence of the trams
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Alistair Darling has effectively killed any prospect that light rail construction in England will resume in the near future. Thanks to devolution of such matters to the Scottish Parliament, a new network is still expected go ahead in Edinburgh. The first indication of trouble ...
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NewsBangkok Airport Express to change city travel
The 28 km standard gauge link to the new Bangkok airport lies at the heart of plans to revitalise the Thai capital’s urban rail services. Andrew Grantham reports
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Completion of South Line will more than double Metrorec traffic
Due for completion in 2006, the second line of the Recife metro will serve the airport and areas south of the city. Murray Hughes visited the line with Metrorec General Manager Sileno Sousa Guedes
