Urban transport news – Page 9
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Metro Report InternationalDubai considers elevated pod platoons
UAE: Dubai’s Roads & Transport Authority has signed a memorandum of understanding to work with Urban.MASS on an operational pilot of its Floc Duo Rail concept for platoons of driverless electric pods running on an elevated track. Urban.MASS is now seeking funding for development and deployment ...
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NewsWien S-Bahn ring plans announced
AUSTRIA: The Wien municipality has announced plans to create an S-Bahn ring from 2032 by combining two services and upgrading a freight-only line for passenger use. The orbital service would be formed from the existing S80 and S45 services; S45 trains would be extended from Handelskai ...
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Metro Report InternationalBLT begins testing Tina trams
SWITZERLAND: Baselland tram operator BLT has begun testing the first of 25 Tina trams being supplied by Stadler. BLT was the first Swiss customer for the Tina (Total Integrierter Niederflur-Antrieb or total integrated low-floor drive) design, placing a SFr125m order in November 2021. The first of ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork starts on Bhubaneswar metro
INDIA: Construction work has started on a 26 km elevated metro in the eastern city of Bhubaneswar, following the laying of a foundation stone by the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik. He described the 26 km elevated line with 20 stations as Odisha’s flagship project under ...
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Metro Report International‘A good day for Berlin’ as first Type JK metro train handed over
GERMANY: The first of the Type JK trainsets for the Berlin U-Bahn’s small-profile lines was ceremonially handed over to operator BVG by Stadler on January 11.
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NewsBari – Bitritto railway opens
ITALY: Revenue passenger services on the newly-built Bari – Bitritto line began on January 9, following an inauguration ceremony the previous day. The standard gauge electrified single-track line is 11·9 km long, with 2·5 km running parallel to the existing Bari – Taranto main line and ...
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Metro Report InternationalOntario Line tunnel contract awarded
CANADA: Infrastructure Ontario and Toronto area transport agency Metrolinx announced on January 17 that they had signed a Development & Master Construction agreement for the Pape tunnel and underground stations on the Ontario Line metro project with the Pape North Connect consortium. Pape North Connect comprises: ...
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Metro Report InternationalGalați tram order signed
ROMANIA: Astra Vagoane Călători Arad has been awarded a contract to supply a further 10 Autentic trams to the city of Galați within 19 months. Bozankaya had also bid for the contract, which was signed on January 15. The order is worth 80m lei+VAT, and is ...
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Metro Report InternationalTimișoara orders more battery-equipped trams
ROMANIA: Bozankaya has been awarded a further order to supply battery-equipped trams for use in Timișoara. In July 2019 the Turkish manufacturer beat Pesa to win a contract to supply 16 trams, with options for up to 24 more. A firm order for another five was ...
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Metro Report InternationalBerlin Senate backs tram route to serve Tegel airport redevelopment
GERMANY: The Berlin Senate has given the go-ahead for further work on the development of proposals to build a tram line from Jungfernheide to Reinickendorf via the Urban Tech Republic development zone on the site of the city’s former Tegel airport. The Senate’s decision on January ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.
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Metro Report InternationalFirenze tram Line 4 railway systems contract awarded
ITALY: The city of Firenze has awarded a consortium of CMB, Alstom, Hitachi Rail and ComNet a contract to supply and install the track, overhead electrification, substations and lighting for the tram Line 4 project. The €50m contract covers Section 4.2 of the line, the outermost ...
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Metro Report InternationalOlsztyn tramway extension opens
POLAND: Revenue services have started on a 6 km tramway extension in Olsztyn, taking the city’s network to 17 km. The extension branches off the existing network at the junction of al Piłsudskiego and ul Kościuszko in order to the Pieczewo residential area in the southeast ...
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Metro Report InternationalGovernment cancels Auckland Light Rail project
NEW ZEALAND: The government has officially cancelled the Auckland light rail project. Work had been suspended after the National-led coalition came to power last year. On January 14 Prime Minister Christopher Luxon described the light rail scheme as ‘wasteful and unfit for purpose’, while Transport Minister ...
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Metro Report InternationalCross-straits metro viaduct span links Singapore and Malaysia
ASIA: Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong met his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim in the middle of the Straits of Johor on January 11 to mark symbolically the completion of the international span for the marine viaduct which will carry the RTS Link metro line ...
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Metro Report InternationalManchester Metrolink operating contract extended
UK: The contract for KeolisAmey Metrolink Ltd to operate and maintain Greater Manchester’s Metrolink light rail network has been extended until July 2027. The KAM joint venture has been running the 103 km Metrolink network since July 2017, having been awarded a seven-year contract with provision ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrbanloop personal rapid transit testing begins
FRANCE: Testing of Urbanloop personal rapid transit pods has begun on 2 km track in a park at St-Quentin-en-Yvelines in the suburbs of Paris. The line is to be operated by Keolis, connecting a car park to a 2024 Olympic Games fan zone. The rubber-tyred vehicles ...
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Metro Report InternationalPraha tram order confirmed
CZECH REPUBLIC: Praha transport operator DPP has formally awarded Škoda Group an KC16·6bn eight-year framework contract covering the supply of up to 200 ForCity Plus Praha 52T trams, with a firm order for an initial 40. Škoda was named preferred bidder in November. Stadler had also ...
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Rail Business UKSouth Western Railway’s Class 701 Arterio EMU carries passengers at last
UK: A revenue passenger service was operated by one of South Western Railway’s Alstom Class 701 electric multiple-units for the first time on January 9. The 750 V DC third-rail EMU is scheduled to operate one return passenger service a day on the London Waterloo – ...
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Metro Report InternationalUrban transport industry news round-up
This week’s round-up of news from the urban transport sector.