Urban transport project news – Page 68
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Metro Report InternationalBYD-built monorail opens in Yinchuan
CHINA: The first domestically developed straddle monorail to enter revenue service in China opened on September 1 at the China Flower Expo Park in Yinchuan. The 5·7 km route with eight stations uses a fleet of seven three-car trainsets travelling at up to 80 km/h. Each trainset has capacity ...
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NewsWien metro reaches Oberlaa
AUSTRIA: Chancellor Christian Kern, Wien Mayor Michael Häupl and Executive City Councillor for the Environment Ulli Sima attended a ceremony on September 2 to open an extension of Wien metro Line U1. The 4·6 km southern extension from Reumannplatz to Oberlaa adds five stations and brings Line U1 to ...
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NewsUi-Sinseol Light Rapid Transit line opens in Seoul
SOUTH KOREA: A ceremony on September 4 attended by Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon marked the opening of the Ui-Sinseol Light Rapid Transit light metro line. Running north from Sinseol-dong to Ui-dong, the 11·4 km underground line serves 13 stations. Interchanges are provided with metro lines 1 and 2 at ...
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NewsBirmingham tram extension receives government funding
UK: The Department for Transport announced on September 1 that it is to provide £59·8m towards the construction of the Edgbaston extension of the Midland Metro tram route in Birmingham. The package means that the £149m project is now fully funded. Preliminary work started in the summer on the ...
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NewsTrams reach Tallinn airport
ESTONIA: Revenue service began on an extension of the Tallinn tram network to the airport on September 1, following an official inauguration ceremony two days earlier attended by Acting Mayor Taavi Aas and Estonia’s Rail Baltica project co-ordinator Kristjan Kaunissaare. The 700 m southern extension of Route 4 includes ...
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NewsBaghdad metro operator sought
IRAQ: The government is reported to be seeking an operator for two proposed underground metro lines in Baghdad. Both lines would be 23 km long. Line 1 would have 25 stations and Line 2 would have 22, with one interchange station serving both lines. The main maintenance ...
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NewsWork begins on Limmattalbahn light rail project
SWITZERLAND: President Doris Leuthard attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the Limmattalbahn light rail project at Schlieren near Zürich on August 28. Preparatory work began on August 2 for the first phase of the route, which is due to open between Altstetten in Zürich and Geissweid in Schlieren to the ...
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NewsMumbai metro Line 4 receives AIIB funding
INDIA: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is to provide US$500m towards the estimated US$2·22bn cost of the metro Line 4 project in Mumbai. To be delivered by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority, the project is due to be completed in 2021. Line 4 would run on a ...
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Metro Report InternationalMaryland Purple Line breaks ground
USA: A groundbreaking ceremony for the Purple Line in Maryland took place on August 28. The 25·7 km light rail line with 21 stops is being built between Bethesda and New Carrollton in the northern suburbs of Washington DC. The ceremony also included the signing of a $900m Full ...
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NewsBucurești metro expansion progresses
ROMANIA: București metro authority Metrorex has awarded a consortium of Metroul and Amberg Engineering an €8·4m, 22-month contract to undertake pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for a southern extension of metro Line 4. The contract winner beat a bid from a consortium of Egis Rail and BG Ingénieurs Conseils. The ...
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Metro Report InternationalKunming metro Line 3 opens
CHINA: The fourth metro line in Kunming opened at 10.00 on August 29. Trial operations on Line 3 are taking place between 06.20 and 22.45, with fares based on distance. The 23·4 km east-west route serves 20 stations between Western Hills Park and East Coach Station via ...
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NewsShiraz metro extension inaugurated
IRAN: A southeastern extension of Shiraz metro Line 1 was inaugurated on August 22. The 10·5 km extension runs from Vali-e Asr to Shahid Dastgheyb. Intermediate stations are open at Fazilat and Shahid Doran, with five more due to open later. The initial 10·5 km section of the city’s first ...
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Metro Report InternationalMetronet drives Perth expansion plans
AUSTRALIA: The government of Western Australia expects to complete two more extensions to the Perth suburban rail network by late 2021, Premier Mark McGowan announced on August 21. Revised business cases for the two projects have been submitted to federal agency Infrastructure Australia for approval. One would add a ...
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NewsFirst Doha metro trains arrive in Qatar
QATAR: The first four trains for the Doha metro arrived at Hamad Port on August 19, following a 21-day journey from the Port of Kobe in Japan. Their arrival is two months ahead of schedule, and they will be transferred to the Al Wakra Depot shortly. Kinki Sharyo is building ...
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Metro Report InternationalSecond metro line opens in Nanchang
CHINA: Trial operations on the second line of the Nanchang metro began at 10.00 on August 18. Line 2 serves 17 stations on a 19·6 km alignment between Metro Central in the north and Nanlu in the south. Interchange is provided with Line 1 at Metro Central, and Nanchang ...
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Metro Report InternationalBolzano Metrobus project gets underway
ITALY: Work on the Bolzano Metrobus project has got underway, with new stops being built in Pianizza di Sotto and San Paolo d’Appiano. Work to begin building stops in Caldaro has been approved. Metrobus services will run on a partly segregated alignment between the centre of Bolzano and Caldaro ...
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NewsCairo electric railway agreement signed
EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels signed a US$1·24bn contract on August 15 for the construction of a electric railway serving greater Cairo. Work is due to start in two to three months and will be carried out by a consortium of AVIC International and China Railway ...
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Metro Report InternationalJakarta light metro systems contract signed
INDONESIA: The railway systems contract has been signed for the first phase of the Jakarta light metro. The 100bn won contract was won by a consortium of Korea Rail Network Authority (business management), Daea TI (signals), Samjin (power supplies), Woojin Industrial Systems (inspection) and LG CNS (screen doors). Construction ...
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Metro Report InternationalBeijing maglev carries passengers
CHINA: Passenger-carrying tests on maglev line S1 in Beijing began on August 5. The first stage of Line S1, also known as the Mentougou Line, will offer a 20 min journey between Mentougou and Pingguoyuan, where interchange is provided with metro Line 1. The 10·2 km Line S1 ...
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Metro Report InternationalAgreement signed for second tram line in Bergamo
ITALY: A memorandum of understanding was signed between the province of Bergamo, tram operator TEB and several municipalities on July 27 for the construction of a second tram line in Bergamo. T2 would branch off the existing T1 at San Fermo, with services sharing the three ...