Urban transport news from Europe – Page 53
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Metro Report InternationalVossloh tramway rail grinding machine delivered to Tampere
FINLAND: Vossloh has supplied a HSG-city rail grinding machine for the Y-shaped tramway which is under construction in the city of Tampere for opening in August 2021. The contract includes the supply of spare parts and a servicing agreement covering the machine’s annual maintenance. Vossloh referred the ...
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Metro Report InternationalGrand Paris Express Metro wireless network contract awarded
Line 15 Puits Champigny Plateau tunnel FRANCE: Société du Grand Paris announced the selection of a consortium of Nokia and ENGIE Solutions to design and install an LTE private wireless network for lines 15, 16 and 17 of the Grand Paris Express metro, on March 12. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalStadler to retrofit Ostrava trams with collision prevention system
CZECH REPUBLIC: Tram operator DP Ostrava awarded a KC26·9m contract to Stadler Bussnang on March 3for the retrofiting of the city’s Tango NF2 trams with obstacle detection assistance. The contract includes the upgrading of two vehicles by September for KC4·88m as a trail project. The remaining 38 ...
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Metro Report InternationalTyne & Wear Metro extensions to be studied
UK: Tyne & Wear transport authority Nexus has called tenders for studies of the technical feasibility of 10 proposed Metro extensions and local passenger rail reopenings. The potential projects were identified in the 2016 Metro & Local Rail Strategy. They includes extensions in South Tyneside and Wearside, ...
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Metro Report InternationalVitoria-Gasteiz tram extension plans released for public consultation
SPAIN: Details of the proposed 6 km tram extension connecting central Vitoria-Gasteiz to the district of Zabalgana were released for public consultation on March 9. The €120m project includes the acquisition of 14 trams and several ticketing machines for €61m, as well as the construction of 11 ...
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Metro Report InternationalHelsinki contactless fare payment contract awarded
A Transtech tram for Helsinki. FINLAND: The LMJ ticketing and technology services company owned jointly by Helsinki regional transport authority HSL and 21 municipalities has awarded Littlepay a three-year contract to roll-out its contactless EMV payment platform. Deployment is to begin with a flat-fare pilot scheme on ...
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Metro Report InternationalBarcelona introduces 105 smart buses
SPAIN: MAN Truck & Bus announced it had completed delivery of 105 Lion‘s City buses to Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona on March 5. Ordered under a €37·7m fleet renewal contract signed in 2019, the vehicles will operate on most routes. All were delivered between December 2019 and ...
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Metro Report InternationalRATP trials pedestrian crossing warning system
FRANCE: RATP is trialling an experimental safety system near Vélizy’s town hall T6 tram stop. The system designed by French startup Copsonic involves speakers connected to a pedestrian crossing light, which emit an ultrasound signal when the light turns red. The signal is picked up by an ...
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Metro Report InternationalClass 710 EMUs deployed on London Overground Liverpool Street routes
Class 710 liverpool st Overground UK: London Overground began using Class 710 electric multiple-units on its routes from London Liverpool Street on March 3. The Aventra EMUs being built by Bombardier Transportation in Derby are replacing the oldest rolling stock operating on the routes ...
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Metro Report InternationalStrasbourg orders 17 more trams
FRANCE: Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois exercised a further option on March 3 to order more Alstom Citadis trams. The final option in a 2014 framework contract for up to 50 vehicles covers a further 17 trams valued at €52m. This will bring the number of Citadis vehicles ...
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Metro Report InternationalBordeaux tramway Line D extended
FRANCE: A 5·5 km extension of Bordeaux tram Line D was opened on February 29, connecting Mairie du Bouscat to Eysines Cantinolle. The €250m project included nine stops and two car parks, which have all entered opened on the same day. Line D now runs 9·8 km ...
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Metro Report InternationalGoogle and TfL sign card-reader sponsorship deal
UK: Transport for London has announced a £2m partnership with Google to rebrand its Oyster and contactless card-readers on buses and stations with branded G Pay ones – the first deal of this kind since the card-readers’ introduction in 2004. The one-year sponsorship covers the replacement of ...
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Metro Report InternationalLund tramway gets revised launch date
SWEDEN: Lund’s SKr890m tram Line 1 will open for revenue service on December 13, regional transport authority Skånetrafiken has announced. According to Skånetrafiken, the original opening date of September 2019 was pushed back owing to a delay in the completion of the depot. The 5·5 km route ...
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Metro Report InternationalDublin automated metro operations consultant appointed
IRELAND: SNC-Lavalin has been selected to act as Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s operations adviser for the MetroLink project to build an automated metro line running north–south across Dublin. The contract scope includes the development of an operational vision and strategy, reviewing and critiquing the design of the rolling ...
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Metro Report InternationalVitoria-Gasteiz light rail extension awarded
SPAIN: A 24-month contract to construct a 2·5 km extension to the 9·5 km light rail network in Vitoría-Gasteiz was awarded to a consortium formed by Tecsa Altuna and Uría on February 21. The metre-gauge extension would link Florida tram stop with Salburua. The Tecsa Altuna/Uría consortium’s ...
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Metro Report InternationalOdense Letbane takes delivery of its first tram
dk- odense stadler pankow tram DENMARK: The first of 16 Stadler Pankow trams for the light rail line under construction in Odense was delivered on February 20, with Mayor Peter Rahbæk Juel watching the vehicle being unloaded from the lorry which brought it from Berlin. ...
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Metro Report InternationalMadrid invests €35m in electric bus fleet
The latest version of the Tecnobús Gulliver SPAIN: Madrid’s municipal transport company EMT has put out a €35m tender for the purchase of 50 electric buses. The winning bidder must deliver all vehicles between September 1 and December 18 of this year. Describing the contract as ‘a ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Stadler M110 metro trainset enters service in Minsk
Stadler M110 Minsk BELARUS: Minsk Metro’s first Stadler M110 trainset has entered revenue service on the Awtazavodskaya Line on February 5. The four-car aluminium-bodied transit vehicle can carry 756 passengers, 168 seated, and is one of six 78·4 m four-car and four 97·7 m five-car trainsets ...
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Metro Report InternationalMadrid Line 4 modernisation reaches halfway point
SPAIN: Metro de Madrid’s €47m modernisation of Line 4 is more than 50% complete and the small-profile line is expected to reopen by the middle of next month. The upgrading work will see legacy signalling renewed in the tunnels and the installation of rigid catenary, allowing more ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst of 12 Panorama trams arrive in Olsztyn
POLAND: The first of 12 Durmazlar Panorama trams was delivered to Olsztyn on February 14. The low-floor vehicles were ordered from the Turkish manufacturer in August 2018 at the cost of 107·9m złoty, and will operate on the 6 km extension of the city’s tram network from ...