Urban transport news – Page 191
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Metro Report InternationalGovernment announces Torino metro Line 2 funding
ITALY: Deputy Minister of Economy & Finance Laura Castelli confirmed on October 31 that the government has allocated €828m towards the construction of a second metro line in Torino. The planned Line 2 would serve 23 stations on a 26·5 km route from Rebaudengo in the ...
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Metro Report InternationalModertrans tests Elbląg tram in Łódź
POLAND: The first Moderus Beta tram that Modertrans is supplying to Elbląg has arrived in Łódź for testing on that city’s network. In 2017 Modertrans was the sole bidder in a tender to supply four trams to the northern Polish city. Deliveries of the single-section ...
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Metro Report InternationalLviv takes delivery of trolleybuses
UKRAINE: Lviv has taken delivery of the first 10 of 50 trolleybuses that Electron is supplying under an order placed this year. The low-floor vehicles are equipped with air-conditioning, CCTV, GPS, USB sockets and wi-fi. The stainless steel bodies are lined with aluminium-composite panels. The order is ...
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Metro Report InternationalSingapore – Johor Bahru metro on hold for six more months
ASIA: The RTS Link international metro scheme that would link Singapore with Johor Bahru in Malaysia has been put on hold for a further six months. The government of Singapore has agreed to a request from Malaysia on October 29 for a further extension of the suspension ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetro training centre to be fitted with depot protection system
UK: Main contractor Galliford Try has awarded Zonegreen a contract to install its Depot Personnel Protection System at an £8·4m training and light maintenance facility which it is building for Tyne & Wear Metro operator Nexus. Intended to provide a wide range of ...
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Rail Business UKLonger peaks increase Victoria Line capacity
UK: Transport for London introduced a new timetable for London Underground’s Victoria Line on November 4 that doubles the length of time during which services run at 100 sec headways. Following the completion of a signalling upgrade in 2017, Victoria Line services have been running every 100 ...
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Metro Report InternationalPoma to build cross-border Russia – China cable car
Photo: Shutterstock Heihe is separated from Blagoveshchensk by the River Amur INTERNATIONAL: Poma has been selected to build a cross-border cable car linking Russia and China. Planned to open in the second half of 2022, the 973 m long cable car over the River Amur would connect ...
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Metro Report InternationalBetter bus operations through quantum computing
PORTUGAL: Volkswagen is to test bus operation optimisation with the aid of quantum computing during the WebSummit conference taking place in Lisbon on November 4-8. Nine buses manufactured by MAN and operated by Carris will be equipped with a traffic management system that Volkswagen has developed in ...
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Metro Report InternationalThales wins Docklands Light Railway signalling contracts
UK: Thales has been awarded two contracts for signalling and train control equipment on the Docklands Light Railway light metro in east London, the supplier announced on October 31. Transport for London has awarded Thales a contract to supply upgrades to the signalling software subsystems on the ...
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Metro Report InternationalDigitalisation strategies drive Smart Transit
The SmartTransit conference, organised by SmartRail World, is taking place on October 28-30 in Los Angeles.
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Metro Report InternationalBattery trolleybuses delivered to Limoges
FRANCE: Limoges has taken delivery of two battery trolleybuses made by Iveco and Škoda Electric. Last year Iveco won a contract for two trolleybuses with an option for four more. The articulated vehicles made to Iveco’s Crealis design feature traction equipment from Škoda, which has also undertaken ...
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Metro Report InternationalOrdnance Survey data released in effort to reduce bridge strikes
UK: Mapping agency Ordnance Survey has permitted Transport for London to release a free-to-use dataset providing road freight operators, developers and academics with detailed information about height restrictions such as low bridges, tunnels and other barriers across roads within Greater London. TfL hopes this will help to ...
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Metro Report InternationalRio de Janeiro tram network completed
The first phase of the tramway opened in 2016. BRAZIL: The final section of the VLT Carioca tram network in Rio de Janeiro was inaugurated on October 26, with passenger services beginning at noon. The opening of 1·3 km of new alignment adds a third route to ...
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Metro Report InternationalLahore tramway MoU signed
PAKISTAN: The Punjab Transport Department has signed a memorandum of understanding with Tong Hao Railway Vehicles Corp for the development of a tramway in Lahore. The department’s Lahore Transport Co would act as project promoter for the proposed PPP scheme that would see a route built along ...
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Metro Report InternationalWarszawa tram design goes to public vote
POLAND: Tramwaje Warszawskie has opened a public vote on the styling of the fleet of trams that Hyundai Rotem is to supply to the capital. The supplier has presented three options for the front-end, and the operator will choose one based on the public vote. From October 25 to 30, ...
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Metro Report InternationalBYD to supply 55 electric buses to Vy Buss
NORWAY: Government-owned national rail and bus operator Vy Buss signed an electric bus order with BYD at the Busworld trade show in Brussels on October 22. BYD is to supply a total of 55 buses that would operate in Oslo, Hamar and Haugesund municipalities. Deliveries are due ...
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Metro Report InternationalUber adds public transport options in Delhi
INDIA: Uber has added public transport options to its app for users in Delhi as part of a partnership with Delhi Metro Rail Corp. From October 22, app users receive information on public transport modes so that they can ‘make the smartest possible journey choices’, according to ...
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Metro Report InternationalBangkok Red Line suburban trains delivered
THAILAND: The first two electric multiple-units that Hitachi is supplying to operate on Bangkok’s Red Line suburban railway arrived at the Bang Sue depot on October 22. One four-car and one six-car trainset arrived at the port of Laem Chabang on October 12, having left Hitachi’s Kasado factory in Japan ...
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Metro Report InternationalHurontario light rail contract awarded
CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have awarded Mobilinx Hurontario General Partnership a C$4·6bn contract to develop the Hurontario light rail project to the west of Toronto. Mobilinx was selected as preferred bidder last month for the design-build-finance-operate-maintain PPP concession. This includes 30 years of operations and maintenance ...
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Metro Report InternationalBus drivers to be retrained for an autonomous vehicle future
SINGAPORE: A memorandum of understanding was signed on October 24 to retrain bus drivers in preparation for the expected deployment of autonomous buses in the city. The signatories are the Land Transport Authority, the National Transport Workers’ Union, ST Engineering, SBS Transit, SMRT Buses, Tower Transit Singapore, ...