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NewsContractors prequalify for Makkah metro civil works
SAUDI ARABIA: The Mayor of Makkah Osama Al Bar has announced that 10 of the 16 international consortia which expressed interest in the two civil works contracts for Phase 1 of the city’s metro project have prequalified to submit tenders. Civil works contracts 1 and 2 are expected to be ...
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NewsNanjing opens two lines
CHINA: Nanjing metro Line 10 and suburban line S1 to the airport opened on July 1. Line 10 was built as a 15·9 km Olympic Stadium – Yushanlu extension of Line 1’s 5·7 km Andemen – Olympic Stadium branch, which it has now absorbed. Line 10 has one elevated and ...
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NewsTransport projects allocated Growth Deal funding
UK: A number of transport schemes are included in the government’s Local Growth Fund allocations announced on July 7. Local Enterprise Partnerships formed by English local authorities and businesses were able to bid for money from the fund to spend on match-funded projects which are intended to support their local ...
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NewsHuawei awarded Addis Abeba light rail telecoms contract
ETHIOPIA: Huawei has been awarded a contract to provide its Mass Transit eLTE communications technology for the Addis Abeba light rail project. Huawei will provide fixed and wireless communications to support applications including telephony, SCADA, fare collection and IP-based video surveillance. The north–south and east–west lines totalling 31 km ...
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NewsAarhus selects light rail contractors
DENMARK: A consortium of Stadler and Ansaldo STS has been selected as preferred bidder for a turnkey contract to build and equip the first stage of the Aarhus light rail scheme. Project promoter Aarhus Letbane I/S expects to sign the contract ‘before the summer’, following more than a year of ...
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NewsKeolis and Amey win Docklands Light Railway franchise
UK: On July 4 Transport for London named the Keolis Amey Docklands joint venture of Keolis (70%) and Amey Rail (30%) as the winner of the new franchise to operate and maintain the Docklands Light Railway automated light metro. The contract runs from December 7 2014 until April 2021, ...
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NewsEuskoTren orders CAF trainsets
SPAIN: EuskoTren has awarded CAF a €150m contract to supply 12 electric trainsets for the future Bilbao Metro Line 3, and 16 to replace existing Series 200 and 300 units. Each of the metre-gauge electric multiple-units will have three 17 m long cars, giving a total capacity of 296 passengers ...
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NewsTwo Polish tram openings
POLAND: An extension of Toruń’s tram network to the Bielany residential district and Nicolaus Copernicus University opened on June 24. The 1·7 km extension was built by Budimex at a cost of 49·5m złoty, including five stops, a turning loop and upgrades to existing tracks. It is the first extension ...
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NewsBlind passengers study new trams
POLAND: Tramwaje Śląskie and disabled persons’ training institute Alfa Prim have organised workshops to enable blind and partially-sighted people to familiarise themselves with the operator’s new Pesa Twist trams, which have a different layout to previous vehicles. The events were held at the tramway’s Zawodzie depot, where users could ...
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NewsBogotá tram-train study
COLOMBIA: The Mayor of Bogotá, Gustavo Petro, has approved the final stage of a feasibility study for a tram-train route serving the capital. The Región Tram project is being developed by a consortium of Vossloh, Torres Cámara and Conconcreto, which envisages that the 2bn pesos scheme could be funded ...
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NewsU-Bahn and tram expansion in Wien 10-year plan
AUSTRIA: A 10-year metro and tram investment package for Wien was unveiled on June 27 by the city’s Transport Councillor Maria Vassilakou and Vice-Mayor Renate Brauner, Executive Councillor for Finance, Economic Affairs & Public Utilities. With the city’s population forecast to reach 2 million inhabitants by 2030, the city council ...
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NewsTitagarh Wagons enters metro refurbishment market
INDIA: Titagarh Wagons Ltd announced its first contract in the metro market on June 16. This covers the mid-life refurbishment of seven eight-car Kolkata metro trains. ‘It is a very important milestone for the group since this marks our entry into the metro coach business segment’, said Umesh ...
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NewsCross-Øresund rail network proposed
EUROPE: Proposals to extend the København metro to Malmö and develop an integrated regional rail network form an integral part of the Øresund 2070 vision unveiled during the Øresundshuset regional conference at Almedalen on June 30. According to the President of Skanska Sweden Pierre Olofsson and his ...
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NewsGrenoble opens tram Line E
FRANCE: Bands, parades and street entertainment celebrated the opening of Grenoble’s fifth tram line on June 28, with an ‘e-selfies’ photo competition where passengers could post pictures of themselves on Line E to the project’s website for the chance to win a year of free travel. Construction of the north–south ...
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NewsFirst stage of Delhi metro Phase III opens
INDIA: A 3·2 km extension of Delhi metro Line 6 from Central Secretariat to Mandi House opened for passenger service on June 26. Construction began in May 2011, with two tunnel boring machines used to excavate the tunnels, and the stations built using cut-and-cover techniques. Services run at 3 min ...
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NewsGroundbreaking launches Thomson Line construction
SINGAPORE: A groundbreaking ceremony officially launched construction of the Thomson Line on June 27. Scheduled to open in three phases from 2019 to 2021, the 30 km north–south line will run entirely underground from Woodlands North to the Central Business District and Marina Bay. It will largely parallel the existing ...
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NewsTopping out ceremony for South Island Line (East) depot
CHINA: A topping-out ceremony for Wong Chuk Hang depot on Hong Kong’s 7 km South Island Line (East) project was held on June 24. The 40 000 m² depot is the first in Hong Kong to be designed for unattended train operation. Completion of the depot structure will enable ...
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NewsSydney automated metro operator selected
AUSTRALIA: The Northwest Rapid Transit consortium has been selected as preferred bidder for the Operations, Trains & Systems contract for the North West Rail Link automated metro in Sydney, New South Wales Premier Mike Baird announced on June 24 The consortium comprises MTR Corp (Australia), John Holland, Leighton Contractors, UGL ...
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NewsLusail tram contract signed
QATAR: Railway project promoter Qatar Rail has awarded a consortium of Alstom and QDVC the €2bn main contract for the construction of a four-line tram network in Lusail. Opening of the Yellow Line is planned for 2018, with the Green, Red and Purple lines to follow in 2020. ...
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NewsIstanbul driverless train contract signed
TURKEY: Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality has formally awarded CAF and Mitsubishi Corp a €119m order to supply 21 six-car driverless trainsets for the future metro Line M5, the companies announced on June 17. Line M5 will run entirely underground from Üsküdar to Ümraniye and Çekmeköy on the Asian side of the ...