Urban rail – Page 88
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Metro Report InternationalMoskva orders 500 metro cars for delivery in 2024-25
RUSSIA: Moskva Metro has extended Transmashholding’s contract to supply Moskva-2020 trainsets, with a further 500 cars to be delivered in 2024-25. This takes the total orders placed to more than 1 800 cars since 2020, and the metro expects to take delivery of 300 Moskva-2020 cars ...
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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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NewsCaltrain wi-fi contract awarded
USA: ‘Silicon Valley’s train needs wi-fi’, said Caltrain Executive Director Michelle Bouchard when the San Francisco to San Jose commuter operator awarded Nomad Digital a contract to provide digital connectivity for the 19 double-deck electric multiple-units being supplied by Stadler. Caltrain received four proposals for the ...
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Metro Report InternationalBaku metro Purple Line extension opens
AZERBAIJAN: President Ilham Aliyev inaugurated a 2·4 km one-station extension of the Baku metro’s Purple Line from Avtovağzal to a station and depot at Xocəsən on December 23. The latest extension takes the Purple Line to 5·8 km. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalQuito metro inaugurated for preview visits
ECUADOR: Quito metro Line 1 has been formally inaugurated ahead of the start of services, with official ceremonies including a blessing by the archbishop. ‘The history of Quito will be told as before and after the arrival of the metro’, said Mayor Santiago Guarderas Izquierdo, with ...
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Metro Report InternationalKeolis financing linked to sustainability targets
KEOLIS: Public transport operating group Keolis has issued its inaugural sustainability-linked Schuldschein, a private placement with a margin adjustment mechanism linked to environmental, diversity and safety performance. KPIs include the proportion of employees in subsidiaries covered by environmental management system certification; reducing greenhouse gas emissions; increasing ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutomated Line M8 inaugurated in Istanbul
TURKEY: The 14·3 km automated metro Line M8 linking Bostancı with Dudullu on the Anatolian side of Istanbul opened on January 6. The line has 13 stations and passes through four districts with a total of 1·7 million inhabitants. Civil works started in 2016 but were suspended ...
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Metro Report InternationalNanjing inaugurates fully-automated Line 7 as Line 1 extended
CHINA: The first phase of Nanjing metro Line 7 opened for revenue service on December 28, along with a northern extension of Line 1. Running from Xianxinlu in the northeast to Mufuxilu in the city centre, the initial 12·6 km stage of Line 7 serves 10 ...
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Metro Report InternationalQingdao opens east-west metro Line 4
CHINA: Qingdao metro’s east-west Line 4 was opened for revenue service on December 26, four months ahead of schedule. The 30·7 km line linking Renmin Huitang in the old city with Dahedong to the east serves 25 stations, although the interchange with Line 1 at Guanxiangshan ...
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Metro Report InternationalBangladesh’s first metro line opens
BANGLADESH: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has opened the country’s first metro line in Dhaka. The capital was one of the biggest cities in the world without a metro, with more than 22 million people in the metropolitan area, and Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology has ...
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NewsJinhua opens second suburban rail line
CHINA: The suburban rail network in the city of Jinhua expanded on December 28 with the opening of the first section of the Yidong Line in Yiwu. The 48·4 km line is intended to augment the Jinyi Line, which opened on August 30 2022, as part ...
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Metro Report InternationalHuangshi inaugurates catenary-free tram line
CHINA: The first phase of the Huangshi tram network in Hubei province was formally inaugurated with a ceremony at Huangshi Bei station on the morning of December 28. Public services began at 12.30, with free travel being offered until January 31.
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Metro Report InternationalPhoenix airport peoplemover extended and trains lengthened
USA: Passenger services on a 4 km extension to the PHX Sky Train automated peoplemover system at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in Arizona began on December 20.
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Metro Report InternationalMTR extends Beijing metro Line 16
CHINA: The southern section of Beijing metro Line 16 from Yuyuantan Park East Gate to Yushuzhuang was opened for revenue service on December 31. The 14·2 km extension serving the southwest of the city adds a further nine stations, taking the line to 46·2 km with ...
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Rail Business UK‘First class’ apprenticeships open the door to transport careers
UK: Tyne & Wear transport authority Nexus says it is to maintain its ‘strong track record for apprenticeships’, offering nine positions in 2023. The roles on offer will cover project management, human resources, data science, bus services and metro infrastructure maintenance including overhead electrification and structures. ...
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Metro Report InternationalChicago track renewals contract awarded
USA: Chicago Transit Authority has awarded Kiewit Infrastructure a $105m contract covering the first phase of track renewals on the Forest Park branch of the metro network’s Blue Line. Phase one includes reconstruction of the trackbed between UIC-Halsted and Illinois Medical District stations, which runs in the ...
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Metro Report InternationalContactless ticketing to be rolled out in Venezia
ITALY: Venezia transport operator AVM has awarded a contract for the deployment of an EMV contactless payment system covering its network of 149 water buses, speedboats, motorboats and ferries, more than 150 wharfs, 540 buses, 20 guided buses and a peoplemover, which carry up to 120 ...
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Metro Report InternationalParis ticket machines to be replaced
FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP has awarded the Easier subsidiary of Bolloré Group a six-year contract to supply and maintain customised ticket vending machines across its urban rail network. Replacement of the 2 400 ticket machines at RER and metro stations is set to begin in ...
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Metro Report InternationalFoshan opens metro Line 3
CHINA: Foshan metro Line 3 was opened for revenue service on December 28.
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Metro Report InternationalStadler presents mock-up of tram-trains for German and Austrian operators
EUROPE: A mock-up of the Citylink tram-trains that Stadler is to supply to operators in Karlsruhe, Saarbrücken, Neckar-Alb, Oberösterreich and Salzburg was unveiled at the Betriebshof West depot in Karlsruhe on December 13. The mock-up is 22 m long, with a fully equipped interior. A consortium ...
