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Metro Report InternationalAgreement signed for second tram line in Bergamo
ITALY: A memorandum of understanding was signed between the province of Bergamo, tram operator TEB and several municipalities on July 27 for the construction of a second tram line in Bergamo. T2 would branch off the existing T1 at San Fermo, with services sharing the three ...
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Metro Report InternationalBarking Riverside extension approved
UK: The Secretary of State for Transport issued a decision letter on August 4 approving an order under the Transport & Works Act to grant Transport for London legal powers to build the 4·5 km Barking – Barking Riverside extension of the Gospel Oak – Barking line in east London. ...
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Metro Report InternationalMauritius light rail contract signed
MAURITIUS: The government signed a Rs18·8bn contract with Larsen & Toubro on July 31 for the construction of the Metro Express light rail line, which would link Port Louis with Curepipe. L&T is responsible for civil works, electrification, signalling, the fare collection system and the passenger information system. It ...
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NewsStadler completes first US-assembled Flirt
USA: Stadler has completed the first Flirt multiple-unit to be assembled in the USA at its plant at North Salt Lake in Utah. The DMU for the TEX Rail project will be officially unveiled at the ATPA Expo in Atlanta in October. In 2015 the Fort Worth ...
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NewsCRRC and Siemens consortium to supply Kuala Lumpur light metro trains
MALAYSIA: Project promoter Prasarana announced on August 2 that it had awarded a consortium of CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co, Siemens China and Tegap Dinamik a 1·56bn ringgit contract for the supply of 42 six-car driverless light metro trainsets for the LRT3 project in Kuala Lumpur. Each air-conditioned trainset would have ...
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Metro Report InternationalPalermo rail project restarts
ITALY: Work on the Anello rail line in Palermo restarted on July 29 following the government allocating an additional €50m to the project in April. The project to create a circular line around the city centre is now 80% complete. This will use a former freight branch to the ...
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Metro Report InternationalMexico City studies airport rail link
MEXICO: Metro operator STC has begun tendering for studies of an express rail link to Mexico City’s new airport, which will include defining route options to make the best use of existing rights-of-way and minimise disruption to the urban fabric. The preferred bidder will also consider the civil engineering and ...
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NewsKramatorsk tram network closes
UKRAINE: Trams ceased running in Kramatorsk on August 1 with the closure of the last remaining route. The city intends to buy three buses to serve the 14·6 km route, with fares kept the same. The main reason given for the closure was the high cost of fleet replacement. ...
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NewsSingapore – Malaysia Rapid Transit System agreement to be signed this year
ASIA: The bilateral agreement enabling the construction of the Johor Bahru – Singapore Rapid Transit System is expected to be signed by December 2017 and passenger services are planned to start by December 31 2024, the Malaysia-Singapore Joint Ministerial Committee for Iskandar Malaysia said after its 13th meeting on July ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst CBD & South East tram delivered to Sydney
AUSTRALIA: Transport for New South Wales took delivery of first of 60 Citadis X05 trams that Alstom is supplying to operate on the CBD & South East Light Rail line in Sydney on August 1. The ALTRAC Light Rail consortium has a A$2·1bn PPP contract to build, operate and ...
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NewsPesa sole bidder in Częstochowa tram tender
POLAND: Pesa was the sole bidder in a tender to supply up to 15 trams to Częstochowa. Pesa bid 89·9m złoty for the base order of 10 trams, deliveries of which are due to be completed in 2020. MPK Częstochowa currently has seven 2010N trams from Pesa’s Twist family ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst tram line opens in Wuhan
CHINA: Wuhan’s first tram line began trial passenger operations on July 28. T1 serves 23 stops on a 16·9 km alignment in the southwest of the city between Deshenggang and Chelun Square, which is near the southern terminus of metro Line 3. Services initially run between 07.00 and 19.00 ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC rolls out Wuhan Line 21 train
CHINA: Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric has rolled out the first train for Wuhan metro Line 21. The 35 km line will have 16 stations. The 100 km/h trainset is equipped for automatic operation (GoA2). It also features LED lighting that the supplier says can provide 30% energy savings, which ...
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NewsCosenza tramway contract signed
ITALY: A €98m contract for the design and construction of a 9·4 km tram line in Cosenza has been signed by the Calabria regional authority and a consortium led by construction company CMC. The Metrotramvia di Cosenza would run from Piazza della Riforma to the University of Calabria campus ...
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NewsMore City Star trams to be delivered to Rostov-na-Donu
RUSSIA: PK Transportnye Systemy was the sole bidder for a contract to supply a further 13 trams to Rostov-na-Donu. Its offer of City Star vehicles is worth 426·4m roubles and the order will be financed by Rostov Oblast. PK TS has already delivered 16 single-section low-floor City Star trams ...
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NewsStockholm orders more CAF trams
SWEDEN: Stockholm transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik has exercised an option for a further eight trams from CAF. In late 2010 CAF won a firm order to supply 15 trams from its Urbos family to Stockholm. SL subsequently ordered seven more, and all 22 are now in service. The ...
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NewsCAF wins second Alger metro train contract
ALGERIA: CAF is to supply 12 six-car trainsets to the Alger metro, the supplier announced on July 27. The trains will be used to augment the existing fleet of 14 CAF trainsets to support the planned opening of metro extensions. Based on the Inneo metro train family, the trainsets ...
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Metro Report InternationalHitachi to supply Baltimore metro trains and signalling
USA: Maryland Transit Administration has awarded a $400·5m contract for the supply of metro rolling stock and signalling. The supplier is the Hitachi Ansaldo Baltimore Rail Partners joint venture of Hitachi Rail Italy, which will supply 78 metro cars, and Ansaldo STS’s US subsidiary, which will replace ...
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Metro Report InternationalRanken wins Chinese metro contracts
CHINA: Sapphire Corp subsidiary Ranken Railway Construction Group Co has won four contracts for metro projects in China, the group announced on July 24. The largest is a 224m yuan civil engineering contract covering three further sections of the Ningbo metro, which are due to be completed by mid-2020. ...
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NewsHelsinki trams on test in Mannheim
GERMANY: Rhein-Neckar transport authority RNV took delivery of two Variotram trams from Helsinki transport operator HKL on July 19. These are being tested on the networks in Mannheim, Heidelberg and Ludwigshafen to assess their suitability for the region. RNV will test the 100% low-floor trams until the end of ...