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Metro Report InternationalLos Angeles Metro budget approved
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Metro Report InternationalTramlink automated tram speed monitoring systems sought
UK: Transport for London has begun early market engagement for the potential retrofitting of automated vehicle speed monitoring and driver vigilance devices to the Tramlink light rail fleet. This follows a fatal accident on November 8 2016, when a tram travelling at approximately 70 km/h on a section of line ...
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Metro Report InternationalSecond phase of Chengdu metro Line 4 opens
CHINA: The second phase of Chengdu metro Line 4 opened to passengers on June 2, extending the east-west line at both ends. A western extension with eight stations runs underground from Intangible Cultural Heritage Park to Wansheng. At the eastern end, Line 4 has been extended from Wannianchang to ...
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NewsÜstra increases TW3000 light rail vehicle order
GERMANY: Hannover city transport operator Üstra has exercised an option for a further 46 Type TW3000 light rail vehicles which takes its total order to 146, Knorr-Bremse subsidiary Kiepe Electric announced on June 1. Deliveries are scheduled for completion by the end of 2019. Consortium leader Kiepe Electric will ...
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NewsEurotem ships Istanbul Line M2 trainset
TURKEY: The Eurotem joint venture of Hyundai Rotem and Tüvasaş shipped the first train for Istanbul metro Line M2 from its Adana factory on May 31. In December 2014 Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality signed a €77·5m contract for 17 four-car trainsets. Deliveries are due to be completed by the end ...
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NewsSeoul metro operators merge
SOUTH KOREA: The merger of the two city-owned metro operators in Seoul took effect on May 31. The new Seoul Metro is formed of Seoul Metro Corp — which previously operated lines 1, 2, 3 and 4 — and Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corp, which operated lines 5, 6, ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York Canarsie Tunnel repair contract awarded
USA: Jacobs Engineering Group has awarded Hill International a subcontract for construction management services on the repair of the Canarsie Tunnel in New York. Announcing the award on May 31, Hill International said that the five-year contract is worth $5·8m. Hill will assist Jacobs with pre-construction and construction management. ...
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Metro Report InternationalStation work begins on Line 2 extension in Manila
PHILIPPINES: A ceremony to mark the start of station construction on the Light Rail Transit Line 2 East Extension Project in Manila was held on May 30. Work on the two stations is due to begin on June 6, for completion in August 2018. The 4 km extension would ...
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NewsWork restarts on Napoli metro expansion
ITALY: Work on the extension of Napoli metro Line 1 restarted on May 30 with a ceremony attended by Minister for Territorial Cohesion & the South Claudio De Vincenti and Campania Governor Vincenzo De Luca. Work was suspended in 2011 on the route between Garibaldi and Piscinola via the ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork begins on Perth Airport rail link
AUSTRALIA: Work has started at the Perth Airport construction site for the Forrestfield-Airport Link, following the arrival of the first tunnel boring machine earlier this month. Work on the station box structure, which is next to the airport control tower, has begun as artist’s impressions of Airport Central station ...
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Metro Report InternationalBuenos Aires suburban network gets Tetra radio
ARGENTINA: A Tetra digital radio network has been installed on the Sarmiento, Mitre, San Martín, Belgrano Sur and Roca lines of the suburban rail network serving Buenos Aires. Indra supplied the system under a US$214m contract awarded in 2014 by federal railway operating company SOFSE. It is being used ...
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Metro Report InternationalCivils contractor selected to build Avignon tram line
FRANCE: Grand Avignon council and its project organisation Tecelys have selected the civil works contractor to build a tram line in the city. Led by NGE Group subsidiary TSO, the consortium includes Alstom, Guintoli, EHTP and Agilis. Civil works are scheduled to be complete in January 2019 and will ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst train for Chongqing metro Line 5 delivered
CHINA: CRRC Qingdao Sifang has delivered the first trainset for Chongqing metro Line 5. It is the first of 39 six-car trainsets that will operate on the future route. Designed for the steep gradients that will be a feature of China’s deepest metro line, the trainset is more powerful ...
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NewsDelhi Metro opens heritage corridor extension
INDIA: The latest section of the Delhi metro network opened to passengers on May 28, when Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu and Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal flagged off the first train on the ITO – Kashmere Gate section of Line 6. With this 5·2 km extension, the ...
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Metro Report InternationalAPTA reiterates Trump budget cut concern
USA: The American Public Transportation Association has reiterated its disappointment about the urban transport funding aspects of President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget.The Trump administration has reaffirmed its proposal to phase out the Capital Improvement Grants programme and eliminate the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants, despite Congress rejecting ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Citadis X05 tram rolled out
AUSTRALIA: The first of 60 Citadis X05 trams that Alstom is supplying to operate on the CBD & South East Light Rail line in Sydney has been rolled out, and is due to arrive in Sydney later this year. A consortium including Alstom signed a A$2·1bn PPP contract to ...
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Metro Report InternationalKansas City Streetcar looks south
USA: The KC Streetcar Authority and Kansas City Area Transportation Authority have selected the KC Streetcar Southern Extension Technical Services consortium to study a southern extension of the city’s starter tram line. The consortium is led by HDR and includes Burns & McDonnell, HNTB, Trekk Design Group, Hg Consult, ...
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Metro Report InternationalLatest phase of Salvador metro opens
BRAZIL: The second phase of Salvador metro Line 2 opened on May 23. The 6·2 km extension with four stations runs east from Rodoviária to Pituaçu. Test running on this section started on January 20. The initial 2·2 km section of Line 2 opened in December 2016 between Acesso ...
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Metro Report InternationalLausanne metro expansion contracts awarded
SWITZERLAND: The canton of Vaud has awarded two contracts to increase capacity on the automated metro in Lausanne. The project includes the construction of a third line. The network operated by Transports Lausannois is struggling to cope with growing ridership. To deal with this, the city is undertaking the ...
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Metro Report InternationalHong Kong MTR awards network-wide CCTV replacement contract
CHINA: MTR Corp has awarded UniVision a HK$389·4m contract for the installation of a unified IP-based CCTV system on the metro and light rail networks in Hong Kong. UniVision will replace the analogue CCTV system currently in place at metro stations and the IP CCTV system operational at 22 ...