Urban transport news – Page 181
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Metro Report InternationalFast-charge battery development funded
AUSTRALIA: The development of fast-charge lithium-ion batteries to power catenary-free trams is among the projects which have been awarded A$11m of government funding under a programme to develop the national minerals sector. The A$5m tram battery project brings together the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, University ...
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Metro Report InternationalIași orders 16 more trams
ROMANIA: The Ministry of Regional Development & Public Administration has awarded Polish manufacturer Pesa a €38·5m contract to supply 16 trams to the city of Iași on February 5. The five-section low-floor Swing 122Na vehicles will be 30·5 m long with a capacity for 239 passengers, 58 ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst of 10 trams delivered to Katowice
modertrans katowice tram POLAND: Modertrans delivered the first of 10 single-section trams to Tramwaje Śląskie on February 12. The low-floor vehicle is one of two bidirectional trams and eight unidirectional ones expected to operate in Katowice by the end of ...
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Metro Report InternationalVitoria-Gasteiz tram network extended
SPAIN: A 1·4 km southern extension of the Vitoria-Gasteiz tram network opened on February 15. The metre gauge extension runs from Angulema stop to Unibertsitatea Universidad via the stations of Florida and Hegoalde. The section between Hegoalde and Unibertsitatea Universidad is single track. A 2·5 km extension ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransport for London selects preferred route and trams for Sutton Link
UK: Transport for London has announced its preferred route option for the proposed extension of the London Trams network to serve Sutton, along with the use of light rail rather than bus rapid transit. Public feedback had been invited on three possible routes and the use ...
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Metro Report InternationalHong Kong MTR opens Tuen Ma Line Phase 1 extension
CHINA: Phase 1 of Hong Kong MTR’s Tuen Ma Line was opened for revenue service on February 14, extending the existing Ma On Shan Line from Tai Wai through Lion Rock to the eastern part of Kowloon.
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Metro Report InternationalAptis electric buses ready to launch in Strasbourg
FRANCE: Alstom has delivered 12 of its first Aptis battery electric buses to Compagnie des Transports Strasbourgeois for use on Route H which is scheduled to launch on February 24. The 3·2 km route with 10 stops will connect the main station to ...
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Metro Report InternationalEBRD finances Sarajevo transport modernisation
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development signed €35m in loans to improve public transport in Sarajevo on February 5. A €20m loan will be used to modernise the 19·5 km tramway, which EBRD said has had no major improvements in decades. This will ...
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Metro Report InternationalAutomated tram operation demonstrated in Kraków
Krakow automated NEWAG tram trial POLAND: Kraków city transport operator MPK has demonstrated what it said was the first automated operation of a tram in Poland, with no driver in the cab and an onboard computer controlling the speed and when and ...
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Metro Report InternationalKolkata east-west line inaugurated
INDIA: The first 5·7 km section of Kolkata’s second metro line was formally inaugurated by Minister of Railways Piyush Goyal on February 13, with revenue service expected to start the following day. Under construction since 2009 at an estimated cost of Rs90bn, the 16·5 km east-west line ...
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Metro Report InternationalConstruction of Moscow Vnukovo Airport metro station begins
RUSSIA: Construction of a metro station at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport began this month. The underground station will be the terminus of a 5·2 km extension of Line 8A from Rasskazovka to Pykhtino and the airport which is scheduled to open in 2022. This will make Vnukovo the ...
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NewsTransport security professionals to gather in Miami this June
EVENTS: Security specialists from across the sector will meet at the Transport Security Congress on June 8-10 2020, to be hosted at the Miami Marriott Marquis hotel. The event is a partnership between DVV Media International Ltd and the Port of Miami, with a comprehensive agenda focused ...
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NewsPhilippine National Railways to deploy GMV operations management system
PHILIPPINES: Technology company GMV has won a contract to supply Philippine National Railways with its SAE-r fleet operation, management and planning platform. This will provide real-time information on the position and status of trains, supervising onboard equipment, radios and ticketing systems, monitoring driver behaviour, regulating running to ...
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Metro Report InternationalCluj-Napoca trolleybuses enter service
ROMANIA: Compania de Transport Public Cluj-Napoca put 25 Solaris Bus & Coach trolleybuses into revenue service on February 4. A further 25 of the Trollino 18 trolleybuses have been delivered under the 115m złoty contract. These are currently awaiting registration ahead of the opening of three trolleybus ...
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Metro Report InternationalOMNY contactless payment rollout continues in New York
Cubic Transportation systems demonstrated OMNY readers at the Transport Ticketing Global event in London US: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority expects to expand its OMNY account-based contactless fare payment system to include Subway lines 2, 5 and 6 in the Bronx by the end of February. This ...
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Metro Report InternationalUCL to build station simulation laboratory
UK: University College London has announced plans to build a laboratory in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, which will be used to simulate the movement of people on large-scale environments such as stations. The Person-Environment-Activity Research Laboratory will consist of a 14 m high building ...
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NewsTwo bids to operate Helsinki commuter services
FINLAND: Greater Helsinki transport authority HSL has received two bids for a contract to operator commuter train services for 10 years from June 27 2021. It did not name the bidders, although national operator VR – which currently provides the services under a directly-awarded contract – ...
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Metro Report InternationalHyderabad Metro opens Green Line
INDIA: Hyderabad Metro’s 11 km Green Line was formally opened by the Chief Minister of Telangana state Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao on February 7. The north-south elevated route with nine stations serves the eastern side of the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. It starts from an interchange ...
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Metro Report InternationalDaugavpils tramway opens new alignment
LATVIA: City transport operator Daugavpils Satiksme has opened a replacement single-track tram alignment for part of route T3 on February 05. The new 2·2 km section between Brāļu kapi and the eastern terminus of Stropu ezers provides direct access to the city hospital, replacing the previous 1·1 ...
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore Jurong Line trains ordered
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded Hyundai Rotem a S$416·5m contract to supply of 62 three-car trains for the Jurong Region Line. The fully automated trains are expected to be delivered from the supplier’s Changwon plant between mid-2024 and 2027. The ...