Urban transport news – Page 255
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NewsHelsinki and Bombardier agree Variotram settlement
FINLAND: Helsinki transport authority HKL and Bombardier Transportation have reached an agreement which will see the 40 Variotrams withdrawn from service in the Finnish capital by the end of 2018. The Variotrams were delivered by Adtranz (later Bombardier Transportation) in 1998-2003, but the track profiles and operating conditions on Helsinki’s ...
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Metro Report InternationalSound Transit orders Tacoma Link extension LRVs
USA: Terms have been agreed for Brookville Equipment Corp to supply Seattle’s Sound Transit with five Liberty light rail vehicles for $26·5m plus tax, the manufacturer announced on December 4. The LRVs are required as part of the project to build a 3·9 km extension of the 2·6 km Tacoma ...
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NewsLille metro gates to cut fare evasion
FRANCE: The Lille metropolitan authority has begun a €60m programme to install ticket gates at all 60 stations on the city’s metro network. The first gates came into use at Gare Lille Europe on November 30. During the course of 2018 it is planned to commission gates ...
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Metro Report InternationalLos Angeles light rail extension groundbreaking
USA: The Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority held a groundbreaking ceremony on December 2 for the next phase of the light rail route. The 19·8 km eastern extension from APU/Citrus College in Glendora to Montclair will add six stops. Main construction work is due to begin in 2020, with ...
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NewsUber and Citymapper become UITP members
INTERNATIONAL: App-based services Uber and Citymapper are among the first members to join the International Association of Public Transport’s Digital Platforms category, UITP announced on December 4. UITP has created the new membership category specifically for online platforms that facilitate access to transport services on a business-to-business, business-to-customer or ...
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NewsSolaris Tram wins Kraków order as Pesa pulls out of tender
POLAND: MPK Kraków announced on November 30 that it is to sign a framework contract for the supply of up to 50 trams with a consortium of Solaris and Stadler, after Pesa withdrew its bid. MPK Kraków selected Pesa as preferred bidder for the contract on August 8. Pesa’s ...
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Metro Report InternationalHitachi Rail Italy metro train enters service in Miami
USA: The first trainset supplied by Hitachi Rail Italy entered service with Miami Metrorail on November 30, marking the first new rolling stock on the network since it opened to passengers in 1984. Miami-Dade Transit placed a $300m order with AnsaldoBreda in November 2012, before the Italian manufacturer was ...
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NewsSiemens completes first Avenio M tram for Ulm
GERMANY: The first of 12 Avenio M trams that Siemens is supplying to Ulm has left Siemens’ factory in Wien and is on its way to the supplier’s Wegberg-Wildenrath test track. Stadtwerke Ulm ordered the trams in May 2015 under a €32m contract that includes an option for six ...
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Metro Report InternationalNext-generation New York Subway car mock-up on display
USA: New York MTA has put a mock-up of a future R211 metro car on public display at 34 St-Hudson Yards station. To be displayed until December 6, the mock-up is being used to gather customer feedback on the proposed design. In July 2016 New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ...
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NewsDuisburg selects Bombardier trams
GERMANY: Duisburg transport authority DVG announced on November 29 that it had selected Bombardier Transportation as preferred bidder for a contract to supply 47 trams. The €135m contract is expected to be signed on December 8 following the mandatory standstill period. A prototype tram is due to enter service ...
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Metro Report InternationalChinese urban rail vehicle supplier set up
CHINA: China Railway Group subsidiary China Railway Hi-Tech Industry Corp and Changzhou Tiansheng New Materials have announced their intent to establish a joint venture for the production of urban transport vehicles. China Railway New Rail Transit Vehicle Co is to have its main production facility in Changzhou National Hi-tech ...
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Metro Report InternationalKøbenhavn metro extension contractors selected
DENMARK: København metro authority Metroselskabet announced on November 27 that it had selected contractors to build and fit out the southern section of Line M4. The TUNN3L joint venture of Hochtief Infrastructure and Vinci Construction Grands Projets is to build 4·5 km of twin tunnels and five stations. A ...
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NewsRNV becomes first Mercedes-Benz Citaro electric bus customer
GERMANY: Rhein-Neckar transport authority RNV and Daimler subsidiary EvoBus have signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of an unspecified number of electric buses. Daimler says that this will make RNV the launch customer for the new Mercedes-Benz Citaro electric bus. As part of the agreement, the operator ...
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NewsTrams ordered for Plzeň
CZECH REPUBLIC: Sole bidder Krnovské Opravny a Strojírny is to supply up to 16 Pragoimex EVO2 trams to Plzeň under a KC524m framework agreement. The 100% low-floor two-section trams will be 21·7 m long. Pragoimex, which is majority-owned by KOS, has to date produced one EVO2 tram, which entered ...
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NewsHyderabad metro inaugurated
INDIA: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Telangana Chief Minister Chandrashekhar Rao inaugurated the Hyderabad metro on November 28. Revenue services starting the following day on what has become the 10th metro network in India. Two lines have opened, which share an interchange at Ameerpet. Line 1 is 12·2 km ...
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NewsDudley extension receives government funding
UK: The government is to provide £250m from its Transforming Cities Fund towards the construction of an extension of the Midland Metro light rail network serving Birmingham, the West Midlands Combined Authority announced on November 20. The 11 km branch would serve 17 stops. It would run southwest from ...
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NewsLatest Tatra-Yug tram tested in Kamianske
UKRAINE: Tatra-Yug has completed tests of its latest tram design on the network in Kamianske. The Dnipro-based tram manufacturer began testing the K1M6 in September on the 33 route-km 1 524 mm gauge network in Kamianske. Tests were undertaken every day. Tatra-Yug says that it deliberately chose a ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Siemens LRV in service in San Francisco
USA: The first of 219 Siemens S200 light rail vehicles for San Francisco’s Muni network has entered revenue service, the manufacturer announced on November 20. San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency signed a $648m contract in September 2014 covering a firm order for 175 LRVs with options for up to ...
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Metro Report InternationalMore trams and trolleybuses ordered for Budapest
HUNGARY: Budapest Municipality announced on November 20 that it was exercising options to purchase a further 26 CAF trams and 60 Solaris-Škoda trolleybuses. CAF is to supply a further 21 five-section and five nine-section trams for HF17·6bn. The order has been placed under framework contract signed in March 2014 with ...
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Metro Report InternationalParramatta light rail shortlists announced
AUSTRALIA: New South Wales Minister for Transport & Infrastructure Andrew Constance announced shortlisted bidders to build and operate Stage 1 of the Parramatta light rail project on November 22. Two bidders have been shortlisted for the civil works contract: John Holland, and a joint venture of CPB ...