Urban transport news from Europe

  • London Underground Bakerloo Line train (2)
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    Solar farms could power London Underground trains

    2024-11-05T05:00:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has called tenders for the development of purpose-built solar photovoltaic farms to generate zero-carbon electricity for the London Underground network. ‘Private wire’ agreements would see the solar electricity produced near the network, bypassing the National Grid’s centralised sources and Distribution Network Operators. ...

  • Galway light rail proposal map (Image AtkinsRealis)
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    Galway light rail line could be feasible, study finds

    2024-11-04T14:30:00Z

    IRELAND: The National Transport Authority has published a study into the feasibility of developing a light rail line in Galway.

  • Monaco (Photo Fionaleelq, Pixabay)
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    Monaco seeks cross-border underground metro proposals

    2024-11-04T05:00:00Z

    MONACO: The Ministry of Public Works, Environment & Urban Development has invited proposals to develop a large park-and-ride site in France linked to the principality by a underground express metro. The design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance contract would cover a 3 500 space car park ...

  • Madrid Metro Ligero Oeste Citadis tram (Photo Alsom)
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    Madrid trams to get mid-life overhaul

    2024-11-01T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: Madrid tram operator Metro Ligero Oeste has appointed manufacturer Alstom to undertake the mid-life general overhaul of the 27 Citadis vehicles which has been in operation since the opening of lines ML2 and ML3 in 2007. The contract announced on October 29 includes the inspection and ...

  • Lisboa metro train impression (Image Stadler)
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    Lisboa metro orders more trains

    2024-10-31T11:00:00Z

    PORTUGAL: Metropolitano de Lisboa has awarded Stadler a €134m contract to supply 24 three-car metro trainsets, with an option for up to 12 more. The contract signed on October 30 is the second the operator has awarded to Stadler, after a 2021 order for 14 trainsets ...

  • Zagreb Sarajevska (Photo Toma Bacic)
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    Zagreb tramway extension project launched

    2024-10-29T06:00:00Z

    CROATIA: Mayor Tomislav Tomašević ceremonially launched work on Zagreb’s first tramway extension for 24 years on October 25, when a construction contract was awarded to Strabag. The Sarajevska extension will run from Zapruđe to Ranžirni Kolodvor. The ceremony marked the start of work on 1·8 km ...

  • Efficiency Ups Ltd, the VibeSafe system LRSSB Trial (Photo LRSSB)
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    Vibrations used to provide tramway safety alerts

    2024-10-28T04:00:00Z

    UK: Testing on the Sheffield Supertram network has found that the VibeSafe portable track vibration detection system developed by Efficiency Ups Ltd could offer a reliable and cost-effective way of alerting pedestrians to approaching trams.

  • RATP TSO Scheuzer
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    Custom machine to renew Paris metro tracks

    2024-10-25T05:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Scheuzer is to design a build a custom battery-electric track renewals train for use by contractor TSO on the Paris metro network’s steel wheel and rubber-tyred lines from 2027. The contract signed at InnoTrans will support operator RATP’s plans to make use of technology to ...

  • Stockholm metro Movia C30 train (Photo Alstom)
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    Temporary metro operating contract aims to avoid Stockholm ‘chaos’

    2024-10-23T14:00:00Z

    SWEDEN: Local authority Region Stockholm has signed a temporary agreement for the Connecting Stockholm joint venture of The Go-Ahead Group (55%) and ComfortDelGro (45%) to operate and maintain the capital’s metro for two years from November 2 2025, with the possibility of an extension. In January ...

  • MP14 on line 2
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    Paris: Learning lessons from Line 14

    2024-10-22T11:00:00Z

    Paris metro operator RATP believes it can use the experience it has gained in managing the migration of train control equipment used on Line 14 from one GoA4 platform to another to help upgrade other automated metros. Jérémie Anne reports.

  • Kobenhavn metro (Photo Hitachi)
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    København metro M5 design study

    2024-10-22T05:00:00Z

    DENMARK: København metro operating authority Metroselskabet has awarded a design studies contract for the future Line M5 to a consortium of Systra Denmark and Rambøll, with Gottlieb Paludan Architects. Systra Denmark will oversee the development of preliminary designs for the transport system, operations control centre, and ...

  • Paris metro battery loco impression (Image Stadler)
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    Customised battery locos ordered to haul Paris metro maintenance trains

    2024-10-21T11:31:00Z

    FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP has placed its first order with Stadler, covering the supply of 12 custom-designed electric-battery locomotives to haul maintenance and repair trains across the entire metro network from 2027. The order announced on October 21 has been placed as part of a ...

  • Paris tram T1 TW20 (Photo: Jeremie Anne)
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    Next generation of trams for Paris T1 unveiled

    2024-10-17T05:00:00Z

    FRANCE: Transport authority Ile-de-France-Mobilités, operator RATP and Alstom have unveiled the first of the TW20 trams being supplied as part of a major programme to modernise and increase capacity on the busy T1 route across northern Paris. The 17 km route through the capital’s suburbs from ...

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    London Underground train production underway in Goole

    2024-10-15T11:00:00Z

    Metro Report International visits the factory in Goole where Siemens Mobility is producing trains for London Underground’s Piccadidlly Line

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    Kraków metro plans to be developed

    2024-10-15T05:00:00Z

    POLAND: The city of Kraków has established a committee to advance the detailed development of long-standing proposals for what would be Poland’s second metro. The first phase would run 6 km from the intersection of Reymonta and Piastowska streets in the west to the Młyńskie roundabout ...

  • Milano Metro M4 train (Photo Comune de Milano)
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    Milano metro M4 extension opens

    2024-10-14T11:10:00Z

    ITALY: Milano’s metro Line M4 has been extended 7·8 km west from San Babila around the south of the city centre and on to San Cristoforo. Minister of Infrastructure & Transport Matteo Salvini and Milano Mayor Beppe Sala were among the dignitaries at the inauguration on ...

  • Turku tramway impression (Image City of Turku)
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    Turku plans tram procurement

    2024-10-14T05:00:00Z

    FINLAND: The city of Turku’s tramway project promoter Turun Raitiotie has begun market consultation ahead of the procurement of a fleet of trams. It plans to order 1 435 mm gauge trams 37 m long and 2 650 mm wide with a capacity of 220-260 passengers ...

  • London Underground Bakerloo Line train (2)
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    London Underground Bakerloo Line Extension stations study commissioned

    2024-10-10T12:45:00Z

    UK: Transport for London has appointed AECOM and WW+P Architects to undertake a feasibility study for the four stations on the proposed extension of London Underground’s Bakerloo Line southeast from Elephant & Castle to Lewisham. The studies for the stations at Burgess Park, Old Kent Road, ...

  • London Underground Bakerloo Line train (1)
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    ‘Critical’ decision on London Underground's Bakerloo Line fleet is needed

    2024-10-09T11:00:00Z

    UK: Officials across government departments recognise that Transport for London needs a long-term comprehensive funding agreement, but ‘the challenge is the duration and quantum involved’, London’s Transport Commissioner Andy Lord said at the opening of Siemens Mobility’s Goole factory on October 3. The Goole site will ...

  • Bologna tramway impression (Image Comune di Bologna)
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    Bologna and Roma tram orders placed

    2024-10-08T11:30:00Z

    ITALY: CAF has been awarded a framework contract to supply and maintain a fleet of trams for the network under construction in Bologna, while Roma transport operator ATAC has exercised an option to increase a previous order. The orders announced on October 8 have a total ...