Urban transport news – Page 170
-
Metro Report InternationalKobe line transferred to metro operator
JAPAN: Kobe Rapid Transit Railway Co’s Kitajin Line was transferred to Kobe City Transport Bureau on June 1, and is now branded as the Kobe Municipal Subway Kitakami Line. The 1 435 mm gauge line starts at Tanigami on the Kobe Electric Railway’s Arima Line, and runs ...
-
Metro Report InternationalOntario Line PPP procurement starts
CANADA: Greater Toronto transport agency Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario have started the procurement process for the 15·5 km Ontario Line, issuing a request for qualification for a 30-year PPP concession to equip, operate and maintain the metro line, and a second covering one of the two main civil works contracts.
-
Metro Report InternationalContactless EMV ‘ticketing in a box’ launched
TICKETING: Transport ticketing technology company Masabi and specialist payments company Littlepay have announced a partnership to offer ‘contactless EMV in a box’. This has been designed as a cost-effective and scalable ticketing platform to help facilitate the deployment of contactless payment across all modes of public transport ...
-
Metro Report InternationalCRRC wins Kharkiv metro train contract
UKRAINE: Chinese manufacturer CRRC Tangshan has been selected as the winner of a contract to supply eight five-car trainsets for the Kharkiv metro. Scheduled for delivery in 2022, the trains will be 96·7 m long and 2 700 mm wide with a maximum speed of 80 km/h. ...
-
Metro Report InternationalMetre-gauge tram under development
RUSSIA: PC Transport Systems has announced plans to build a narrow gauge tram, saying the 71-921 Corsair, which it expects to unveil later this year, would be the first series-produced Russian tram for 1 000 mm gauge networks since 1937. ‘We decided to ...
-
Metro Report InternationalBangkok elevated metro extension opens
THAILAND: A 4·3 km four-station extension of Bangkok BTS SkyTrain’s Sukhumvit (Green) Line north from Kasetsart University to Royal Forest Department and Wat Phra Sri Mahathat opened on June 5. Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-o-Cha presided over the opening ceremony and rode from ...
-
Metro Report InternationalRobots trained for Hong Kong station duties
CHINA: Hong Kong’s MTR Corp has unveiled five types of robot which are to be deployed at Kai Tak station later this year, and its train maintenance staff have begun using a train underframe inspection robot. MTR Corp is currently ‘training’ the Finder-T, ...
-
NewsAssociations emphasise importance of public transport in tackling climate change
EUROPE: The International Union of Railways, International Association of Public Transport and European railway suppliers’ association UNIFE have called for ‘a new sense of urgency’ in developing a more sustainable transport mix, arguing that decision makers need to look beyond the Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath and not forget that ‘the rising danger’ of climate change ‘has not stopped during the crisis’.
-
Metro Report InternationalBaku metro train arrives
AZERBAIJAN: Baku Metropoliten has taken delivery of the first of a further 12 five-car Type 81-765.4B/766.4B metro trainsets which were ordered from Metrowagonmash last October for delivery in 2020-23. The trainsets from the manufacturer’s Moskva family have full-width gangways, wide doors and ...
-
Metro Report InternationalTramway under construction at North Korean beach resort
NORTH KOREA: A tram line is reported to be under construction at the Wonsan-Kalma Beach Resort which is being developed on the east coast. The trams are being built at the Kim Chong-t’ae Electric Locomotive Works in Pyongyang and are thought to be of 1 000 or ...
-
Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
Source: Alstom Société du Grand Paris has awarded the Keiros consortium of Egis, Setec Planitec BTP and Ingérop a seven-year contract to co-ordinate construction of automated metro lines 15 South, 16 and 17, totalling 80 km with 31 stations. The consortium will provide an overview of construction ...
-
NewsJeantet ousted from Keolis over ‘strategic differences’
FRANCE: Former SNCF Réseau chief executive Patrick Jeantet has been dismissed as Chairman of Groupe Keolis with immediate effect, the company’s Supervisory Board announced on June 2. A new Executive Committee has been formed to oversee the business pending the appointment of a successor.
-
Metro Report InternationalOrange County Streetcar operating contract awarded
USA: California’s Orange County Transportation Authority has selected Herzog Transit Services for a $45m contract to operate and maintain the 6·7 km OC Streetcar which is under construction in Santa Ana and Garden Grove for opening in 2022. Herzog Transit Services beat two other bidders for the ...
-
Metro Report InternationalNingbo metro Line 2 extension opens
CHINA: A 5·7 km extension of Ningbo metro Line 2 northeast from Qingshuipu to Congyuanlu, opened on May 30. Half of the three-station extension is elevated and half underground. The extension has been built by Beijing Urban Construction Design & Development Group, ...
-
Metro Report InternationalSumitomo invests in Manila LRT-1 concessionaire
PHILIPPINES: Sumitomo Corp has indirectly acquired a 19∙2% stake in Manila Light Rail Transit System Line 1 operating concessionaire Light Rail Manila Corp, marking the Japanese company’s first investment in a southeast Asian passenger railway. The other LRMC shareholders are Metro Pacific Investments, AC Infrastructure Holdings and ...
-
Rail Business UKTransport for London extends use of RISQS
UK: Transport for London has extended its use of the Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme, and now requires the RISQS for supplier selection across London Underground, Major Projects, the Elizabeth Line, London Overground, Trams and Docklands Light Railway. ‘By extending the use of RISQS for supplier selection, ...
-
In depthVietnam: Optimising infrastructure on Hanoi’s nascent network
Hanoi is on the cusp of opening the first sections of a planned eight-line metro network, including the east-west Line 3, where track and electrification fit-out is being handled by Colas Rail and Pandrol.
-
Metro Report InternationalDallas SCADA upgrading contract approved
USA: The Dallas Area Rapid Transit Board has approved a contract for Alstom Signaling Operations to upgrade its supervisory control & data acquisition system, which was installed in 1996. Alstom will replace software, servers, workstations, tunnel ventilation control systems, an overview display wall and a cyber security ...
-
Metro Report InternationalCuenca tramway opens
ECUADOR: The Cuenca tramway opened for limited passenger services on May 25, with regular services scheduled to start in June. Travel will be free of charge for the first two months. Because of Covid-19 measures, the capacity of each of the eight trams ...
-
NewsBombardier to supply 28 BiLevel coaches to two operators
USA: Bombardier Transportation has signed contracts totalling US$108m to supply 28 BiLevel double-deck coaches to two West Coast transport operators. The order anounced on May 27 covers three push-pull driving cars and eight intermediate coaches for Seattle’s Sound Transit, which led the procurement, as well as five ...