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NewsEdmonton awards light rail design contract
CANADA: The City of Edmonton has appointed AECOM to undertake preliminary engineering design for the proposed but unfunded Southeast light rail line from the city centre to Mill Woods, and the West Line to Lewis Estates. The US$35·5m contract announced on September 1 covers a total of 27 route-km of ...
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NewsDocklands Light Railway opens to Stratford International
UK: A 5 km extension of London's Docklands Light Railway driverless light metro from Canning Town to Stratford International opened on August 31. The route is intended to meet the growing demand for public transport in Lower Lea Valley area of east London, and also provide access to 2012 ...
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NewsImperio progress
ROMANIA: The first Imperio tram produced by Astra Vagoane was unveiled outside Arad city hall on August 25. The low-floor tram has been developed in collaboration with Siemens, which supplied the electrical equipment. At the unveiling, the mayor of Arad said he hoped the city's metre-gauge network would be an ...
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NewsCrossrail rolling stock contract delayed pending procurement review
UK: The timescale for procurement of around 60 electric multiple-units for London's Crossrail project has been extended, promoter Crossrail Ltd announced on August 30. This should align deliveries with the tunnel construction timetable and allow the conclusions of a government review of public procurement to be taken into account ...
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NewsSBS Transit selected to operate Downtown Line
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has selected SBS Transit to operate the 42 km Downtown metro line which is scheduled to open in three stages in 2013, 2015 and 2017. This is the first contract to be awarded under a revised financing framework which LTA adopted in 2010. The contract announced ...
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NewsHong Kong to get driverless trains
CHINA: CNR Changchun has announced a HK$1·4bn contract to supply driverless metro trains for Hong Kong MTR's future West Island and South Island lines. The manufacturer said these Type A sets would be the first fully automated heavy metro trains in China, and would use 'independently developed' technology.
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NewsIzmir metro is CSR's stepping stone to Europe
TURKEY: The Mayor of Izmir was in China on August 10 for the unveiling of a light metro trainset which manufacturer CSR Zhuzhou said is 'the crown of Chinese urban rail products', and proof that the company's scientific and technological innovation meets world standards. Imzir Metro placed a 350m yuan ...
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NewsProgress with metro and tram shared track project
NORWAY: Oslo T-Bane Line 6 services were extended by 2 km from Jar to Bekkestua via a relocated Ringstabekk station on August 15, completing the latest stage of an ongoing project to rebuild the Kolsåsbanen light rail route for shared running by metro trains and trams. Reopening of the next ...
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NewsJerusalem light rail Red Line opens
ISRAEL: The Jerusalem light rail Red Line opened for trial services on August 19, with 40 000 passengers carried on the first day. Travel is free until September 1 because of problems with ticketing equipment. ‘This is a happy day for Jerusalem and its residents’, said Mayor ...
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NewsThe Tide comes in
USA: The Tide light rail line in Norfolk, Virginia, opened on August 19. More than 46 000 people took advantage of free rides during the first two days, far more than anticipated, and so the planned three days of free travel was extended until August 28. The 11·8 km line ...
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NewsStadler wins London Tramlink tram order
UK: Stadler Rail has won a contract to supply six Variobahn trams to increase capacity on the Tramlink light rail system in south London, Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced on August 18. The first of the new trams is scheduled to be delivered 'this winter' and all will enter ...
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NewsKwun Tong Line extension project launched
CHINA: A pig roast and 'energetic hip-hop dancing' by youth groups accompanied the groundbreaking ceremony for Hong Kong MTR's Kwun Tong Line extension on July 25. Scheduled to open in 2015, the 2·6 km extension will run in tunnel from Yau Ma Tei to serve two new stations at Ho ...
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NewsCSR awarded Nanjing metro train contract
CHINA: CSR Nanjing Puzhen signed its largest order in recent years on July 27, a 3·13bn yuan contract to supply a total of 402 metro cars for Nanjing Lines 3 and 10 ready for when the city hosts the 2014 Youth Olympic Games. Line 3 will get 46 six-car Type ...
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NewsPoznan fast tram extension contract
POLAND: A contract to extend Poznan's Poznanski Szybki Tramwaj express tram line by 2 km and two stops south to a new terminus at the current platform 7 of Poznan Glówny station been awarded to ZUE. EU sources are meeting half of the 77m zloty cost of the project, ...
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NewsLinz inaugurates Leonding tram extension
AUSTRIA: Celebrations were held on August 13 to mark the opening of a 5·3 km extension of Linz’s 900 mm gauge tram network. Under construction since 2009 at a cost of €140m, the line running southwest to Leonding is the first to be built outside the city boundary and ...
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NewsMakkah metro expansion plan
SAUDI ARABIA: On August 10 Makkah municipality's development organisation AlBalad AlAmeen Co announced plans to hold a 'market sounding' exercise for the development of four more metro lines in the city. Expressions of interest will be invited in the third quarter of this year, with construction to begin in 2013 ...
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NewsManaus monorail contract awarded
BRAZIL: The state of Amazonas has awarded a R$1·46bn contract to build a 20 km straddle monorail in the city of Manaus to a consortium of Scomi, CR Almeida, Mendes Junior and Serveng-Civilsan. The line from Largo da Matriz to Jorge Teixeira will have nine stations and a capacity of ...
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NewsS-bane signalling deal confirmed
DENMARK: Siemens confirmed on August 5 that it had been awarded a contract by national infrastructure manager Banedanmark for complete renewal of the signalling for the København S-bane commuter rail network, together with maintenance for 25 years. The company said the €252m deal was ‘the biggest rail automation order that ...
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NewsUrban rail news in brief - August 2011
The first rail was laid on the T7 tram route in Paris at a ceremony on June 29. Due to open by the end of 2013, the 112 km route will link the Line 7 metro terminus at Villejuif-Louis Aragon with Athis-Mons via Orly airport. A future ...
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NewsMetro de Santiago orders more trains
CHILE: Metro de Santiago has awarded a US$144m firm order for CAF to supply a further 12 nine-car trainsets in 2012-13 for use on lines 1, 2 and 5. The rubber-tyred trains will be equipped for CBTC and unlike previous vehicles for Santiago will feature air-conditioning. The contract announced on ...