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News€26⋅5bn Grand Paris metro expansion programme confirmed
FRANCE: The government is to proceed with the project to build 200 km of new metro lines by 2030 to serve the outer suburbs of the capital, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced in a speech given on March 6. Following a review of the programme inherited from the Sarkozy administration, ...
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NewsPreferred bidder for Gdańsk airport line
POLAND: A consortium of Budimex and Ferrovial Agroman has been chosen as preferred bidder to build Phase II of the Pomeranian Metropolitan Railway linking Gdańsk Wrzeszcz with Gdańsk Airport. The 716m złoty contract is expected to be signed in April. Construction is due to start in late 2013, for completion ...
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NewsDallas to get off-wire capable light rail vehicles
USA: Dallas Area Rapid Transit has selected Brookville Equipment Corp to supply two off-wire capable light rail vehicles for use on the Union Station - Oak Cliff extension. The $9·4m contract signed on February 26 includes an option for two additional vehicles. The three-section Brookville Liberty Modern Streetcars will ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - March 2013
Stockholm County Council and EIB signed a SKr3·5bn loan agreement on February 15 to fund development of the metro Red Line. This includes new rolling stock and CBTC, a new depot in Norsborg and work at Nyboda depot. The UK's Department for Transport has confirmed a further £23m for upgrading ...
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NewsLinz tram Line 3 extension approved
AUSTRIA: The Linz city authorities confirmed on March 5 that the planned southwestern extension of the 900 mm gauge tram Line 3 from Leonding to Pasching and Traun is to go ahead next year. The StadtRegio-Tram project will add a further 4·4 km and eight stops to the 5·3 km ...
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NewsFirst CSR cars arrive in Buenos Aires
ARGENTINA: An initial batch of 41 coaches built by CSR of China for the San Martín commuter route was unloaded in Buenos Aires on February 28. The shipment also included a further two CSR Qishuyan diesel locomotives for the San Martín route. Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo ...
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NewsŠkoda Transportation wins Konya tram contract
TURKEY: Škoda Transportation announced a €104·7m contract to supply 60 trams to Konya on March 4. The five-section air-conditioned Type 28T trams will be 100% low-floor bidirectional vehicles based on 31 trams ordered by Miskolc in Hungary. Konya municipality is planning to expand the city's 21 km tram line, which ...
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NewsAutomated metro opens in Brescia
ITALY: Linking Prealpino in the north of the city with S. Eufemia Buffalora in the southeast, the 13·7 km Brescia metro opened to the public on March 2 with a weekend of free travel. The automated metro has been built by a consortium of Ansaldo STS (railway systems, train control, ...
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NewsŁódz tramway modernisation contract
POLAND: City transport authority ZDiT Łódz has awarded PRM Mosty Łódz a 308·4m złoty contract to modernise part of the metre-gauge tram network in Łódz. The route from Retkinia in the west of the city to Widzew in the east is to undergo a complete modernisation, and will be extended ...
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NewsParis T7 tram rolled out
FRANCE: Alstom presented the first of 19 Citadis 302 trams for Paris Line T7 at its plant in La Rochelle on January 12. This forms part of a framework contract placed in January 2011 for 70 trams to work lines T7 and T8. The second tranche will cover 20 ...
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NewsFeature articles in the March 2013 issue of Metro Report International
Articles in the March 2013 issue of Metro Report International magazine. Comment Marking 150 years of metro operation, London Underground Managing Director Mike Brown describes improvements being made to the city’s iconic network News Review Chinese metros Wuhan, Hangzhou and Beijing have all opened metro lines in ...
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NewsLatest Metrolink extension reaches Rochdale
UK: The first revenue-earning trams ran on the latest extension of the Manchester Metrolink light rail network on February 28. The 7·4 km section allows light rail services to be extended from Shaw & Crompton to Rochdale railway station, with intermediate stops at Newhey, Kingsway, Milnrow and Newbold. The opening ...
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NewsToronto tram depot power supply contract
CANADA: Ozz Electric has awarded ABB a contract to supply traction power equipment for Toronto Transit Commission's Leslie Barns tram depot. Pomerleau Inc is general contractor for the C$238m depot which is under construction at Leslie Street in Ashbridges Bay. When completed the site will provide modern facilities for stabling ...
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NewsTunnel cleaning in Taipei
TAIWAN: Dirt is being cleaned from tunnels on the Taipei metro network in order to reduce fire risk, using a specialised tunnel cleaning train manufactured by China Steel Corp and fitted with a pumpset supplied by Hughes Pumps. Taipei is the second metro to use the technology, after it was ...
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NewsElectrification contract for Bordeaux tram-train project
FRANCE: The greater Bordeaux authority has selected a joint venture of SFERIS and TSO Caténaires to undertake electrification work for the first phase of a project that could eventually see tram-train services operating along the SNCF route from Bordeaux to Le Verdon. The initial phase involves 7⋅2 km of new ...
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NewsFunding agreed for Monterrey Metro Line 3
MEXICO: A funding agreement that will see the federal government provide 5⋅69bn pesos to build the first phase of Monterrey Metro Line 3 was signed by Secretary of Transport & Communications Gerardo Ruiz on February 21. According to Ruiz, work on the project will begin later this year. Serving a ...
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NewsRPA provides international consultancy services
IRELAND: The state's Railway Procurement Agency earned €0·9m by providing light rail consultancy services to overseas customers during 2012. This was the first full year of operations for RPA's consultancy unit, which has the equivalent of five full-time staff. The government is encouraging its agencies to seek overseas work while ...
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NewsDetroit light rail project gets grant
USA: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced a $25m Tiger grant for the M-1 light rail project in Detroit on January 18. The 5·3 km line along Woodward Avenue with 11 stops is to be built and operated by the non-profit M-1 Rail Corp consortium, which has committed more than $100m ...
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NewsJICA signs Dhaka metro project loan
BANGLADESH: Funding for the Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit Development Project is included in a ¥70·693bn official development assistance loan package signed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the government of Bangladesh on February 20. Development of a metro network forms part of the 20-year Dhaka Strategic Transport Plan approved ...
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NewsCAF trams for Besançon take shape
FRANCE: Officials from Bescançon visited the CFD Bagnères plant in Bagnères-de-Bigorre on February 12 and 13 to view progress with the fleet of 19 cars that are being supplied to the city by Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF. One completed tram was undergoing static testing as a further two cars ...