Urban transport news from Europe – Page 6
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Metro Report InternationalZagreb orders 20 trams under city transport modernisation plan
CROATIA: The mayor of Zagreb Tomislav Tomačević has signed an agreement for Končar KEV to supply 20 trams to city transport operator ZET, saying he hoped they would be the first of 40 to 60 new vehicles. The €37·8m contract signed on June 16 is financed ...
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Metro Report InternationalBilbao metro Line 5 construction contract awarded
SPAIN: Local infrastructure manager Euskal Trenbide Sarea has selected a joint venture of Acciona, Sacyr, Altuna y Uria and Bycam to build the central section of Bilbao metro Line 5, Acciona announced on June 15. The 2·8 km section of the planned 6·3 km Line 5 ...
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Metro Report InternationalTfL makes case for Docklands Light Railway extension to Thamesmead
UK: A strategic outline case for an extension of the Docklands Light Railway under the River Thames to Thamesmead and a package of improvements to bus services has been submitted to the government by Transport for London and other stakeholders. The Thamesmead & Beckton Riverside Public ...
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Metro Report InternationalA ‘leap into the future’ as Wien’s first Series X metro train enters service
AUSTRIA: Wien ‘is taking a big leap into the future of digitalised transport’ Siemens Mobility’s CEO of Rolling Stock Albrecht Neumann said when the first of 34 Series X metro trainsets entered passenger service on June 16. ‘Innovations like the new passenger information system with real-time ...
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Metro Report InternationalUppsala tramway construction supervision contract awarded
SWEDEN: The city of Uppsala has awarded a contract to supervise the construction of its future tramway to consultancy Systra and subcontractors Bjerking, Treeline, White, Rundquist, Lindahl and Consoden. The contract announced in May runs from 2023 to 2031 and is worth SKr145m. Tramway ...
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Metro Report InternationalDfT agrees more funding to support Greater Manchester transport
UK: The government has announced an £18m extraordinary funding settlement running until the end of March 2024 to enable Transport for Greater Manchester to maintain services during the ongoing recovery from the pandemic. On June 8 the Department for Transport said TfGM ’faces a very distinct ...
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Metro Report InternationalBergen tram line to Åsane approved
NORWAY: Bergen city council has approved plans for the construction of a 12·7 km extension of the Bybanen light rail network from Kaigaten in the city centre north to Vågsbotn in Åsane. Following the council decision on May 31, project promoter Bybanen Utbygging signed a NKr1·1bn ...
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Metro Report InternationalDriverless tram development agreement signed
RUSSIA: A tram equipped for unattended driverless operation is to be developed and tested in St Petersburg. An agreement to undertake the project was signed on June 2 by tram manufacturer PK TS, automation technology company Cognitive Pilot and St Petersburg operator Gorelektrotrans, which will provide ...
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Metro Report InternationalTramlink on test in Milano
ITALY: Milano municipal transport operator ATM has begun overnight testing of the first of 30 Stadler Tramlink trams. In September 2020 ATM signed a six-year framework agreement for Stadler to supply up to 80 trams worth €172·6m, including a €75·5m firm order for an initial 30 ...
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Metro Report InternationalSwiss electrification technology used on Tyne & Wear Metro renewals
UK: Furrer+Frey is to renew overhead electrification equipment on the Tyne & Wear Metro network using a customised version of a design it developed for railways in Switzerland. The five-year contract awarded by transport authority Nexus covers refurbishment of 100 track-km of electrification equipment dating from ...
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Metro Report InternationalEdinburgh tramway extension to Newhaven opens
UK: The Newhaven extension of the Edinburgh tramway opened at midday on June 7, adding 4·69 km and eight stops to the line. Trams run every 7 to 10 min from 06.00 to midnight, seven days a week. A piper accompanied the first tram into the ...
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Metro Report InternationalFocus on funding as Andy Lord appointed London Transport Commissioner
UK: Current interim Transport Commissioner for London Andy Lord has been appointed to the role on a permanent basis, following an international search for candidates. The appointment announced on June 7 was made by Mayor of London Sadiq Khan under authority delegated by the Transport for ...
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Metro Report InternationalPraha catches up with Leipzig as tramway extension opened
CZECH REPUBLIC. ‘The tram network has been extended to 146 km and we have caught up with Leipzig’, said Jan Šurovský, Technical Director of Praha transport operator DPP, when services began on the latest section of line to be built. The extension which opened on May ...
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Metro Report InternationalVantaa votes to proceed with tram plan
FINLAND: Vantaa council has backed the development of a tramway in the city, which is part of the Helsinki capital area. The council voted 41:26 in favour of the project on May 22. The line would run for 19·3 km from Helsinki-Vantaa Airport to the Jumbo ...
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Metro Report InternationalContract signed for ‘ambitious and innovative’ Cluj-Napoca automated metro
ROMANIA: A €1·8bn turnkey contract has been signed for the construction of the first metro line in Cluj-Napoca. Completion of the 21 km fully automated Line 1 with 19 stations is planned for 2031. The line is to be built by a consortium of Turkish construction ...
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Metro Report InternationalParis suburban services show real-time occupancy
FRANCE: Paris suburban operator SNCF Transilien and transport authority Ile-de-France Mobilités have launched a real-time train occupancy information system on routes H, J, K, L, N, P, R and E, which use Francilien and Regio 2N EMUs equipped with suitable data systems. Infrared sensors at every ...
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Metro Report InternationalManchester Metrolink to deploy overspeed protection technology
UK: Transport for Greater Manchester has appointed rolling stock engineering consultancy DB ESG and hardware manufacturer Sella Controls to design, install and commission driver vigilance devices and a Tram Overspeed Protection Systems for the 147 Metrolink light rail vehicles. DB ESG previously worked with Sella Controls ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro train contract cancelled because of international sanctions
GEORGIA: The city of Tbilisi has announced that it is to terminate a contract for Metrowagonmash to supply metro trains, because the Russian manufacturer is now subject to sanctions imposed by Georgia’s international partners as a result of the Russian war against Ukraine. ‘Georgia enforces international ...
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Metro Report InternationalBergamo tramway T2 design and build contractor selected
ITALY: Bergamo tram operator TEB has selected a consortium of four companies as preferred bidder to design and build Line T2 to Villa d’Almè. The consortium comprises Impresa Milesi Geom Sergio, Generale Costruzioni Ferroviarie, Impresa Edile Stradale Artifoni and Škoda Transportation. ‘We are in the final ...
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Metro Report InternationalUKVZ awarded St Petersburg tram contract
RUSSIA: UKVZ has won a tender to supply 14 fully low-floor, single section, four-axle trams to St Petersburg in 2023-24. UKVZ last supplied trams to St Petersburg in 2017, when it delivered Type 71-631 vehicles. The latest order is worth 1·3bn roubles and covers trams with ...