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Rail Business UKMorgan Sindall awarded Surrey Quays station works contract
UK: Transport for London has appointed Morgan Sindall Infrastructure as main works contractor for the construction of a second entrance at London Overground’s Surrey Quays station. This will provide more direct access to nearby developments and the existing shopping centre, with a ‘spacious’ ticket hall and ...
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Metro Report InternationalŠkoda tram delivered to Bonn
GERMANY: The first of 28 Škoda Group trams for Bonn was delivered to Beuel depot on the morning of February 1, having left the factory in Plzeň on a heavy-duty road transporter at 21.00 on January 30. Entry into service is planned for this summer, following ...
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Metro Report InternationalKnorr-Bremse wins metro train coupler contract
ITALY: Knorr-Bremse has announced its entry into the international passenger rolling stock coupler market, as part of a contract to supply subsystems for metro trains which Milano operator ATM has ordered from Hitachi for use on lines M1, M2 and M3. Hitachi was awarded a framework ...
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Metro Report InternationalDocklands Light Railway trains unveiled
UK: The first of 52 automated light metro trainsets which CAF is supplying for London’s Docklands Light Railway was unveiled at Beckton depot on February 8. The 750 V DC third-rail driverless trainsets are expected to enter service from between 2024 and 2026. ...
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Metro Report InternationalStadler awarded València and Alacant tram contract
SPAIN: Operator FGV has awarded sole bidder Stadler a contract to supply 16 trams to support future network expansion in València and Alacant. The first of the Series 4500 LRVs are scheduled to be delivered from the manufacturer’s Albuixech plant in 24 months, and the last ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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Rail Business UKUrban Transport Group’s next Chair appointed
UK: Steve Warrener, Managing Director of Transport for Greater Manchester, has been named Chair of the Urban Transport Group of city region transport authorities. This follows the end of the two-year term of outgoing Chair Laura Shoaf, Chief Executive of West Midlands Combined Authority. ‘The cost ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork starts on Dhaka’s second metro line
BANGLADESH: Construction of the second metro line in Dhaka, designated as Line 1, was ceremonially launched by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on February 2. The city’s first metro line, Line 6, opened in December. The 31·2 km Line 1 will have two branches and will include ...
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Metro Report InternationalCalgary Green Line Delivery Partner contract awarded
CANADA: The city of Calgary has awarded the Delivery Partner contract for the light rail Green Line to the CSIX Partners consortium. The Green Line will cover an 18 km route from Shepard to Eau Claire with 13 stops. The consortium comprises ...
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Metro Report InternationalEIB supports accessibility improvements in València and Alacant
SPAIN: The European Investment Bank and the regional government of València have signed a €50m financial agreement to fund improvements on the València light rail and Alacant tram networks, both operated by FGV. The loan is the first tranche of approved financing totalling €300m, which is ...
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Metro Report InternationalHong Kong metro extension approved
CHINA: The government has given final approval for construction of a 1·3 km western extension of the Tung Chung Line plus the addition of an extra station on the existing route. Under plans confirmed by operator MTR Corp on January 10, the line is to be ...
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Metro Report InternationalTbilisi metro train order back on again
GEORGIA: An aborted contract for Russia’s Metrowagonmash to supply metro trains to Tbilisi has been renegotiated, the city has announced. Financing was agreed with the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development in February 2020, and following an international tender Transmashholding subsidiary Metrowagonmash was awarded €49·2m contract ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork starts on third Toulouse metro line
FRANCE: Toulouse transport operator Tisséo has begun work on the city’s third metro line with a construction of a 30 m deep evacuation shaft in the Sept-Deniers district. Previously referred as Aerospace Express and now designated as Line C, the automated line from Colomiers railway station ...
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Metro Report InternationalReșita tramway reopening makes progress
ROMANIA: The first of 13 trams which Durmazlar is to supply for the reopening of the abandoned tramway in Reșita was delivered on January 29. Tram services ended in 2011 because the city could not afford to renew the ageing infrastructure and rolling stock. Since then, it ...
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Metro Report InternationalQingyuan maglev delivery
CHINA: CRRC Changchun has delivered the first three-car trainset for a 120 km/h maglev line under construction in Qingyuan. The line will run for 8·1 km between Chimelong Theme Park and an interchange with the Guangzhou – Qingyuan inter-city railway at Yinzhan, with two intermediate stops. ...
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Metro Report InternationalReal-time train occupancy data smooths S-Bahn boarding
GERMANY: Passengers in Hamburg can now get real-time train occupancy data using technology developed by S-Bahn Hamburg in-house using an existing communication system supplied by PSI Transcom. Sensors scan passing trains to collect information on the occupancy of individual coaches, which is sent through the PSI ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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Metro Report InternationalKøbenhavn metro train mid-life refurbishment contract awarded
DENMARK: København metro operator Metroselskabet has awarded Alstom a €30m contract to undertake the mid-life refurbishment of the 34 three-car AnsaldoBreda driverless trainsets used on lines M1 and M2. Alstom is to undertake the work at a workshop in Rotterdam in the Netherlands over three years. ...
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Metro Report InternationalSepulveda Transit Corridor programme management contract awarded
USA: Los Angeles Metro Transportation Authority has appointed Anser Advisory to support development of the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project. This aims to provide a metro or monorail through the natural barrier of the Santa Monica mountains which lie between the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles’ ...
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Metro Report InternationalPassenger trust, digital expectations and changing travel patterns will drive transport innovation in 2023
Making accurate predictions in an increasingly unpredictable world can be a fool’s errand, but Galen Chui, Senior Vice-President of Engineering & Products at Cubic Transportation Systems, looks at the trends that will shape public transport in the coming year.
