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Metro Report InternationalMoscow Metro train production begins
RUSSIA: In April Transmashholding’s metro rolling stock manufacturing subsidiary Metrowagonmash began series production of 632 Type 81-760/761 cars ordered by Moscow Metro for delivery by the end of 2013. The cars will be equipped with air-conditioning, and onboard CCTV able to transmit images to the control centre. ...
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NewsPPP-funded tram extension opens
BELGIUM: Flemish Minister of Public Works Hilde Crevits inaugurated Antwerpen’s first PPP-financed tram extension on April 14, driving the first of 13 new Hermelijn trams being supplied by Siemens and Bombardier which will bring the fleet to 125 cars. Built at a cost of €48m, the 4 km of new ...
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NewsSofia metro opens Tsarigradsko Shose extension
BULGARIA: A 2·1 km extension of the Sofia metro from Mladost 1 to Mladost 3 and Tsarigradsko Shose was inaugurated by Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy on April 25. The extension has been built by the Metro Mladost Union joint venture, ...
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NewsBrazilian monorail joint venture formed
BRAZIL: Monorail rolling stock manufacturing joint venture Quark Fabriçacão de Equipamentos Ferroviarios e Serviços de Engenharia has been formed by Malaysian firm Scomi Engineering (40%), local engineering partner Montagens e Projetos Especiais (55%) and marketing and business development specialist Brasell Gestão Empresarial (5%). The joint venture will supply Scomi SUTRA ...
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NewsLA Expo Line starts revenue service
USA: Revenue service on the first phase of Los Angeles’ Expo Line light rail route starts at 05.00 on April 30, following an official inauguration on April 27 and a weekend of free rides and public celebrations. Under construction since 2006, the 13·8 km first phase diverges from the existing ...
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NewsTianjin metro train deliveries
CHINA: CNR Dalian has begun delivering 23 six-car Type B trains for Tianjin metro Line 2. The air-conditioned trains have a total capacity of 1832 passengers and top speed of 80 km/h. They will be equipped for automatic train operation, with 2 min headways. The 22·8 km east-west ...
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NewsDen Haag tram refubishment launches PanLed lighting
NETHERLANDS: Den Haag tram operator HTM is the launch customer for the PanLed LED lights developed by Belgian firm KST Lighting. PanLed is designed for both new build vehicles and as a direct replacement for fluorescent lights on existing stock. The lights offer uniform lighting across their surface, high reliability, ...
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NewsLondon Underground selects Bank bidders
UK: Four bidders have been shortlisted to undertake ‘one of London Underground’s biggest and most complex projects’, LU announced on April 24, a package of works to increase capacity at Bank station including a new southbound running tunnel for the Northern Line. The prequalified bidders are: BFK Joint Venture ...
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NewsBombardier preferred bidder for BART contract
USA: At its meeting on April 26, the Bay Area Rapid Transit District board is due to consider a recommendation to select Bombardier Transportation as the preferred bidder to supply its new fleet of metro cars. Because the Bombardier bid represents such ‘good value’, according to BART, the board will ...
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NewsBombardier opens Hortolândia monorail factory
BRAZIL: Bombardier Transportation inaugurated a US$15m monorail train manufacturing plant at its Hortolândia site in São Paulo state on April 13. The US$15m facility has been developed over 18 months as the company's global centre for monorails, and will serve local and export markets. Technology has been transferred from Bombardier's ...
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NewsMTR Corp awards signalling, track and electrification contracts
CHINA: Hong Kong's MTR Corp has awarded Alstom contracts with a total value of €71m covering the supply of signalling, track and electrification systems for two metro projects. The track and electrification contracts announced on April 17 are the first which Alstom has won in Hong Kong. One contract covers ...
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NewsSun Link streetcar construction begins in Tucson
USA: Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was in Tucson, Arizona, on April 12 for a ceremony to launch major construction works for the Tucson Modern Streetcar project and unveil the Sun Link branding for the new line. The 6·2 km route will run on-street from Arizona Health Sciences Center via the ...
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NewsBuenos Aires metro deliveries begin
ARGENTINA: The initial 10 of a new fleet of metro cars being built by China CNR Corp for Buenos Aires metro Line A arrived in Argentina on April 11. The first of the cars had been rolled out in Shanghai in February. The yellow and grey exterior livery and yellow ...
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NewsLines 3 and 4 take Montpellier tram network to 56 km
FRANCE: Passengers began using lines 3 and 4 of the Montpellier light rail network on April 7, following an official opening ceremony the day before. Line 3 runs for 19·8 km from Juvignac in the west of the city to Pérols-Etang de l'Or in the southeast, with a branch from ...
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NewsWellington light rail cost estimate
NEW ZEALAND: A review by AECOM has estimated that the cost of building a light rail system in Wellington would range from NZ$12m to NZ$141m per km. Mayor Celia Wade-Brown made the introduction of light rail by 2020 a major part of her campaign platform, and says the NZ$400m cost ...
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NewsCSR Zhuzhou awarded Ampang Line train contract
MALAYSIA: Lowest bidder CSR Zhuzhou has won a 530m ringgit contract to supply 20 trainsets for the 27 km Ampang Line metro in Kuala Lumpur, which is being extended by 17·7 km to Putra Heights. The six-car trains will each have a capacity of 1 308 passengers and a maximum ...
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NewsAlstom to resignal Amsterdam metro network
NETHERLANDS: Amsterdam municipality has awarded Alstom a €100m contract to resignal the 43 km four-line metro network and supply signalling for the North-South line which is currently under construction. The contract announced on April 5 covers signalling, train control and train supervision systems and associated communications. Alstom said its Urbalis ...
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NewsWuxi metro Line 1 train order
CHINA: CSR Zhuzhou signed a contract to supply 23 six-car trains for the future Wuxi metro Line 1 on March 21. Deliveries are scheduled to run from March 2013 to June 2014, when trial running on the 30·5 km line is scheduled to start. The Type B ...
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NewsExpress tram service launched in Bremen
GERMANY: Limited-stop 'express' services are being operated during the morning peak on an 4·1 km extension of Bremen tram Route 1 which opened with start of city transport operator BSAG's new timetable on March 26. Route 1 has been extended from Züricher Straße, which has been renamed Schweizer Eck, via ...
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NewsNorth Shore Connector opens
USA: Regular services on Pittsburgh's 1·9 km North Shore Connector extension of the T light rail line began on March 25, following inauguration ceremonies two days before. The Connector runs through a twin-bore tunnel under the Allegheny River to link the city centre with the North Shore area, a developing ...