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NewsMore Alstom trams arrive in Bordeaux
FRANCE: Alstom Transport delivered the first of 26 Citadis trams to Bordeaux on March 29 under a contract worth €80m. The 43 m 100% low-floor vehicles are for the lines being built under the 33 km Phase III expansion of the network, and they will be delivered over the following ...
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NewsVoith to develop tram technology for China
GERMANY: Xiangtan Electric Manufacturing Group has selected Voith Engineering Services to develop a low-floor tram for the Chinese market. The €7m project will last until the end of 2014. As part of the collaboration between the two firms, Voith will train 15 Chinese employees at its headquarters in Chemnitz, ...
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NewsRATP stops planting bulbs underground
FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP has awarded Soitec and a Philips/Step consortium contracts totalling €11m for the replacement of 250 000 lamps and strip lights at its 302 metro and 66 RER stations with LEDs in 2013-17. RATP says it will be the first existing transport network to convert completely ...
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NewsMore trains bought for Singapore Downtown Line
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority confirmed on March 28 the purchase of 15 three-car Movia trainsets from the consortium of Bombardier Transportation and Changchun Bombardier Railway Vehicles Co. The order is worth S$119·2m, with Bombardier's share valued at S$46m. LTA had already purchased 73 trainsets for the Downtown Line. Of ...
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NewsDenver North Metro Line could be brought forward
USA: A request for proposals for construction of Denver’s North Metro commuter rail line could be brought forward to July after an unsolicited proposal was submitted in February by a Canadian company. In January Denver Regional Transportation District envisaged that a request for proposals would be released in October. ...
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NewsSiemens automation open day
FRANCE: Automation and partial automation of metro networks both domestically and internationally was the theme chosen by Siemens France when it held an open day for young people interested in a career in rail on March 22. The event at Siemens’ base at Châtillon formed part of the third annual ...
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NewsZaragoza tram Line 1 completed
SPAIN: The final section of Line 1 of the Zaragoza tramway opened on March 26. The extension takes the line across the River Ebro from the former terminus at Plaza de Pilar Murallas to Avenida de la Academia in Parque Goya. There are 15 new stops, including 10 where single ...
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NewsTokyo Metro introduces silicon carbide power modules
JAPAN: Mitsubishi Electric has supplied silicon carbide power modules for the auxiliary power supply systems on the Series 1000 electric multiple-units entering service on Tokyo Metro's Ginza Line this year. A fleet of 37 six-car sets is being built by Nippon Sharyo to join a prototype unit which began ...
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NewsSuperstorm Sandy recovery funding
USA: New York MTA has secured the first round of funding from the Federal Transit Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency for its Superstorm Sandy recovery works. The $193·1m includes reimbursement for costs incurred by New York City Transit, Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad during preparation ...
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NewsBuenos Aires Line A cars enter service
ARGENTINA: Line A of the Buenos Aires metro network was officially reopened on March 6 by Mauricio Macri, head of the city government, following work to adapt infrastructure and the testing of a new fleet of 45 cars supplied by China CNR Corp. The 11 km route had closed ...
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NewsSofia to get Pesa trams
BULGARIA: Sofia tram operator Stolichen Elektrotransport has named Pesa as preferred bidder to supply 20 low-floor trams. The deal is worth €50m, including €16·8m for spare parts and diagnostic equipment. The contract is expected to be signed in April and deliveries are planned for 2014. The five-section Swing trams ...
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NewsJaén light rail line to be sold
SPAIN: Jaén city council is planning to sell off the city’s light rail line, after an audit by Catalan regional operator FGC showed that it could not operate the route without state financial support. The line was opened for trial services in May 2011, but closed shortly afterwards and has ...
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NewsNottingham tram bridge slides into place
UK: The first section of the bridge to carry Phase 2 of the Nottingham light rail network over the city’s main station was slid into place during March. To be known as the Karlsruhe Friendship Bridge, the steel structure is 104 m long, 14·5 m wide and weighs 1100 tonnes. ...
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NewsJeddah transport plan approved
SAUDI ARABIA: The Council of Ministers approved a draft transport plan for Jeddah on March 11. The 45bn riyal plan includes a three-line light metro, as well as a network of buses and marine transport. Completion is scheduled within seven years. Makkah Governor Prince Khaled Al Faisal said that ...
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NewsParis Line 4 reaches Montrouge
FRANCE: Celebrations including music and dancing marked the inauguration of the newest section of the Paris metro on March 23, a 1·5 km southern extension of Line 4 to Mairie de Montrouge. The new station is the 303rd on the metro. Two of its three entrances are open, with ...
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NewsFreiburg orders Urbos trams
GERMANY: Freiburg public transport operator VAG has signed a contract for 12 CAF Urbos 100 trams for its metre-gauge network. The exact contract value is undisclosed, but is less than €40m, according to VAG. The seven-section low-floor trams will be 43 m long with capacity for 250 passengers. They ...
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NewsTBM arrives for Rio Line 4
BRAZIL: Work is now underway in Rio de Janeiro to assemble a 2 000 tonne Herrenknecht tunnel boring machine that is to be used in the construction of metro Line 4 from Ipanema to Barra da Tijuca. At 120 m long and with a diameter of 11⋅5 m, the TBM ...
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NewsNS to buy stake in Den Haag city transport operator
NETHERLANDS: National passenger train operator Nederlandse Spoorwegen confirmed on March 13 that it is to go ahead with the purchase of a 49% stake in Den Haag city transport operator HTM. The €45m deal is still subject to final approval from the city council, which would hold a 51% ...
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NewsCorte 8 opens on Rio commuter network
BRAZIL: A new station was officially opened at Corte 8 on the Rio de Janeiro commuter network operated by SuperVia on March 11. Located between Gramacho and Duque de Caxias on the route to Saracuruna, the station has been built at a cost of R$10m to serve a local population ...
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NewsLos Angeles approves streetcar funding
USA: On March 6 Los Angeles City Council approved the provision of $300m over 30 years for the operation and maintenance of a light rail line in central Los Angeles. This follows voters’ approval in December of a tax that is expected to raise $62·5m towards the construction cost. ...