Urban transport project news – Page 71
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NewsWork restarts on Napoli metro expansion
ITALY: Work on the extension of Napoli metro Line 1 restarted on May 30 with a ceremony attended by Minister for Territorial Cohesion & the South Claudio De Vincenti and Campania Governor Vincenzo De Luca. Work was suspended in 2011 on the route between Garibaldi and Piscinola via the ...
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NewsDelhi Metro opens heritage corridor extension
INDIA: The latest section of the Delhi metro network opened to passengers on May 28, when Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu and Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal flagged off the first train on the ITO – Kashmere Gate section of Line 6. With this 5·2 km extension, the ...
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Metro Report InternationalAPTA reiterates Trump budget cut concern
USA: The American Public Transportation Association has reiterated its disappointment about the urban transport funding aspects of President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget.The Trump administration has reaffirmed its proposal to phase out the Capital Improvement Grants programme and eliminate the TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) grants, despite Congress rejecting ...
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Metro Report InternationalKansas City Streetcar looks south
USA: The KC Streetcar Authority and Kansas City Area Transportation Authority have selected the KC Streetcar Southern Extension Technical Services consortium to study a southern extension of the city’s starter tram line. The consortium is led by HDR and includes Burns & McDonnell, HNTB, Trekk Design Group, Hg Consult, ...
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Metro Report InternationalLatest phase of Salvador metro opens
BRAZIL: The second phase of Salvador metro Line 2 opened on May 23. The 6·2 km extension with four stations runs east from Rodoviária to Pituaçu. Test running on this section started on January 20. The initial 2·2 km section of Line 2 opened in December 2016 between Acesso ...
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Metro Report InternationalLausanne metro expansion contracts awarded
SWITZERLAND: The canton of Vaud has awarded two contracts to increase capacity on the automated metro in Lausanne. The project includes the construction of a third line. The network operated by Transports Lausannois is struggling to cope with growing ridership. To deal with this, the city is undertaking the ...
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NewsKyiv signs agreement for fourth metro line
UKRAINE: Deputy Mayor of Kyiv Mykola Povoroznyk has signed a memorandum of co-operation for studies into the construction of a fourth metro line, the city council announced on May 19. A consortium of China Railway International Group and China Pacific Construction Group will carry out feasibility studies and cost ...
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Metro Report InternationalAstana light rail construction begins
KAZAKHSTAN: Construction has started on a light rail line in Astana with the installation of piles for the elevated section of the alignment. Of the 50 construction workers currently involved, 10 are local and 40 are from China. Project authority Astana LRT LLP signed a construction agreement in May ...
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Metro Report InternationalTesting begins on São Paulo metro extension
BRAZIL: Test running on the first phase of an extension of São Paulo metro Line 5 started on May 13. Revenue service is due to begin in July on the underground eastern extension from Adolfo Pinheiro to Brooklin, with intermediate stations at Alto da Boa Vista and Borba Gato. ...
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Metro Report InternationalManagua bus rapid transit loan signed
NICARAGUA: A US$136m loan agreement to finance the construction of a 9·6 km bus rapid transit route on one of the busiest transport corridors in Managua was signed by Minister of Finance Iván Acosta Montalván and the European Investment Bank on May 15. Avenida Juan Pablo II is to be ...
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NewsDhaka metro contracts signed
BANGLADESH: Dhaka Mass Transit Co signed contracts for the construction of metro Line 6 on May 3, in a ceremony attended by Road Transport & Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader. The 15·9bn taka contract CP-02 awarded to a joint venture of Thailand’s Italian-Thai Development Public Co and China’s Sinohydro Corp covers ...
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NewsUnderground extension of Chennai metro opens
INDIA: The first underground section of the Chennai metro opened on May 14, when a 7 km extension of Line 2 (the Green Line) from Thirumangalam to Nehru Park was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi K Palaniswami and national Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah ...
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Metro Report InternationalMotor City welcomes streetcars
USA: The QLine tram route in Detroit opened to passengers on May 12, ahead of a weekend of celebrations and free travel. The 5·3 km route runs along Woodward Avenue between Congress Street and West Grand Boulevard with 12 stops. It has been developed by M-1 Rail, a non-profit ...
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NewsIzmit tram line to open in June
TURKEY: Revenue services on the Akçaray tram line in Izmit are due to begin next month following the completion of tracklaying on May 5. Test running began on March 23, and seven trams have so far been delivered. Durmazlar is supplying 12 Panorama trams from its factory in Bursa ...
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NewsWork begins on Manila metro extension to Cavite
PHILIPPINES: A groundbreaking ceremony for a southern extension of Manila metro Line 1 took place on May 4. The 11·7 km extension to Bacoor in Cavite province is expected to be completed in 2021. Eight stations would open initially, with three more to come later. One new depot is ...
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NewsAarhus light rail to open in September
DENMARK: The first phase of the tram-train network being built in Aarhus is due to open on September 23, project promoter Aarhus Letbane announced on April 28. An initial service of three trams/h will run between Aarhus H and Universitetshospitalet. Originally planned to open in June, the first phase ...
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Metro Report InternationalOdense selects Stadler trams
DENMARK: Odense Letbane has selected preferred bidders to supply the rolling stock and railway systems for the light rail line planned for the city. The contracts are expected to be signed in about a month’s time. Stadler Pankow has been selected to supply 16 Variobahn trams for DKr336m. This ...
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NewsStrasbourg trams cross the border
FRANCE: April 29 marked the start of tram services from Strasbourg into Germany, following a ceremony the previous day with French and German officials. German Chancellery Chief of Staff Peter Altmaier called the start of services ‘an especially important, perhaps historic event’, and praised the co-operation between the two ...
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NewsKonya metro route confirmed
TURKEY: Konya Metropolitan Municipality has finalised plans for a two-line metro network in the city. To be built in three stages, the network would connect the city’s main universities and hospitals. Plans for a metro were originally published in 2015, and a feasibility study started in November 2016. Geological ...
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NewsLeeds transport funding package confirmed
UK: A £173·5m four-year funding package for public transport improvements in Leeds was confirmed by Transport Minister Andrew Jones on April 21. In addition, FirstGroup has agreed in principle to commit £71m to providing 284 new low-emission buses by 2020. West Yorkshire Combined Authority is to use the funding to ...