Urban transport news – Page 252
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Metro Report InternationalChengdu driverless metro contracts awarded
CHINA: Chengdu Railway Corp has awarded contracts for the supply of traction equipment and signalling for the first phase of Chengdu metro Line 9, which will be the city’s first driverless metro line. The two contracts are worth a total of €64m. Line 9 Phase 1 is expected to ...
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NewsMore Vamos light rail vehicles ordered for Bielefeld
GERMANY: Bielefeld transport operator moBiel announced on January 4 that it had ordered a further 24 Vamos light rail vehicles from a consortium of Heiterblick and Kiepe Electric. The contract is worth €90m. Leipzig-based Heiterblick will supply bodyshells and bogies, with Düsseldorf-based Kiepe Electric responsible for electrical equipment. Like ...
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Metro Report InternationalSuburban metro Line S9 opens in Nanjing
CHINA: Nanjing was not left out of the seasonal multitude of urban rail openings as 2017 drew to a close, with the inauguration of suburban metro Line S9 taking place on December 30. Also known as the Nanjing–Gaochun Intercity Railway or Ninggao Intercity Railway, the route is 52·4 km ...
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Metro Report InternationalHangzhou metro Line 2 extends
CHINA: A northern extension of Hangzhou metro Line 2 opened on December 27, adding 13·3 km. The underground section from Gucui Road to Liangzhu serves 10 stations. A depot has been built at the new northern terminus. The next section to open is envisaged to be Line 4, ...
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NewsJakarta airport rail link inaugurated
INDONESIA: The 36·4 km rail link to Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport began full commercial operation on January 2, following a formal inauguration by President Joko Widodo. Trial services had been launched on December 26 to promote the new line. A 12 km branch has been built to connect the airport ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC rolls out Hong Kong metro train
CHINA: CRRC Qingdao Sifang rolled out the first of 93 eight-car metro trainsets for Hong Kong on December 21. It is expected to enter passenger service in the second half of 2018, with deliveries of the entire order scheduled to be completed in 2023. In 2015 Hong Kong MTR ...
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Metro Report InternationalShanghai adds metro Line 17
CHINA: Expansions at the end of December cemented Shanghai’s position as the city with the largest metro network in the world. As of December 30, the country’s largest city boasts a 637 route-km metro, keeping its rival Beijing in second place. The more significant of the two expansions was ...
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Metro Report InternationalDriverless metro, maglev and tram line open in Beijing
CHINA: December 30 saw a significant expansion of the urban rail network in Beijing, with the opening of a driverless metro line, a maglev line and a tram line. An existing metro line was also extended. The 14·4 km Yanfang Line becomes the first driverless metro line in the ...
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Metro Report InternationalOslo electric bus pilot begins
NORWAY: December marked the start of a two-year electric bus pilot project in Oslo, involving three operators running a total of six electric buses. The total cost of the pilot is NKr43m. Nobina is operating two 18 m long articulated buses supplied by BYD on routes 31 and 31E, ...
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Metro Report InternationalXiamen metro opens
CHINA: The flurry of metro projects commissioned in December culminated on the last day of the month with the opening of the first metro line in Xiamen. The 30·3 km Line 1 connects the mainland with Xiamen island, running from Yannei in the north to Zhenhai Road in the ...
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Metro Report InternationalGuiyang metro opens
CHINA: Guiyang became the 30th city in China with a metro when its first metro line was put into passenger service on December 28. The 12·8 km Line 1 runs from Xiamaixi to Guiyang North railway station serving 10 stations. Construction was approved in April 2013 and started in ...
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NewsModertrans to supply more trams to Katowice
POLAND: Tramwaje Śląskie has selected Modertrans to supply up to 15 partly low-floor trams for its network centred on Katowice. The base order covers eight unidirectional and two bidirectional single-section 13·5 m long trams. The tender specifies that the vehicles must be at least 20% low-floor, with capacity for ...
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NewsBrussels articulated electric bus order placed
BELGIUM: Brussels city transport operator STIB has awarded a €21m contract to Solaris Bus & Coach for the supply of 25 articulated electric buses. This forms part of STIB’s plan to have an entirely electric bus fleet by 2030. To be assembled at Solaris’ Bolechowo factory near Poznań, the ...
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Metro Report InternationalNPRT wins rolling stock orders for Shenzhen and Hangzhou
CHINA: CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Rail Transport Co announced on January 3 that it had been awarded three metro rolling stock contracts. MTR Technology Consultation (Shenzhen) Co awarded the joint venture a contract worth 1·15bn yuan to supply rolling stock for Phase 3 of Shenzhen metro Line 4. Deliveries are ...
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NewsMore LRVs ordered for Vitoria
SPAIN: Euskotren has awarded CAF a €14∙5m contract to supply three seven-section LRVs for the Vitoria light rail network, and to extend from five to seven sections three of the 11 Series 500 LRVs it had supplied for the opening of the route in 2008. The seven-section LRVs will be ...
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Metro Report InternationalSecond metro line opens in Nanning
CHINA: The second metro line in Nanning opened on December 28. Line 2 is 21 km long and serves 18 stations between Xijin in the north and Yudong in the south. Interchanges with Line 1 are provided at Nanning railway station and Chaoyang Square. A depot at Anji north ...
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NewsMoscow metro reaches Khovrino
RUSSIA: Line 2 of the Moscow metro was extended by 2·9 km on December 31, with the opening of a northern extension from Rechnoy Vokzal to Khovrino. Construction started in 2014, with Stroygazconsulting acting as main contractor. Khovrino station was built by SGK Avtostrada and Mostotryad-114, and is 14 ...
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Metro Report InternationalChongqing adds two metro lines
CHINA: Two new metro lines were opened in Chongqing on December 28, bringing the city’s network to 164 route-km. The first phase of Line 5 links Expo Garden Centre and Dalongshan on a 13·6 km alignment with nine stations including three interchanges. The end-to-end journey time is 21 min, ...
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NewsOstrów Wielkopolski receives first battery buses
POLAND: Solaris Bus & Coach handed over four electric buses to MZK Ostrów Wielkopolski on December 28. The Urbino 12 buses are the first zero-emission buses for the city and have been supplied under a contract that also saw three Solaris Urbino 12 diesel buses enter service in September. ...
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Metro Report InternationalBarcelona tests vertical platform screen doors
SPAIN: Barcelona public transport operator TMB is to undertake what it says will be the first test of vertical platform screen doors on a metro network, with doors supplied by STraffic of South Korea to be installed at Can Cuiàs station on Line 11 during the second half of 2018. ...