Urban transport modes – Page 236
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore LTA signs transport research agreements
SINGAPORE: Two agreements on transport research projects were signed by Land Transport Authority and Nanyang Technological University at the Singapore International Transport Congress & Exhibition on October 19. One agreement covers real-time condition monitoring for the traction power supply on the metro network. Under the other, NTU’s ...
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Metro Report InternationalValley Metro extension groundbreaking
USA: A balloon release marked the official start of construction on the Gilbert Road Extension of the Valley Metro network in the city of Mesa, Arizona on October 15. A 5 km extension from Phoenix to central Mesa opened in August 2015. The latest project will extend this route 3 ...
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Metro Report InternationalParramatta Light Rail infrastructure adviser appointed
AUSTRALIA: The New South Wales government has appointed Arup as its infrastructure technical adviser for the Parramatta Light Rail project in western Sydney. Arup said it would provide support across all technical disciplines and urban design aspirations for the corridor. Intended to support a predicted westwards shift ...
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Metro Report InternationalXi’an metro Line 3 opens
CHINA: Xi’an metro Line 3 opened on October 15, running 39·1 km from Yuhuazhai in the southwest of the city to Baoshuiqu in the northeast. Line 3 has 19 underground and seven surface stations, including interchanges with Line 1 at Tonghuamen and with Line 2 at Xiaozhai. ...
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NewsCRRC to build Indian metro car factory
INDIA: A memorandum of understanding for the development of a metro car factory at the Multi-modal International Cargo Hub & Airport Nagpur industrial site was signed by the government of Maharashtra and China Railway Rolling Stock Corp on October 15. During the event Nagpur Metro Rail Corp handed CRRC ...
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NewsPowers granted for Manchester Metrolink Trafford Park extension
UK: Secretary of State for Transport Chris Grayling has granted a Transport & Works Act Order for Transport for Greater Manchester to build a tram line to Trafford Park in the west of the city. The 5·5 km route would run mostly on a segregated alignment. Leaving the Eccles ...
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NewsFirst Class 490 EMU arrives in Hamburg
GERMANY: The first Class 490 electric multiple-unit for the Hamburg S-Bahn arrived at the Ohlsdorf depot on October 11. It will now undergo a year of testing without passengers on the S-Bahn network. In 2013 S-Bahn Hamburg’s parent company Deutsche Bahn ordered 60 three-car EMUs from Bombardier Transportation under ...
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NewsKanpur metro foundation stone laid
INDIA: National Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the Kanpur metro on October 4. The two-line metro was approved by the Uttar Pradesh state government in March and the central government in May. The estimated cost is Rs178·7bn. Line 1 would link IIT Kanpur ...
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NewsTest running starts on second Nanjing tram line
CHINA: Trams began running on test on the Qilin Line in Nanjing on October 10. Revenue services are due to begin by the end of the year. The 9 km route links Maqun station on metro Line 2 with Wang Wu Zhuang. There are 13 stops, including one elevated, ...
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NewsCRRC to supply Nagpur metro trains
INDIA: CRRC has been selected to supply rolling stock for the Nagpur metro. The Chinese supplier is to supply 23 three-car trainsets for Rs8·51bn, with formal contract signature expected shortly. Two lines are being built in Nagpur under a public-private partnership; work is being led by project ...
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NewsFlexity Wien design presented as series production begins
AUSTRIA: Transport Leader for Wien city council Ulli Sima, Wiener Linien CEO Günter Steinbauer and Bombardier Austria CEO Christian Diewald presented the design for the Flexity Wien tram on October 12 to mark the start of series production at Bombardier’s Wien plant. Wiener Linien awarded Bombardier a €431m contract ...
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NewsGöteborg orders Flexity trams
SWEDEN: A consortium of Bombardier Transportation and electrical equipment supplier Vossloh Kiepe has been formally awarded a contract to supply 40 Flexity trams to Göteborg by mid-2021. The new trams are designated Type M33. The €140m firm order announced on October 11 includes 30 Type A unidirectional ...
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NewsKeolis’ Lyon operations contract to be renewed
FRANCE: Incumbent operator Keolis announced on October 7 that it had been selected by transport authority Sytral to operate public transport in Lyon for a further six years. The contract, due to be signed in the coming weeks, followed almost two years of negotiations and will come into effect ...
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NewsWork resumes on Napoli metro Line 7
ITALY: Construction work has restarted on metro Line 7 in Napoli, having been suspended in 2012 due to financial constraints. The occasion was marked by a ceremony at the unfinished Monte Sant’Angelo station on September 20, attended by President of the Campania region Vincenzo De Luca and ...
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Metro Report InternationalStockholm Citybanan tracklaying completed
SWEDEN: National infrastructure authority Trafikverket has completed the final tracklaying for the Stockholm Citybanan project. Tracks had already been laid through the 6 km cross-city tunnel, where test running is already underway. The final phase of the work began on August 30, when InfraNord’s SWM 1000 tracklaying train was used ...
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NewsEglinton Crosstown LRT tunnelling completed in Toronto
CANADA: Tunnel boring for Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit project was completed on August 17 when TBMs Don and Humber broke through at Yonge Street after a 3·3 km journey from a site just east of Brentcliffe Road. Each of the two TBMs boring the eastern ...
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NewsLima metro Line 2 train shipped
PERU: The first trains for Lima metro Line 2 were shipped from the port of Salerno in Italy on August 16 by shipping company Hapag-Lloyd. Each 17·6 m long car, weighing 35 tonnes was loaded onto the Cerinthus by crane. The journey to the Peruvian port of Callao is expected ...
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NewsFirst Honolulu metro phase 2 contract awarded
USA: Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation announced on July 19 that it had awarded a contract for the next phase of the city’s light metro line to a joint venture of Shimmick Construction, Traylor Bros and Granite Construction. Worth $874·8m, the design-build contract covers 8·4 km of elevated alignment ...
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Metro Report InternationalJerusalem light rail Green Line approved
ISRAEL: Tenders are to be called ‘soon’ for the construction of two more light rail lines in Jerusalem, following the municipality’s approval at the end of June of the alignment of the proposed Green Line and the start of the approvals process for the Blue Line. The 19·6 km alignment ...
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NewsTEX Rail commuter rail link to Dallas Fort Worth airport finalised
USA: TEX Rail commuter rail services are to serve two stations within the boundary of Dallas-Fort Worth airport under an agreement between the airport and Fort Worth Transportation Authority reached on June 30.DFW airport is already served from the east by the DART light rail network ...