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Metro Report InternationalAnkara develops plans for three metro extensions
TURKEY: Ankara municipality’s General Directorate of Transport Planning & Rail Systems has awarded consultancy contracts to support the design of new or extended metro lines M2, M4 and M5 totalling 26 km. A contract covering two branches extending M2 from Koru to Yaşamkent and Bağlıca totalling ...
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Metro Report InternationalKrasnodar tram network expansion concession
RUSSIA: Work has begun on a major tramway expansion programme in Krasnodar. This includes 71 km of new line to more than double the network by 2029, and the introduction of 10 to 12 new routes. Work on the western section is underway under an agreement ...
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Metro Report InternationalHamburg groundbreaking marks start of U5 construction
GERMANY: Hamburg’s Mayor Peter Tschentscher has formally launched the construction of driverless metro Line U5 with a groundbreaking ceremony exactly a year to the day after the granting of planning approval for the first phase. Described by the city government as Germany’s largest inner-city transport project, ...
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Rail Business UKTransport for London leadership appointments
UK: Transport for London has announced senior leadership appointments with effect from this month. On Commissioner Andy Byford’s departure, Andy Lord will become Commissioner on an interim basis from October 25, with TfL’s current Director of Network Management & Resilience Glynn Barton becoming interim Chief Operating ...
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Metro Report InternationalTram depot modernisation contract awarded
POLAND: Operator MPK Wrocław has awarded Zakład Sieci i Zasilania a 42·6m złoty contract for an extensive rebuild of the city’s Borek tram depot. The contract award came after three rounds of tendering, which saw bids come in above the initial 27·2m złoty budget. The project to ...
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Metro Report InternationalNizhny Novgorod tramway modernisation PPP concession signed
RUSSIA: A PPP concession covering modernisation of the tramway infrastructure in Nizhny Novgorod and the supply of 170 new trams has been signed by the regional government and Environmental Projects Ltd. The scope includes modernisation during 2023-26 of three depots, 15 traction substations and 149 km ...
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Metro Report InternationalConstruction restarts on more links to Istanbul’s second airport
TURKEY: Following the award of a new contract, construction is set to restart on the final extension of Istanbul’s metro Line M4 which serves Sabiha Gökçen airport, and on Line M10 which will provide a through route linking the airport with Pendik main line station and İçmeler further east.
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Metro Report InternationalLipetsk tramway renewal PPP concession signed
RUSSIA: A 20-year PPP concession agreement for the modernisation of the Lipetsk tram network has been signed by regional governor Igor Artamonov, Mayor Evgenia Uvarkina and Movista Regions CEO Alexander Sovetnikov. Movista Regions will modernise 40·8 km of the existing 1 524 mm gauge infrastructure, build ...
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Metro Report InternationalPiraeus metro extension opens
GREECE: A 3·6 km extension of Athens metro Line 3 from Nikaia to Dimotiko Theatro in Piraeus was opened by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on October 10. There are three stations, including an interchange with Line 1, and the extension is expected to serve 132 000 ...
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Metro Report InternationalHistory ‘written in golden letters’ as Curepipe light rail extension opens
MAURITIUS: Phase 2C of the Mauritius Metro Express light rail line opened on October 10, following a ceremonial inauguration by Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth the previous day. The extension built by India’s L&T Construction runs 6·8 km from Phoenix to Curepipe Central with seven stops, ...
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Metro Report InternationalSecond metro line and Line 1 extension open in Ahmedabad
INDIA: Ahmedabad metro Line 2 and an extension of Line 1 have opened for passenger services after being inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The 18·9 km elevated Line 2 links Motera Stadium in the north with APMC in the south, with 15 stations. Construction started ...
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Metro Report InternationalTramway extended to Heart of Love River
TAIWAN: The Kaohsiung circular tramway was extended 2·4 km from Museum of Fine Arts to Heart of Love River on October 5. Services over the extension will be free until December 18. The remaining northeastern part of the tramway operated by the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corp ...
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Metro Report InternationalVery Light Rail R&D partnership
UK: Innovation accelerator Connected Places Catapult has signed a memorandum of understanding to work with the Black Country Innovative Manufacturing Organisation to align future R&D and support UK-based innovators in the transport sector. The MoU was signed at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre in ...
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Metro Report InternationalK Line light rail route opens in Los Angeles
USA: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority opened the first phase of the light rail K Line on October 7, running on a partly underground alignment from Expo/Crenshaw to Westchester/Veterans with seven stops. Previously known as the Crenshaw/LAX Line, the north-south route ...
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NewsPerth’s Airport Line rail link opens
AUSTRALIA: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has opened the 8·5 km Airport Line connecting Perth’s eastern suburbs with the central business district via the international airport.
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Metro Report InternationalDubai begins procurement for two metro projects
UAE: Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority has called tenders for two metro extensions. The Green Line extension would be 20·6 km long with 11 stations, crossing the Creek to serve the Creek Harbour development and the continuing to Academic City. The Red Line extension with one ...
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Metro Report InternationalDisappointing response to London Underground renewable energy procurement
UK: Transport for London has scrapped an initial attempt to source 10% of its power needs from new-build wind or solar farms, telling Metro Report International that it had received a disappointing response. It is now seeking industry feedback before launching a revised Corporate Power Purchase ...
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Metro Report InternationalTriple metro opening in Hangzhou
CHINA: Three more sections of metro have been opened in Hangzhou, adding more than 60 km to the network on a single day. The biggest project inaugurated on September 22 was the 55 km fast metro Line 19, known also as the Hangzhou Airport Rail Express. ...
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Metro Report InternationalCairo commuters get a break as Kit Kat metro extension inaugurated
EGYPT: Initial passenger services on Phase 3a of Cairo Metro Line 3 running west from Attaba to Kit Kat were inaugurated by Minister of Transport Kamel Al Wazir on October 6. The test operations are due to run until November, with a full revenue service scheduled ...
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Metro Report InternationalZhengzhou Metro opens Line 6
CHINA: The initial 16·9 km western section of Zhengzhou metro Line 6 was opened for revenue service on September 30, linking Jiayu and Changzhuang with nine stations. Another station at Jinzhenlu is expected to open later. Line 6 was approved in March 2019 as part of ...