Urban transport news from Europe – Page 15
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EBRD backs Tbilisi metro station modernisation
GEORGIA: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development has agreed to provide a €50·6m sovereign loan to finance modernisation of 12 Tbilisi metro stations. The financial package includes a €5m grant from the Green Climate Fund. The stations will get better lighting and ventilation and more ...
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Cardiff tram-train route consultation underway
UK: Transport for Wales is undertaking public consultation on options for a tram-train route to link Cardiff Central station with a future station at Newport Road. This would incorporate parts of the existing Cardiff Bay branch and freight lines as well as new alignments. Four route ...
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Very Light Rail technology demonstration allocated funding
UK: West Midlands Combined Authority has approved funding for a ‘real world demonstration’ of technology being developed under the Very Light Rail project, which aims to offer medium-sized cities a cheaper and faster to construct alternative to traditional tramways. ‘This funding will allow us to take ...
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Ust-Ilimsk interurban tramway closes
RUSSIA: The Ust-Ilimsk interurban tram line has been replaced by buses.
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Warszawa offers metro cars to Kyiv
UKRAINE: A letter of intent has been signed for the transfer of 60 Warszawa metro cars to Kyiv as humanitarian aid. The agreement was signed by mayors Rafał Trzaskowski and Vitali Klitschko during a visit to Kyiv by the leaders of the cities of Warszawa, Praha, Budapest ...
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Financing agreed for ‘pioneering’ Kraków tram PPP
POLAND: Financing has been put in place for the fourth phase of the Kraków Fast Tramway project, in what the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development says will be the first PPP in the Polish tramway infrastructure sector. The 4·5 km, 10-stop link between the Mistrzejowice terminus ...
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Moskva orders 500 metro cars for delivery in 2024-25
RUSSIA: Moskva Metro has extended Transmashholding’s contract to supply Moskva-2020 trainsets, with a further 500 cars to be delivered in 2024-25. This takes the total orders placed to more than 1 800 cars since 2020, and the metro expects to take delivery of 300 Moskva-2020 cars ...
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Contactless ticketing to be rolled out in Venezia
ITALY: Venezia transport operator AVM has awarded a contract for the deployment of an EMV contactless payment system covering its network of 149 water buses, speedboats, motorboats and ferries, more than 150 wharfs, 540 buses, 20 guided buses and a peoplemover, which carry up to 120 ...
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Paris ticket machines to be replaced
FRANCE: Paris transport operator RATP has awarded the Easier subsidiary of Bolloré Group a six-year contract to supply and maintain customised ticket vending machines across its urban rail network. Replacement of the 2 400 ticket machines at RER and metro stations is set to begin in ...
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Stadler presents mock-up of tram-trains for German and Austrian operators
EUROPE: A mock-up of the Citylink tram-trains that Stadler is to supply to operators in Karlsruhe, Saarbrücken, Neckar-Alb, Oberösterreich and Salzburg was unveiled at the Betriebshof West depot in Karlsruhe on December 13. The mock-up is 22 m long, with a fully equipped interior. A consortium ...
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Monaco’s ‘mobility companion in your pocket’
MONACO: As part of the principality’s target of reducing light vehicle traffic by 20% by 2030, Flowbird has developed the Monapass app as a ‘one-app, one-account’ platform for travel and ticketing. Monapass supports integrated journey planning including parking, public transport and active travel, account-based ticketing with ...
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Four tram-train studies commissioned
SPAIN: Catalunya operator FGC has awarded four contracts for studies to estimate the construction costs, potential demand and operating characteristics for proposed tram-train networks totalling 280 km. Ayesa Ingeniería y Servicios has been awarded a €88 200, eight month contract for the study of a proposed ...
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Keolis awarded Dijon multimodal transport contract
FRANCE: Dijon municipality has awarded incumbent Keolis a new contract to operate transport services under the DiviaMobilités brand.
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Tramwaje Śląskie network extended
POLAND: An extension of the Tramwaje Śląskie network from Zagórze Petla to Zagórze Rondo Jana Pawła II in Sosnowiec was opened for revenue service on December 15.
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Tram operators explore joint procurement to cut costs
UK: Light rail industry association UKTram has established a working group to explore options to lower costs through joint procurements. ‘From soaring energy prices to the increasing price of parts for vehicles and infrastructure, operators are reporting significant strains on their budgets, with no sign that ...
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Odesa places wartime tram order
UKRAINE: Odesa municipal transport operator Odesmiskelektrotrans has ordered 13 Type K1T306 low-floor trams from a consortium led by Tatra-Yug, which said it was the first tram contract to be signed since the Russian invasion in February. Tenders were called in 2021 with financing by the European ...
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Trams reach Waldenburg as regauged line reopens
SWITZERLAND: Baselland Transport has started operating light rail services between Liestal and Waldenburg, following the conversion of the former narrow-gauge railway which it acquired in 2016. The 13·1 km Waldenburgerbahn dating from 1883 has been rebuilt from 750 mm to 1 000 ...
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Stadler signs its first Dutch tram contract
NETHERLANDS: Den Haag transport operator HTM has awarded Stadler a contract to supply 56 trams for entry into service from 2026, with an option for additional vehicles. The three-section trams from Stadler’s TINA family will be 36·5 m long, with a maximum speed of 70 km/h ...
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Limmattalbahn opens to serve Zürich’s northwest suburbs
SWITZERLAND: The 13 km Limmattalbahn light rail line linking Altstetten, Schlieren, Dietikon and Killwangen-Spreitenbach opened for revenue service on December 11.
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Łódź tram unveiled
POLAND: The first of 30 Moderus Gamma LF06AC trams which Poznań-based Modertrans is supplying to MPK-Łódź was unveiled on December 8. The 1 000 mm gauge five-section 80% low-floor unidirectional tram is 32 m long. Features included air-conditioning, passenger information systems, LED ...