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Local assembly brings metro benefits
Bombardier Transportation has delivered the first of 18 metro trainsets for service on Line 2 in the Romanian capital
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O'Rourke launches Dublin PPP
IRELAND'S Minister for Public Enterprise Mary O'Rourke announced on January 16 that the government had given the formal go-ahead for Phase 1 of the Dublin metro (RG 10.01 p629). The Rail Procurement Agency is to seek expressions of interest for a concession to finance, design, build and operate the network. ...
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Sunderland ready to open
JANUARY 29 saw the first light rail vehicles reach South Hylton as test running began on Tyne & Wear Metro's 20 km Sunderland Direct extension (RG 7.01 p474). Revenue services are due to start on March 31, and this will be followed by an official opening by HM Queen Elizabeth ...
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Istanbul invests in rail
TURKEY: Eight metro, light rail and tram projects have been included in Istanbul municipality's 2001 capital investment budget, which was unveiled in mid-December. Total expenditure on rail schemes is put at 4000bn lire. The largest proportion of the money is allocated for construction of new suburban rail corridors feeding into ...
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NewsEcotram research aims to cut tram energy consumption
AUSTRIA: Technische Universität Wien is heading a consortium of Wien transport operator Wiener Linien, Siemens, Vossloh Kiepe, Rail Tec Arsenal and SCHIG, which is undertaking research into operating strategies and design alterations which could lower the energy consumption of trams. Launched in March 2010 and backed by Austrian research agency ...
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Sirio goes north
GÖTEBORG Transport has ordered a fleet of 40 Sirio low-floor light rail cars from AnsaldoBreda for SKr600m, plus an option for a further 80 vehicles. The 29m long unidirectional cars are 2650mm wide and will have seats for 83 passengers and room for 96 standees. Two prototypes are due for ...
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SNCF pioneers the tram-train concept
Dual-mode vehicles able to run on city-centre tram routes and main line tracks have been running successfully in Karlsruhe since 1992. Jean-Paul Masse investigates French National Railways' proposals to introduce the concept to its network
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Tyne & Wear Metro shares tracks to Sunderland
Britain's light rail revival was spearheaded by Tyne & Wear Metro in 1980; Richard Hope reports on another key milestone scheduled for January 13 2002 when light rail operation over the Railtrack network is scheduled to begin
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NewsNET construction in full swing
The Nottingham Express Transit light rail line is taking shape after 10 years of planning. The first trams to be fully funded under Britain's Private Finance Initiative are expected to carry 11 million passengers a year from 2003
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High-speed flywheels cut energy bill
Chris Jackson reports on trials of a lightweight flywheel energy storage unit being conducted on London Underground's Piccadilly line
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Model guides metro expansion
By 2003 Madrid's metro network will have grown to 233 route-km, almost twice its size in 1995 when the first of two expansion programmes was started. Close management focus and an insistence on proven tunnelling techniques have kept these works to budget, while operating costs are falling as innovations help ...
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London's smart card draws nearer
IN MAY the TranSys consortium will be unveiling the branding for the contactless smart card system that passengers on London Underground and the city's buses will begin to use from August 17 2002. TranSys Marketing Director Nicole Carroll reports that the current proposition has been 'very well received' by focus ...
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Careful revenue management underpins investment programme
With patronage running at record levels, Moscow Metro needs to expand and modernise its network. A continuing fall in state investment is focusing attention on ways to increase revenue through automated fare collection
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BCV and JNP shortlists
UK: London Underground announced on July 5 the shortlist of bidders for the two deep-level infrastructure companies being formed under the Public-Private Partnership, following the submission of bids on March 31. LINC and Metronet have been shortlisted for Infraco BCV (Bakerloo, Central and Victoria lines), with Tube Lines Group and ...
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Izmir celebrates metro start
WITH a fanfare of music and fireworks, the Mayor of Izmir Ahmet Piristina formally opened the first stage of the city's light metro network on May 22. Other participants in the celebrations included Trade & Industry Minister Kenan Tanrikulu, Finance Minister Sumer Oral, former Mayor Burhan Ozfatura, and Izmir ...
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Trams return to Croydon
UK: Months of frustration turned to celebrations on May 5 when the first 11 km section of Croydon Tramlink opened between the town centre loop and New Addington. Tramtrack Croydon Ltd’s Chairman Bob Dorey said it was an ‘important day’ when TCL ‘brought trams back to London’, 49 years after ...
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Kaohsiung signs metro contract
CONSTRUCTION of the long-planned metro network in Taiwan's second city is set to get under way by the end of this year, following the award of a NT$172·3bn contract on May 10. The Department of Kaohsiung Mass Rapid Transit has selected a consortium led by local steelmaker China Steel. Other ...
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Hudson - Bergen Light Rail opens
USA: April 15 saw the formal inauguration of the first 12·7 km of New Jersey Transit’s $1·2bn Hudson - Bergen light rail network by state Governor Christie Whitman. Services are now running from 34th Street in Bayonne to Exchange Place in Jersey City, and on the short branch from Exchange ...
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NewsLondon's PPP promises fresh thinking on asset management
London Underground has embarked upon a course of radical change that will see infrastructure and rolling stock managed, maintained and upgraded by the private sector under three contracts each lasting up to 30 years. Robert Preston reports on the drive to secure long-term funding through the Public-Private Partnership
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Jerusalem light rail prequalification launched
ISRAEL: The government and the Municipality of Jerusalem issued a formal invitation on December 5 to prequalify for a 30-year concession to build, operate and maintain the city’s first light rail line. Bidding documents were to be available from the Ministry of Transport four days later, with a closing date ...