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Metro Report InternationalStadler lowest bidder for Milano tram renewal
ITALY: Stadler Rail Valencia has been announced as low bidder for a contract to supply a new generation of 1 445 mm gauge trams to Milano public transport operator ATM. Formal contract award is expected to follow legal scrutiny of the tenders. Bids were opened on February ...
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Metro Report InternationalAstra Vagoane to supply trams to two Romanian cities
ROMANIA: A financing agreement for the purchase of 10 trams for Oradea was signed on October 19. Sole bidder Astra Vagoane Călători Arad is to supply 10 trams under an 88·8m lei contract that includes options for 10 more. Four trams are to be delivered by October ...
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NewsBYD electric buses ordered for Jerusalem
ISRAEL: Operator Egged has ordered seven electric buses from BYD for operation in Jerusalem. The 12 m long vehicles are expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2019, and form part of a larger project to test alternative transport technology in the country. Egged has ...
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Metro Report InternationalStadler Pankow and Siemens Mobility present first Berlin S-Bahn trainset
INNOTRANS: The first of the 106 trainsets which a consortium of Stadler Pankow and Siemens Mobility is building for the Berlin S-Bahn was officially presented to ‘the world and the people of Berlin’ at InnoTrans on September 18. The four-car set on show at the Berlin trade fair is the ...
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NewsBombardier to supply 396 metro cars to Singapore
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has ordered 66 six-car trainsets for the North-South and East-West lines from Bombardier. The contract announced on July 25 is worth S$827m. The value would rise to S$1·2bn if an option is exercised for service support for their design life of 30 years. ...
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Metro Report InternationalVery light rail vehicle prototype contract awarded
UK: A prototype vehicle for testing at the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre in Dudley is to be designed by Transport Design International and produced in partnership with automotive company RDM. The R&D proof of concept project is being managed by researchers from the University of ...
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NewsÖskemen tram services to restart using ex-Almaty vehicles
KAZAKHSTAN: The first five of 13 used KT4Dt trams bought from Almaty for 118·5m tenge have arrived in Öskemen. The trams were built in 1983-85 and originally operated in Berlin, before being acquired by Almaty in 2013. They have been out of use since that city’s tram network closed at ...
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Metro Report InternationalBombardier signs Brussels tram contract
BELGIUM: Brussels city transport operator STIB and Bombardier Transportation signed a €480m framework contract for the supply of up to 175 Flexity trams on April 24. STIB had selected Bombardier as preferred bidder on February 5. The base order is for 49 five-section trams 32 m long ...
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Metro Report InternationalMore trams and trolleybuses ordered for Budapest
HUNGARY: Budapest Municipality announced on November 20 that it was exercising options to purchase a further 26 CAF trams and 60 Solaris-Škoda trolleybuses. CAF is to supply a further 21 five-section and five nine-section trams for HF17·6bn. The order has been placed under framework contract signed in March 2014 with ...
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Metro Report InternationalHitachi to supply Baltimore metro trains and signalling
USA: Maryland Transit Administration has awarded a $400·5m contract for the supply of metro rolling stock and signalling. The supplier is the Hitachi Ansaldo Baltimore Rail Partners joint venture of Hitachi Rail Italy, which will supply 78 metro cars, and Ansaldo STS’s US subsidiary, which will replace ...
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NewsArabian architecture and palm trees inspire Riyadh metro train
SAUDI ARABIA: Alstom unveiled a Metropolis trainset for the Riyadh metro at its Katowice factory in Poland on February 7. The Metropolis trainset destined for Line 6 is the fifth that Alstom has produced for Riyadh; the first left the factory on January 10. Deliveries are due to be completed ...
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NewsHyundai Rotem awarded Cairo metro Line 3 train contract
EGYPT: Hyundai Rotem announced on February 6 that it had been awarded a 433bn won contract to supply 256 cars for Cairo metro Line 3 and maintain them for eight years. Deliveries are scheduled for 2018-20. Extensions to the initial phase of Line 3 will take the ...
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Metro Report InternationalRiyadh takes delivery of first Bombardier metro train
SAUDI ARABIA: Bombardier Transportation delivered the first driverless trainset for Line 3 of the Riyadh metro to the Saudi capital on November 29. Bombardier is supplying 47 two-car Innovia 300 trainsets to operate on the 40·7 km Orange Line under its US$383m share of a US$5·21bn contract awarded to the ...
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NewsLima metro Line 2 train shipped
PERU: The first trains for Lima metro Line 2 were shipped from the port of Salerno in Italy on August 16 by shipping company Hapag-Lloyd. Each 17·6 m long car, weighing 35 tonnes was loaded onto the Cerinthus by crane. The journey to the Peruvian port of Callao is expected ...
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NewsMetro cars arrive in Baku
AZERBAIJAN: Alstom has delivered three trainsets for the Baku metro. Baku Metropoliten signed the order on May 12 2014. The trains, branded Oka, are based on Metrowagonmash’s Class 81-760B design and are composed of four motor cars and one trailer. They are expected to enter passenger service ...
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Metro Report InternationalBudapest receives CAF tram
HUNGARY: The first of 47 CAF Urbos low-floor trams arrived in Budapest from CAF’s factory in Spain on March 11. Budapest transport authority BKK signed a €90m contract for 37 bidirectional trams in March 2014 and has placed a firm order for a further 10 under options for 87 more. ...
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Metro Report InternationalBudapest orders CAF trams
HUNGARY: Budapest transport authority BKK signed a €90m contract on March 5 for CAF to supply 37 Urbos low-floor bidirectional trams with an option for 87 more. The order is being funded by the EU. Of the initial order, 25 five-section trams would be 34 m long ...
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NewsMoscow Metro orders 832 cars
RUSSIA: Moscow Metro has selected Transmashholding subsidiaries Metrowagonmash and Transholdleasing to supply 832 metro cars in 2014-17. The contract is worth 143·9bn roubles, with maintenance for 30 years. The city of Moscow will provide finance in instalments over 15 years. The only other bid came from a ...
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NewsMoscow metro maintenance contract
RUSSIA: Moscow Metro has awarded Metrowagonmash a 30-year contract to maintain 248 Type 81-760/761 metro cars which were supplied in 2012. The Transmashholding subsidiary will take over the metro’s Novogireyevo depot under the contract, which requires 232 cars to be available for service. In a separate development, ...
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NewsKyiv metro orders 40 cars
UKRAINE: Kyiv metro has signed a contract with Transmashholding subsidiary Metrowagonmash for eight five-car trainsets, it was announced on July 12. The contract value was not disclosed. The 81-717.5М and 81-714.5М cars will be delivered by the end of the year. The interior will feature fire-resistant materials ...