Urban transport news – Page 253
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Metro Report InternationalFour lines open as Guangzhou metro expands
CHINA: Three new metro lines and another extension were opened in Guangzhou on December 28, adding 83·8 km and taking the total network length to 390·6 km. Having opened its first line in 1997, the city now has the country’s third largest network. Four more lines are currently under construction ...
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NewsKeolis’ Lille operations contract renewed
FRANCE: The Métropole Européenne de Lille municipal authority has renewed its contract with Keolis for the operation of the city’s Transpole public transport network, it announced on December 15. The seven-year contract runs from April 1 2018, and covers metro, tram and bus services, as well as ...
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Metro Report InternationalSecond metro line opens in Hefei
CHINA: The second metro line in Hefei was opened for revenue service on December 26, exactly a year after the first route in the capital of Anhui Province was inaugurated. Running entirely underground, the 37·8 km east-west Line 2 links Nangang to Sanshibu. There are 24 stations, including an interchange ...
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Metro Report InternationalHesop reversible substation introduced to Milano metro
ITALY: Milano transport operator ATM has put into service a reversible substation at Rogoredo station on metro line M3. Alstom has supplied a 1·5 kV 4 MW Hesop substation. This becomes the second Hesop substation in commercial operation on a metro line, following a 600 V 1 MW substation ...
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Metro Report InternationalGuiyang metro maintenance locos delivered
CHINA: CRRC Times Electric has delivered two electric maintenance vehicles to Guiyang. These will operate on the city’s future metro Line 1, where they will provide emergency traction to rescue failed trains, as well as track maintenance services. The Qinling DXDC vehicles have a maximum speed of 80 km/h ...
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NewsMauritius orders Urbos LRVs
MAURITIUS: CAF is to supply a fleet of 18 Urbos light rail vehicles to operate the Metro Express light rail line, following the signing of a €100m contract with Larsen & Toubro Ltd on December 26. The Indian firm is responsible for procuring the rolling stock as part of its ...
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NewsModi inaugurates Delhi orbital metro line
INDIA: The first section of Delhi Metro Line 8 was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 25, being joined for the ceremony in Noida by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Governor Ram Naik. One of two fully-automated orbital lines now under construction as part of ...
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Metro Report InternationalWuhan opens three metro lines in one day
CHINA: The first phase of Wuhan metro Line 8 was opened for revenue service on December 26, along with a short extension of Line 1 and the east-west Yangluo Line suburban metro. Line 8 runs fully underground from Jintanlu in the northern part of the city to Liyuan in the ...
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NewsTest running begins on Delhi metro’s Bahadurgarh extension
INDIA: Delhi Metro Rail Corp Managing Director Mangu Singh rode on a test train between Tikri Kalan and Bahadurgarh City Park on the western extension of Line 5 on December 13. Test running on the extension began on December 9. The 12 km extension from Mundka to Bahadurgarh City ...
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NewsAarhus opens Denmark’s first modern light rail line
DENMARK: The first modern light rail line in Denmark opened on December 21, with the start of services on the initial section of the Aarhus Letbane network. Final approval for the opening had been received the previous evening, following a series of delays, and the ceremony at Hack Kampmanns Plads ...
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Metro Report InternationalDenver airport peoplemover contract renewed
USA: The City & County of Denver has renewed its contract for Bombardier Transportation to provide operations and maintenance for the peoplemover at Denver International Airport. The $150m seven-year contract takes effect on January 1 2018. Bombardier supplied the Innovia APM automated system and has been operating and maintaining ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to supply Bangkok airport peoplemover fleet
THAILAND: Interlink Communication has awarded Siemens a contract to supply rolling stock and signalling for a peoplemover to be built at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. Due to open in 2020, the 1 km driverless peoplemover will connect the current terminal with a new terminal. Siemens is to supply six ...
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Metro Report InternationalSt Petersburg inaugurates partly off-wire trolleybus route
RUSSIA: St Petersburg’s first trolleybus route to have wire-free sections operated using battery power was inaugurated on December 12. Route 23 has been extended eastwards from its previous southern terminus to serve Bogatyrsky Prospect and adjacent streets, which currently have no wires. More than half of the 14 km route ...
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Metro Report InternationalGold Coast light rail Stage 2 inaugurated
AUSTRALIA: Revenue services began running on Stage 2 of the Gold Coast light rail line on December 18, following an inauguration ceremony the previous day attended by Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, Transport Minister Mark Bailey and Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate. Free rides were offered to local residents and visitors ...
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Metro Report InternationalToronto Subway Line 1 extends into York
CANADA: A northern extension of Toronto Subway Line 1 into York was inaugurated on December 17, with a day of free travel. The 8·6 km section from Sheppard West to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre via York University adds six stations and 14 min of journey time to Line 1. It ...
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Metro Report InternationalWuhu monorail contract awarded
CHINA: Bombardier Transportation announced on December 18 that its CRRC Puzhen Bombardier Transportation Systems joint venture had been selected to build two monorail lines in Wuhu and supply 240 cars. The 50:50 joint venture between Bombardier Transportation and CRRC Nanjing Puzhen would supply Innovia Monorail 300 rolling stock under ...
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Metro Report InternationalLight rail tunnel opens in Stuttgart
GERMANY: An extension of the light rail network in Stuttgart was inaugurated on December 9, linking two existing lines with a new tunnel section offering a shorter and more direct route to the northeast. The 1·2 km link between Hallschlag and Wagrainäcker has an intermediate stop at Bottroper Straße. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst tram arrives in Canberra
AUSTRALIA: CAF has delivered the first of 14 trams that it is supplying for the network under construction in Canberra. The five-section vehicle was shipped from Spain in October, arriving in Port Kembla before being transported by road to the capital. CAF is part of the Canberra Metro consortium which ...
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NewsErdoğan opens first driverless metro line in Istanbul
TURKEY: A ceremony to inaugurate Istanbul’s first driverless metro line was held at Üsküdar on December 15, attended by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım and Mayor Mevlüt Uysal. The first 10·5 km phase of Line M5, the second metro route on the Asian side of the ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom to supply more trams and charging infrastructure to Nice
FRANCE: Alstom announced on December 15 that it had been awarded a firm contract to supply six additional Citadis trams to Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur, along with 22 ground-based SRS static charging zones. The €27m order is an option on a €91m contract signed in October 2015 that covered ...