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NewsIzmit tram line to open in June
TURKEY: Revenue services on the Akçaray tram line in Izmit are due to begin next month following the completion of tracklaying on May 5. Test running began on March 23, and seven trams have so far been delivered. Durmazlar is supplying 12 Panorama trams from its factory in Bursa ...
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NewsSEPTA signs CRRC coach contract
USA: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority signed a contract on May 4 for CRRC Tangshan to supply 45 double-deck coaches for use on its Regional Rail network of commuter services. The SEPTA board approved the purchase earlier this year. There is a base order worth $137·5m, with options for 10 ...
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Metro Report InternationalSBS Transit and ST Kinetics sign MoU
SINGAPORE: ST Kinetics has entered the rail sector with the signing of a memorandum of understanding on April 26 with SBS Transit, which operates two metro lines and two light metro lines in Singapore. The two parties have entered a strategic partnership to collaborate on rail maintenance and engineering, ...
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Metro Report InternationalLima metro capacity expansion supervisor chosen
PERU: A consortium of Barcelona metro operator TMB and consultancy Ayesa is to supervise the upgrade of Lima metro Line 1, under a US$6·8m three-year contract awarded by government body Ositran. TMB and Ayesa are to audit the investment plan that includes additional rolling stock, power supply and signalling ...
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NewsCAF tram enters revenue service in Saint-Etienne
FRANCE: The first of 16 Urbos trams that CAF is supplying to Saint-Etienne entered revenue service on the city’s metre gauge network on May 3. CAF was selected for the €42m order in late 2014, and is assembling the five-section trams at its Bagnères-de-Bigorre plant in southern France. The ...
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NewsWork begins on Manila metro extension to Cavite
PHILIPPINES: A groundbreaking ceremony for a southern extension of Manila metro Line 1 took place on May 4. The 11·7 km extension to Bacoor in Cavite province is expected to be completed in 2021. Eight stations would open initially, with three more to come later. One new depot is ...
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NewsBusan metro Line 1 extends
SOUTH KOREA: A southern extension of Busan metro Line 1 opened on April 20 from Sinpyeong to Dadaepo Beach. The 8 km extension adds six stations and brings Line 1 to 42·3 km Construction of the extension began in late 2009 and cost 959bn won. Test runs started in ...
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NewsAarhus light rail to open in September
DENMARK: The first phase of the tram-train network being built in Aarhus is due to open on September 23, project promoter Aarhus Letbane announced on April 28. An initial service of three trams/h will run between Aarhus H and Universitetshospitalet. Originally planned to open in June, the first phase ...
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NewsTransport for London appoints TSBA to license its brand
UK: Transport for London has signed a five-year deal for TSBA Group to manage its international brand licensing programme in return for a percentage of royalties from licensing deals that it negotiates. The TfL licensing programme is to be formally launched at Licensing Expo in Las Vegas on May 23-25. ...
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Metro Report InternationalOdense selects Stadler trams
DENMARK: Odense Letbane has selected preferred bidders to supply the rolling stock and railway systems for the light rail line planned for the city. The contracts are expected to be signed in about a month’s time. Stadler Pankow has been selected to supply 16 Variobahn trams for DKr336m. This ...
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NewsStrasbourg trams cross the border
FRANCE: April 29 marked the start of tram services from Strasbourg into Germany, following a ceremony the previous day with French and German officials. German Chancellery Chief of Staff Peter Altmaier called the start of services ‘an especially important, perhaps historic event’, and praised the co-operation between the two ...
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NewsMTR Corp to assist MRT Jakarta
INDONESIA: Project promoter MRT Jakarta signed a memorandum of understanding with the MTR Academy on April 27 to support the development of the city’s first metro line. The MTR Academy will share operational, maintenance and human resource experiences from its home market in Hong Kong, and will help MRT ...
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Metro Report InternationalPanamá City takes delivery of more Metropolis metro cars
PANAMA: The first three metro cars to augment the Panamá City metro Line 1 fleet arrived in the city on April 26 from Alstom’s Santa Perpetua plant in Spain. Alstom is supplying 70 Metropolis cars under a contract awarded in 2015. Five six-car trainsets will augment the current fleet, ...
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NewsKonya metro route confirmed
TURKEY: Konya Metropolitan Municipality has finalised plans for a two-line metro network in the city. To be built in three stages, the network would connect the city’s main universities and hospitals. Plans for a metro were originally published in 2015, and a feasibility study started in November 2016. Geological ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutonomous tram stabling experiment completed
FRANCE: Paris transport authority RATP and tram supplier Alstom have completed an experiment with a tram which can stable itself in the depot autonomously. The tram uses lidar sensors to detect obstacles, and can react by reducing speed, increasing braking or applying emergency brakes. The tram is also capable ...
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Metro Report InternationalTram components 3D printed on demand
GERMANY: Siemens is using 3D printing to reduce its lead times for the supply of customised tram components from weeks to days while eliminating the cost of specialised tooling and the need to keep parts in stock. Siemens has seen an increase in demand for customised parts, but the ...
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Metro Report InternationalLiebherr level control for Chicago metro cars
USA: CRRC Sifang America has awarded Liebherr-Transportation Systems a contract to develop and supply 400 hydraulic level control systems for use on the Series 7000 metro cars that it is to build for Chicago Transit Authority. Production of the Series 7000 cars is scheduled to begin in early 2019, with ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork begins on second phase of Karlsruhe tram and road tunnel project
GERMANY: Jazz played on alpenhorns accompanied Baden-Württemberg Transport Minister Winfried Hermann and Lord Mayor of Karlsruhe Frank Mentrup as they attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the second phase of the Kombilösung tram and road project on April 21. A road tunnel is being built beneath the east-west Kriegsstraße to ...
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Metro Report InternationalCatenary-free operation for Newcastle light rail line
AUSTRALIA: The six Urbos trams which CAF is to supply for the light rail line under development in Newcastle will be equipped with onboard energy storage to permit catenary-free operation, New South Wales Minister for Transport & Infrastructure Andrew Constance has announced. ‘Removing the overhead wires will preserve the ...
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NewsBergen airport tram extension opens
NORWAY: The extension of Bergen’s Bybanen light rail line from Birkelandsskiftet to Kokstadflaten and the airport at Flesland was officially opened with a ceremony on April 21. Passenger services started the following day. The opening of the latest section of the line completes the 7 km Lagunen – Flesland third ...