Urban transport news from Europe – Page 11
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Metro Report InternationalLe Mans transport network changes planned
FRANCE: Keolis is support the development of plans to restructure the public transport network in Le Mans. There are currently two tram and 22 bus routes including one BRT route, which operate a total of almost 8·5 million km/year. Plans include the renewal of information and ...
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Metro Report InternationalIrish national transport ticketing contract awarded
IRELAND: The National Transport Authority has awarded Indra a contract to supply and manage a national multimodal transport payment system covering trains, trams and buses. EMV bank card, mobile phone and smartwatch payment will be accepted, with best fares and discounts through an account-based system. There ...
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Metro Report InternationalConstruction starts on Sevilla metro Line 3
SPAIN: Work has started on the construction of Sevilla metro Line 3, following a groundbreaking ceremony attended by Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Minister of Transport & Sustainable Mobility Óscar Puente and Minister of Housing & Urban Development Isabel Rodríguez on April 8. When complete the 7·6 ...
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Metro Report InternationalStockholm metro traffic management systems to be renewed
SWEDEN: Greater Stockholm transport administration SL has awarded Cactus Rail a €35m contract to replace the traffic management systems on the capital’s Red and Blue metro lines and provide 25 years of support. Cactus said the existing T-bana control systems were more than 50 years old ...
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Metro Report InternationalTorino driverless metro train production underway
ITALY: Representatives from the city of Torino’s infrastructure manager Infra.To have visited the Alstom factory at Valenciennes in France to see the production of the first two cars of four four-car Metropolis trainsets on order. Infra.To awarded Alstom a €156m turnkey contract ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to upgrade København S-bane for driverless operation
DENMARK: Siemens Mobility has been awarded a €270m contract to equip the 170 km S-bane network in København for GoA4 unattended operations. In 2017, the government decided in principle that the standalone suburban network electrified at 1·5 kV DC should transition to unattended driverless operation at ...
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Metro Report InternationalTyne & Wear Metro level crossing safety hub
UK: Tyne & Wear Metro operator Nexus has recreated a level crossing to create a safety training tool to educate young people interacting with the light rail network radiating from Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Nexus has installed a mocked-up level crossing at the multi-agency SafetyWorks teaching centre in the ...
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Metro Report InternationalBologna issues tram tender to support emerging network
ITALY: Bologna municipality has called tenders worth €246m for a framework contract covering the supply of up to 60 trams. They are intended for use on the Red Line, which is under construction, and the Green Line, for which civil works contracts are now in place. ...
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Metro Report InternationalBeograd metro consultancy contract renewed
SERBIA: The city of Beograd has renewed RATP Dev’s ongoing contract to provide early operator assistance for the three-line automated metro project. RATP Dev will review and advise on the functional design and specifications of the future metro, focusing on operations and maintenance, safety, passenger experience ...
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Metro Report InternationalIași tram contract signed
ROMANIA: The city of Iași has signed a 168m lei contract for Turkish company Bozankaya to supply 18 low-floor trams, co-financed by the National Recovery & Resilience Plan. They 22 m long unidirectional trams will have a capacity of 164 passengers including 45 seated. The first ...
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Metro Report InternationalLyon tram network to expand
FRANCE: Construction works for Line T9 of the Lyon tram network are poised to start in mid-2024 following the government’s decision at the end of February to grant transport authority Sytral Mobilités a Déclaration d’Utilité Publique. Preliminary works to move water pipes and other services are ...
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Metro Report InternationalParis tram network expands again
FRANCE: Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete joined Paris Transport Authority CEO Jean Castex, President of Île-de-France région Valérie Pécresse and Mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo at a ceremony on April 5 marking the opening of an extension of tram Line T3b across the northwest of the capital. ...
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Metro Report InternationalBucurești tram contract finally awarded
ROMANIA: Electroputere VFU Pașcani is to supply 40 low-floor trams to București, after national arbitration body CNSC ordered the disputed contract to be awarded. The contract worth an estimated 300m lei was originally to have been awarded in 2020, but the budget was insufficient and concerns ...
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Metro Report InternationalMilano transport operator targets French market
FRANCE: Executive Director Arrigo Giana tells Metro Report International about Milano transport operator ATM’s plans for international expansion.
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Metro Report InternationalPraha tram extension to support housing development
CZECH REPUBLIC: Praha city council has instructed transport operator DPP to draw up plans for a tramway extension to the Komořany district to support residential redevelopment on two former industrial sites. The 2·6 km segregated double-track route serving five stops would branch off the existing network near ...
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Metro Report InternationalFacial recognition ticketing to be expanded
RUSSIA: Moskva Metro reports that 100 million trips have now been made using biometric payment, with the Russian-made system having ‘proven its utmost security and reliability’ and further deployment planned. Facial recognition cameras link a person to their payment option, removing the need for a ticket, ...
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Metro Report InternationalLyon operating contract aims to provide ‘exemplary’ metro and tram services
FRANCE: Lyon transport authority Sytral Mobilités has awarded the Paris transport operator’s RATP Dev subsidiary the next contract to operate and maintain the city’s metro, tram and funicular services for 10 years from January 1 2025, as well as a future river shuttle service which is to launch in June 2025.
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Metro Report InternationalCastor tram on test
RUSSIA: A Type 71-639 Castor tram developed by UKVZ has started dynamic testing in Chelyabinsk. At 25·75 m long and 2 500 mm wide, the Castor is the shortest three-section tram currently available for the Russian market. The six-axle 1 524 mm gauge vehicle has a ...
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Metro Report InternationalDolderbahn rack railcar unveiled
SWITZERLAND: Stadler has delivered the first of two railcars which it is supplying to re-equip the Dolderbahn rack railway in Zürich.
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Metro Report InternationalOrléans open payment system goes live
FRANCE: Orléans Métropole has launched an open payment ticketing system on its tram and bus services, deployed by its long-standing ticketing technology partner Kuba in partnership with La Banque Postale. Passengers can pay by physical or virtual bank card, smartphone or connected watch, with payment services ...