All Urban transport projects articles – Page 2
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Metro Report InternationalEdinburgh council to consult on north-south tram plan
UK: City of Edinburgh Council is to undertake public consultation to inform the development of a strategic business case for a north-south tram route running from Granton via the city centre to BioQuarter and beyond. Route The preferred route runs from Granton ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransport for London consults on Docklands Light Railway extension plans
UK: Transport for London has begun public consultation on proposals to extend the Docklands Light Railway from Gallions Reach to Beckton Riverside and under the River Thames to Thamesmead. ’The DLR extension is central to the regeneration of Thamesmead and would transform the area, just like the ...
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Metro Report InternationalSalvador seeks tram network to replace aborted monorail scheme
BRAZIL: The state government of Bahia has approved the call of tenders for the construction of a three-line light rail network in Salvador totalling 36 km at an estimated cost of R$3·6bn. The first 16·6 km line would link Calçada in the centre of the conurbation ...
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Metro Report InternationalHosur – Bommasandra metro study commissioned
INDIA: A feasibility study has been commissioned for a metro line connecting Hosur in Tamil Nadu with Bommasandra, southeast of Bengaluru in Karnataka. Bommasandra is the future terminus of Bengaluru’s Namma Metro Yellow Line, which is under construction with opening now expected this year. The proposed ...
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Metro Report InternationalOrbital tunnels in Zürich’s tram network expansion strategy
SWITZERLAND: ‘We have to invest today in the mobility of tomorrow’, Zürich councillor Michael Baumer said when city transport operator VBZ presented a network expansion strategy which includes plans to increase the number of passengers by 40% by 2040. Baumer said major investments in the tram ...
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Metro Report InternationalSustainable design integrated into metro construction
CHINA: MTR Corp is working with Hong Kong University of Science & Technology to develop software to quantify the embodied carbon of rail projects and assist with the adoption of low-carbon construction. The Hong Kong transport operator has also obtained BEAM Plus Provisional Gold or above ...
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Metro Report InternationalGrand Paris Express Line 15 East contract awarded
FRANCE: Automated metro project promoter Société du Grand Paris has awarded a €2·54bn contract for the design and construction of the eastern segment of Grand Paris Express Line 15. The winning COREA consortium is led by Eiffage Génie Civil, and also includes design studios Architecturestudio, Ar Theme ...
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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 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 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 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 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 InternationalPeru’s first underground metro line opens
PERU: The first section of Lima metro Line 2 has been opened by President Dina Boluarte and Minister of Transport & Communications Raúl Pérez Reyes. Phase 1a, which opened on December 21, runs 5 km entirely underground from Evitamiento to Mercado Santa Anita with five stations. ...
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Metro Report InternationalEglinton Crosstown West Extension contracts awarded
CANADA: Greater Toronto & Hamilton Area transport agency Metrolinx has appointed infrastructure consultancy AECOM as its delivery partner for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension light rail project, and has awarded Aecon Infrastructure Management a contract to design and build an elevated section of the route. The ...
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Metro Report International‘Truly unique’ history-inspired tramway to be built in Saudi Arabia
SAUDI ARABIA: The Royal Commission for AlUla has awarded Alstom a €500m contract to supply a ‘truly unique’ tramway inspired by heritage including the historic Hedjaz Railway. Alstom said the 22·4 km line would be the world’s longest catenary-free tramway, and will ‘encapsulate richness, history and ...
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Metro Report InternationalWork starts on next phase of Gwangju orbital metro line
SOUTH KOREA: A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for the 20 km 18-station second phase of the circular Gwangju metro Line 2. Attendees at the ceremony held at the Children’s Transportation Park on December 13 included Mayor of the city Kang Ki-jeong. The 41·8 km Line ...
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Metro Report InternationalThree-line LRT network proposed in Johor Bahru
MALAYSIA: Preliminary studies for the development of a 30 km three-line mass transit network in Johor Bahru have been submitted to the Johor state government by Iskandar Regional Development Authority and Johor Public Transport Corp.
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Metro Report InternationalTel Aviv Green Line project reaches financial close
ISREAL: Financial close has been reached on the contract to design, build, finance and maintain the Tel Aviv light rail Green Line, project promoter NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit Systems and the TLV Metropolitan Tramway consortium announced on December 17. The European Investment Bank has agreed a ...
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Metro Report InternationalLisboa metro Red Line extension contract awarded
PORTUGAL: Metropolitano de Lisboa has awarded a consortium of Mota Engil and SPIE Batignolles Internacional a contract to build a 4 km extension of the metro’s Red Line. The consortium’s €321·9m bid beat offers from FCC with Alberto Couto Alves; Teixeira Duarte with Casais; Alves Ribeiro, ...