Urban transport news – Page 5
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NewsSiemens Mobility to equip São Paulo suburban lines with ATO over ETCS
BRAZIL: Concessionaire Trivia Trens has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to supply a digital signaling system featuring ATO over ETCS Level 2 for São Paulo suburban lines 11, 12 and 13.
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NewsCRRC wins Guadalajara light metro train order
MEXICO: CRRC Zhuzhou has won a contract to supply 11 light metro trainsets to Guadalajara.
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NewsTrains to ’connect the sea, the city and the future’ enter service on Tokyo’s waterfront
JAPAN: The first of eight Series 71-000 electric multiple-units designed to ‘connect the sea, the city and the future’ has entered passenger service on Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit’s Rinkai Line.
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NewsIranian company develops domestic metro train
IRAN: The city of Qom has awarded Mapna’s rolling stock company Wagon Pars a contract to design and build three metro trainsets as part of a project to develop domestic urban rail technology in Iran.
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NewsLille orders automated light metro trains
FRANCE: Métropole Européenne de Lille has awarded Siemens Mobility a contract to supply 57 rubber-tyred automated light metro trainsets for use on Line 2.
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NewsUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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NewsŠkoda challenges its exclusion from Helsinki tram procurement
FINLAND: Škoda Transtech has filed a legal complaint following the disqualification of its bid for a contract to supply up to 183 trams to Helsinki.
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NewsConstruction starts on Casablanca Sud interchange as King launches suburban rail programme
MOROCCO: King Mohammed VI has launched construction of Casablanca Sud interchange station, initiating a 20bn dirham programme to create a comprehensive suburban rail network serving the city by 2030.
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NewsCalifornian electric train operator Caltrain to be paid for regenerated power
USA: Californian commuter operator Caltrain is to be paid for the power its electric trains return to the grid from April 2026, after regenerative braking was classified as a renewable generation facility.
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NewsAgreement reached to provide dedicated tracks for Toronto – Kitchener passenger trains
CANADA: The Ontario government has reached an agreement-in-principle to purchase land from freight railway CN to enable it to construct dedicated tracks for GO passenger train services on the route between Toronto and Kitchener.
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NewsMapna to supply 60 light rail vehicles for Mashhad Line 1
IRAN: Mapna Group’s rolling stock business Wagon Pars has won a contract to supply 60 light rail vehicles for Mashhad Urban Railway’s light metro Line 1.
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NewsMelbourne’s first G Class tram arrives at purpose-built depot
AUSTRALIA: Victoria’s Minister for Public & Active Transport Gabrielle Williams has officially opened the depot in Melbourne where Alstom will maintain 100 G Class trams which it is supplying for the world’s largest tram network.
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NewsEveryone onboard to finance US$800m 'electric centipede' tram-train project
COSTA RICA: An international financing package has been agreed to fully-fund the US$800m launch of two electrified tram-train routes in the San José metropolitan area.
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NewsMosaiq transport data insight software goes local
INTERNATIONAL: Snapper Services has introduced multilingual versions of its Mosaiq suite of public transport data analysis software.
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NewsMetro-North introduces faster trains to Poughkeepsie as bi-mode Chargers enter service
USA: Faster ’super-express’ services started running on MTA Metro-North Railroad’s 120 km Hudson Line between Poughkeepsie and New York’s Grand Central Terminal on October 6.
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NewsPerth’s modernised Armadale Line extended to Byford
AUSTRALIA: Celebrations marked the reopening of the full length of Perth’s Armadale Line following an extensive modernisation and the extension of Transperth suburban services to the fast-growing residential area of Byford.
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NewsUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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NewsMarcopolo Rail to supply DMUs for Teresina suburban rail
BRAZIL: Marcopolo Rail has signed a contract to supply three DMUs for the 16 km metre-gauge suburban network serving Teresina, capital of Piauí state.
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NewsMetro extension to provide København development area with efficient transport ‘from day one’
DENMARK: Metroselskabet has awarded a design and build contract for an extension of København Line M4 to serve the capital’s largest development area.
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NewsGroundbreaking launches latest Hanoi metro project
VIETNAM: The Hanoi People’s Committee hosted a ceremony on October 9 to launch construction of metro Line 2.