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NewsBART to test vinyl seat covers
USA: PreVail vinyl cushioned seat covers made by Omnova are to be tested in place of wool-based fabric on San Francisco's BART metro trains from April to June 2012. Laboratory tests found a passenger preference for vinyl, and the PreFixx Extreme coating is expected to make the seats easier to ...
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NewsSão Paulo metro cars modernised
BRAZIL: The first of 26 modernised trainsets for Line 1 of the São Paulo Metro was unveiled on December 8. The 30-year-old six-car sets are being refurbished at Bombardier's Hortolândia plant near São Paulo by a Bombardier-led consortium including Tejofran and Temoinsa. São Paulo metro operator CMSP awarded Bombardier a ...
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NewsGenève tram extension opens
SWITZERLAND: Genève inaugurated its latest tram extension on December 10. The 6·5 km double-track Line 14 from Cornavin to Bernex with 13 stops has been under construction since 2008 at a total cost of SFr320m, and opened 51 years after the original tram route to Bernex was closed. The ...
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NewsEssen orders 27 Flexity Classic trams
GERMANY: Essen transport authority EVAG signed a €72m contract for Bombardier Transportation to supply 27 Flexity Classic trams on December 21. Two pre-series vehicles are scheduled to be delivered in August 2013, with series vehicles following from March 2014. The three-module bi-directional and air-conditioned vehicles will be 30 m long ...
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NewsBEML wins Jaipur metro train contract
INDIA: BEML Ltd has won a Rs3·18bn contract to supply 10 four-car trains for the Jaipur Metro, and anticipates a follow-on order worth Rs600m. Construction of Jaipur Metro Rail Corp’s 9·2 km east-west line from Mansarovar to Chandpole is being managed by Delhi Metro Rail Corp. A ...
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NewsFTA backs Houston and Seattle light rail growth
USA: Representatives of the Federal Transit Administration and the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County signed full funding grant agreements worth $900m on November 28 which will support two extensions to Houston’s light rail network totalling 19 km. Already under construction, the North and Southeast corridors are scheduled to open ...
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NewsPraha metro extension receives EIB funding
CZECH REPUBLIC: The European Investment Bank confirmed on December 16 that it will lend up to €350m to part finance the 6∙1 km extension of the Praha metro Line A to Motol Hospital. With four new stations, the double-track extension starts from the current terminus at Dejvická in the northwest ...
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NewsCaen to switch to light rail
FRANCE: On December 14 Caen transport authority Viacités confirmed its intention to abandon its TVR rubber-tyred guided light transit route and replace it with conventional light rail by 2018. Viacités estimates it will take 18 months to replace the TVR guideway with tram track on the 15∙7 km Y-shaped ...
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NewsWiener Linien orders five trainsets for U6
AUSTRIA: A Bombardier Transportation- Vossloh Kiepe consortium has won an order from transport authority Wiener Linien for five new T1 trainsets for light metro line U6. The €60m deal announced on December 16 is an option under a contract signed in 2004. Bombardier’s share is worth €46m. Delivery ...
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NewsMoscow plans orbital light rail network
RUSSIA: Proposals for an extensive network of light rail lines to serve the expanding suburbs south of Moscow and connect two of its three international airports were unveiled on December 13. To be built in four phases, the so-called South Chord network could eventually total 214 route-km.The plans have been ...
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NewsNottingham tram Phase Two contract signed
UK: Following the confirmation of government funding for the PFI deal, on December 15 Nottingham City Council and preferred bidder Tramlink Nottingham signed the £570m NET Phase Two contract to build two new tram lines and take over the operation of the existing line which opened in ...
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NewsBombardier awarded large Frankfurt LRV order
GERMANY: Frankfurt transport authority VGF announced contracts for Bombardier Transportation to supply an additional 78 high-floor light rail vehicles and 10 low-floor trams on December 15.Under a €169m contract Bombardier will supply 78 bi-directional 25 m long and 2 650 mm wide Flexity Swift LRVs for use on route ...
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NewsWroclaw trams delivered for Euro 2012
POLAND: Czech rolling stock manufacturer Škoda Transportation despatched the last of 31 Type 19T bi-directional 70% low-floor trams to Wroclaw on December 12. The vehicles were ordered by MPK Wroclaw as part of the Tramwaj Plus project for an extension to serve the Municipal Stadium which is to host Euro ...
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NewsVeolia ready to exit transport sector
FRANCE: Veolia Environnement has confirmed its intention to sell its share of Veolia Transdev as part of a programme to reduce its debts, which will see the sale of €5bn of assets over the next two years. At an Investor Day held in Paris on December 6, Veolia Environnement Chairman ...
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NewsAlmaty metro opens and Phase 2 funded
KAZAKHSTAN: President Nursultan Nazarbayev opened the first section of the Almaty metro on December 1, and the Ministry of Transport & Communications has announced that funding has been secured to construct the second phase. The 8·5 km Phase 1 from Alatau to Rayimbeka has seven stations. Phase 2 will extend ...
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NewsAnsaldo Honolulu signs metro contract
USA: The Ansaldo Honolulu consortium of Finmeccanica companies Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda has signed a contract with Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to supply the technology and rolling stock for the Honolulu driverless metro. The $1∙3bn contract is for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the 32 km Honolulu ...
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NewsMetrolinx readies Kitchener extension
CANADA: Toronto commuter operator GO Transit ran its first train to Kitchener on November 26 as part of testing ahead of the launch of regular services on December 19. Regional transit authority Metrolinx is investing C$18m to extend services on its Georgetown Line to serve the Kitchener-Waterloo area under ...
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NewsMiskolc awards tram contract to Ganz-Skoda
HUNGARY: Miskolc muncipality has awarded Hungarian-Czech joint venture Ganz-Skoda Kozlekedesi a contract to supply 31 trams for the city’s tram network.The tender was the fourth to be called for trams as the previous three were cancelled by the Public Procurement Arbitration Board. These included a contract awarded to AnsaldoBreda in ...
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NewsAlstom unveils Metropolis trainset for Amsterdam
NETHERLANDS: The first Alstom Series M5 Metropolis trainset for the Amsterdam metro operator GVB was officially unveiled on November 24. Testing is well underway at Alstom’s Valenciennes plant in northern France with the first trainset scheduled to be in service by autumn 2012.A €200m contract signed in February 2010 will ...
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NewsArriva wins Stockholm rail and bus operating contracts
SWEDEN: Stockholm transport authority SL named DB subsidiary Arriva as the winner of two rail and bus operating contracts on November 22. One contract covers the operation of Saltsjöbanan suburban rail, Tvärbanan and Nockebybanan light rail and local bus services from August 20 2012. A separate contract covers the narrow ...