Urban transport news – Page 273
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NewsWork restarts on Napoli metro expansion
ITALY: Work on the extension of Napoli metro Line 1 restarted on May 30 with a ceremony attended by Minister for Territorial Cohesion & the South Claudio De Vincenti and Campania Governor Vincenzo De Luca. Work was suspended in 2011 on the route between Garibaldi and Piscinola via the ...
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Metro Report InternationalLiquid nitrogen bus engine tested
UK: Testing of a prototype liquid nitrogen hybrid bus engine has been completed at Horiba Mira’s facility in Nuneaton. The CE Power bus is being developed under a project supported by government R&D agency Innovate UK. Led by Dearman, which is supplying the engine, the consortium also includes Air ...
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Metro Report InternationalStrukton forms Chinese joint venture
CHINA: Strukton Rolling Stock signed a joint venture agreement on May 31 with Jinan-based Rnomac Group subsidiary SiCC Co, which specialises in the manufacture of semiconductor materials. The joint venture, named Shandong SRCC Rail Transport Technology Co, aims to supply traction equipment and railway systems for the Chinese market. ...
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Metro Report InternationalAmsterdam electric bus charging contract awarded
NETHERLANDS: Transdev subsidiary Connexxion has awarded Heliox a contract to supply electric bus charging infrastructure for a fleet of 100 electric buses that are to be put in service in Amsterdam by 2018. Last month VDL announced that it is to supply 100 Citeas SLFA Electric 18 m long ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork begins on Perth Airport rail link
AUSTRALIA: Work has started at the Perth Airport construction site for the Forrestfield-Airport Link, following the arrival of the first tunnel boring machine earlier this month. Work on the station box structure, which is next to the airport control tower, has begun as artist’s impressions of Airport Central station ...
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Metro Report InternationalBuenos Aires suburban network gets Tetra radio
ARGENTINA: A Tetra digital radio network has been installed on the Sarmiento, Mitre, San Martín, Belgrano Sur and Roca lines of the suburban rail network serving Buenos Aires. Indra supplied the system under a US$214m contract awarded in 2014 by federal railway operating company SOFSE. It is being used ...
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Metro Report InternationalCivils contractor selected to build Avignon tram line
FRANCE: Grand Avignon council and its project organisation Tecelys have selected the civil works contractor to build a tram line in the city. Led by NGE Group subsidiary TSO, the consortium includes Alstom, Guintoli, EHTP and Agilis. Civil works are scheduled to be complete in January 2019 and will ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst train for Chongqing metro Line 5 delivered
CHINA: CRRC Qingdao Sifang has delivered the first trainset for Chongqing metro Line 5. It is the first of 39 six-car trainsets that will operate on the future route. Designed for the steep gradients that will be a feature of China’s deepest metro line, the trainset is more powerful ...
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NewsDelhi Metro opens heritage corridor extension
INDIA: The latest section of the Delhi metro network opened to passengers on May 28, when Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu and Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal flagged off the first train on the ITO – Kashmere Gate section of Line 6. With this 5·2 km extension, the ...
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Metro Report InternationalAPTA reiterates Trump budget cut concern
USA: The American Public Transportation Association has reiterated its disappointment about the urban transport funding aspects of President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget.The Trump administration has reaffirmed its proposal to phase out the Capital Improvement Grants programme and eliminate the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants, despite Congress rejecting ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Citadis X05 tram rolled out
AUSTRALIA: The first of 60 Citadis X05 trams that Alstom is supplying to operate on the CBD & South East Light Rail line in Sydney has been rolled out, and is due to arrive in Sydney later this year. A consortium including Alstom signed a A$2·1bn PPP contract to ...
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Metro Report InternationalKansas City Streetcar looks south
USA: The KC Streetcar Authority and Kansas City Area Transportation Authority have selected the KC Streetcar Southern Extension Technical Services consortium to study a southern extension of the city’s starter tram line. The consortium is led by HDR and includes Burns & McDonnell, HNTB, Trekk Design Group, Hg Consult, ...
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Metro Report InternationalLatest phase of Salvador metro opens
BRAZIL: The second phase of Salvador metro Line 2 opened on May 23. The 6·2 km extension with four stations runs east from Rodoviária to Pituaçu. Test running on this section started on January 20. The initial 2·2 km section of Line 2 opened in December 2016 between Acesso ...
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Metro Report InternationalLausanne metro expansion contracts awarded
SWITZERLAND: The canton of Vaud has awarded two contracts to increase capacity on the automated metro in Lausanne. The project includes the construction of a third line. The network operated by Transports Lausannois is struggling to cope with growing ridership. To deal with this, the city is undertaking the ...
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Metro Report InternationalHong Kong MTR awards network-wide CCTV replacement contract
CHINA: MTR Corp has awarded UniVision a HK$389·4m contract for the installation of a unified IP-based CCTV system on the metro and light rail networks in Hong Kong. UniVision will replace the analogue CCTV system currently in place at metro stations and the IP CCTV system operational at 22 ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew Balance-backed commuter station opens in Boston
USA: Passenger services began to call at Boston Landing station on MBTA’s commuter network serving Boston on May 22. The station is located between Yawkey and Newtonville on the Framingham/Worcester Line. Construction began in October 2015 and was led by Skanska. The $20m project was funded by private partner ...
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NewsMetro extension inaugurated in Nürnberg
GERMANY: Lord Mayor of Nürnberg Ulrich Maly inaugurated an extension of Nürnberg metro Line U3 at 12.00 on May 22, with a day of free travel offered on the entire line to mark the occasion. The northwest extension from Friedrich-Ebert-Platz to Nordwestring via Klinikum Nord is 1·1 km long. ...
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NewsKyiv signs agreement for fourth metro line
UKRAINE: Deputy Mayor of Kyiv Mykola Povoroznyk has signed a memorandum of co-operation for studies into the construction of a fourth metro line, the city council announced on May 19. A consortium of China Railway International Group and China Pacific Construction Group will carry out feasibility studies and cost ...
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Metro Report InternationalAstana light rail construction begins
KAZAKHSTAN: Construction has started on a light rail line in Astana with the installation of piles for the elevated section of the alignment. Of the 50 construction workers currently involved, 10 are local and 40 are from China. Project authority Astana LRT LLP signed a construction agreement in May ...
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NewsModerus Gamma enters passenger service in Poznań
POLAND: A prototype of Modertrans’ Moderus Gamma tram entered passenger service in Poznań on May 15. It is initially running on routes 12 and 16. Modertrans signed a contract earlier this year with its parent company, city transport operator MPK Poznań, to supply 30 unidirectional and 20 bidirectional trams. ...