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Metro Report InternationalWomen’s university awards Hitachi Rail new operating contract
SAUDI ARABIA: Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University has awarded Hitachi Rail a €72·5m contract to continue to operate and maintain the driverless light metro on its Riyadh campus for a further three years. The four-line network serving the women’s university campus totals 11·5 km with 14 ...
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NewsTMH to supply 70 EMUs to Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA: The Ministry of Transport has awarded Transmashholding a US$864m contract to supply and maintain 70 eight-car electric multiple-units for use in Buenos Aires. The stainless steel bodied EMUs will be a 1 676 mm gauge variant of the 1 520 mm gauge Ivolga family which ...
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Rail Business UKWest Midlands transport investment priorities agreed
UK: The West Midlands Combined Authority board agreed a ‘wide-ranging’ list of more than 50 preferred schemes to improve rail, tram, bus, road, cycling and walking routes on January 14. The list includes the proposed Very Light Rail line in Coventry city centre, Aldridge station, developing ...
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In depthBrazil: Private participation keeps metro momentum building
Led by São Paulo, Brazilian cities are making use of private sector funding and operating models to accelerate urban rail development across the country. Benjámin Zelki reports.
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NewsAuckland One Rail takes over from Transdev under integrated operating contract
NEW ZEALAND: The Auckland One Rail joint venture took over from Transdev Auckland on January 17 as operator of suburban passenger services around the country’s largest city. Transport authority Auckland Transport had selected the 50-50 joint venture of Singapore’s ComfortDelGro and Australia’s UGL Rail Services to ...
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NewsIndiana double-tracking to improve commuter and freight services
USA: An agreement to double-track nearly 28 km of main line south of Lake Michigan has been signed by Anacostia Rail Holdings’ Chicago South Shore & South Bend Railroad, Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District and utility company Northern Indiana Public Service Co. This will result in ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutomated metro to serve Izmir university campus
TURKEY: Gülermak Heavy Industries has been awarded a contract to build a 13·5 km driverless underground metro line in Izmir, with construction scheduled to begin on February 14. To be known as the Buca Line, it will serve 11 stations, linking the existing Üçyol metro station ...
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News‘Quantum leap’ as CBTC goes live on København’s cross-city S-bane core
DENMARK: København’s S-bane suburban trains have started using CBTC through the cross-city core, following the commissioning of the new signalling over the weekend of January 15-16.
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Metro Report InternationalSix operators award joint contract for up to 504 tram-trains
EUROPE: A consortium of six German and Austrian transport bodies has awarded Stadler a framework contract for the supply and maintenance of up 504 tram-trains worth €4bn, the largest contract in the Swiss company’s history. The VDV TramTrain framework contract was awarded on January 14 by ...
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Metro Report InternationalGuidance aims to make tramways safer for cyclists
UK: Design guidance intended to make tramways safer for cyclists has been published by the Light Rail Safety & Standards Board, however Cycling UK has told Metro Report International that it is a missed opportunity which does not adequately take into account the wider street environment. ...
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Metro Report InternationalParis Line 4 reaches Bagneux as driverless conversion moves forward
FRANCE: Paris transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités and operator RATP opened the southern extension of metro Line 4 to Bagneux-Lucie Aubrac on January 13.
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NewsMoscow suburban EMUs delivered
RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Demikhovo plant has delivered seven 11-car EP2D electric multiple-units for use around Moscow by Central Suburban Passenger Co. The trainsets are equipped with two and six-person wear-resistant bench seats, USB chargers and HVAC incorporating air sanitisers to counteract viruses and ...
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Metro Report InternationalCutting-edge passenger information on Wien Series X trains
AUSTRIA: Wiener Linien’s Series X metro trainsets, due to be introduced this year on U-Bahn lines U1 to U4, will be fitted with an advanced passenger information system branded Passenger Info Plus. Developed by Siemens subsidiary Hacon in co-operation with the operator, the technology unveiled on ...
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Metro Report InternationalWood to design six stations for Santiago metro Line 7
CHILE: Engineering consultancy Wood is to develop detailed designs for six stations on section C of the future Line 7 in the east of Santiago. Under the 24 month contract, Wood will work on architectural, structural, civil, mechanical and electrical designs, and will provide site support ...
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Metro Report InternationalPuebla tram-train ceases operation
MEXICO: The tourism-oriented tram-train service in Puebla ceased operation on December 31, with the local government announcing that it was no longer economically viable. The 17·2 km route was launched in January 2017, using the Ferrosur freight railway including various rehabilitated sections to link the historic ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst phase of Lusail tramway opens
QATAR: The first section of the four-line Lusail tram network was opened for trial public services on January 1.
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Metro Report InternationalSecond undersea metro tunnel opened
CHINA: A 4 km undersea tunnel has been opened as part of the 38·3 km southern extension of Qingdao metro Line 1 from Qingdao Bei Railway Station to Wangjiagang which was inaugurated on December 30. This is the city’s second undersea tunnel following the 5·4 km ...
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Metro Report InternationalIndigenous signalling on test on Delhi Metro
INDIA: Field trials of the Indigenous Automatic Train Supervision signalling technology have begun on Delhi Metro’s Red Line. The domestic i-ATS technology is being jointly developed by Bharat Electronics Ltd and Deli Metro Rail Corp as part of the government’s Make in India strategy. ‘India will ...
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Metro Report InternationalThree new lines opened as Beijing metro expands again
CHINA: The opening of three new metro lines and six extensions in Beijing has increased the capital’s urban rail network to a total length of 783 route-km.