Urban transport news – Page 16
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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 InternationalBrakes and couplers ordered as part of New York Subway fleet renewal
USA: Wabtec is to provide braking systems and couplers for 640 R211 metro cars that Kawasaki Rail Car is to supply to New York City Transit. New York MTA ordered the 640 cars in October 2022 as an option on a January 2018 contract which included ...
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Metro Report InternationalOpenings add 48 km to Shenyang metro
CHINA: The 34 km cross-city metro Line 4 and a 14·2 km southbound extension of Line 2 opened in Shenyang on September 29. The north-to-south Line 4 links Zhengxin Lu to Chuangxin Lu. Construction of the city’s fifth metro line started in November 2015. The Line ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon Underground power upgrade contract awarded
UK: Transport for London has awarded Balfour Beatty a second contract under the London Underground High Voltage Power framework. The £43m contract announced on October 17 covers design, supply and installation of assets at the Hatton Cross and Hounslow substations including transformer rectifiers, high and low ...
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Metro Report InternationalDelhi commuter railway opening shows a ‘glimpse of India of the future’, says Modi
INDIA: Passenger services on the initial section of the Delhi – Ghaziabad – Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System began on October 21, after the line had been inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi the previous day. The first section of the stand-alone Delhi – Ghaziabad – ...
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Metro Report InternationalJokeri light rail line opens early and below budget
FINLAND: Helsinki Regional Transport opened its 25 km orbital light rail line serving the Helsinki-Espoo conurbation for revenue service on October 21, almost a year ahead of schedule. Running from Itäkeskus in eastern Helsinki to Keilaniemi in neighbouring Espoo to the west, the line is branded ...
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Metro Report InternationalSandbags simulate a full load on Tyne & Wear Metro trains
UK: Testing of Stadler trains for the Tyne & Wear Metro has included loading one with containers containing a total of 39 tonnes of sand to represent the weight of passengers under crush-loading conditions. ‘The test ensures that the train can perform safely and correctly when ...
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Metro Report InternationalINIT selected for Atlanta fare collection contract
USA: Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority has selected INIT to supply a new automated fare collection system. The AFC 2.0 contract is expected to be signed in late 2023 or early 2024, with an expected value of over $100m for the initial design, installation and deployment, ...
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Metro Report InternationalLocally-assembled tram unveiled in Daugavpils
LATVIA: The first two of four trams being assembled at the Daugavpils Locomotive Repair Plant using components supplied by Czech company Pragoimex was unveiled in the city on October 17. The trams are based on Pragoimex’s EVO1 model. The remaining two vehicles are due to be ...
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NewsMetra awarded funding to buy battery trains
USA: Chicago commuter operator Metra has been awarded a $169·3m federal Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality Improvement grant for the purchase of up to 16 battery multiple-units. Metra said the zero-emission trainsets are ‘likely’ to be used on its Rock Island Line, benefiting the air quality ...
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Metro Report InternationalBern trams offered to Lviv as Stadler vehicles ready to enter service
SWITZERLAND: Bern operator Bernmobil has announced that the first of 27 Tramlink trams being supplied by Stadler is expected to enter regular service on November 1, with seven expected to be in use on Route 7 by the end of the year. The first public services ...
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NewsDeutsche Bahn to sell Arriva Group to I Squared
EUROPE: German national railway Deutsche Bahn has signed an agreement to sell the whole of Arriva Group to infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital. The transaction announced on October 19 is expected to complete in 2024, subject to customary closing conditions including the approval of the ...
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NewsPrasa reopens Durban suburban line using X’Trapolis EMUs
SOUTH AFRICA: Passenger Agency of South Africa has restarted a limited passenger service on the 17 km Durban – KwaMashu suburban rail line. A reopening ceremony on September 12 was attended by Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga and CEO of the Prasa Group Hishaam Emeran. While ...
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Metro Report InternationalTurku council backs light rail proposal
FINLAND: Turku city council has approved the further development of plans for a light rail line. The proposal was approved by the city council on October 2 after two years of development and consultation. The double-track-line would run 12 km from Satama in the west through ...
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Metro Report InternationalPublic feedback incorporated into Boston Green Line LRV specifications
USA: Public feedback is being incorporated into the specifications for the Type 10 Supercar light rail vehicles which CAF is to supply for Boston’s Green Line. ‘It’s important for riders to know that we care about both their safety and also their experiences on the system’, ...
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Metro Report InternationalPromoter defends Montréal REM cost escalation
CANADA: Despite ‘extraordinary circumstances and exceptional technical challenges’, the construction costs for Montréal’s REM automated light metro have been kept ‘within a very competitive budget compared with other similar major transportation projects around the world’, according to project promoter CDPQ Infra. The first 17 km section ...
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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 InternationalSantiago metro Line 3 reaches Plaza Quilicura
CHILE: A 3·8 km northwestern extension of Santiago metro Line 3 has opened from Los Libertadores to Plaza Quilicura. The ceremony on September 25 was attended by President Gabriel Boric, Minister of Transportation & Telecommunications Juan Carlos Muñoz, and other dignities. The extension serves two intermediate ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon Lost Property Office finds new home
UK: Transport for London’s Lost Property Office has moved from its previous site in South Kensington to a location in West Ham which offers more space and enables faster processing. The Lost Property Office recovers more than 200 000 items each year, including 4 400 wallets, ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom to automate Belo Horizonte metro
BRAZIL: Belo Horizonte metro operating concessionaire Metrô BH has awarded Alstom a contract to automate the existing Line 1 and the future Line 2. Alstom is to supply new signalling to enable automatic train operation on the 28·1 km Line 1 between Eldorado and Vilarinho and ...