Urban transport vehicles – Page 13
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Metro Report InternationalMP14 trainsets tested on Paris Line 11 extension
FRANCE: Test running with new five-car MP14 rubber-tyred trainsets has started on the eastern extension of Paris metro Line 11, transport authority Île-de-France Mobilités and operator RATP announced on April 6. The new sets for Line 11 are the third batch of MP14 stock to be ...
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Metro Report InternationalAgatha trainset enters service in Catania
ITALY: The first CT1 Agatha trainset produced by Titagarh Firema for the Catania metro entered revenue service on April 1. Styled by Pininfarina, the two-car units have been branded Agatha, after the city’s locally-born patron saint who is invoked against eruptions of ...
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Metro Report InternationalBucurești tram delivery ahead of schedule
ROMANIA: The first of 100 Imperio trams being built for the București network is nearing completion at the Astra Vagoane Călători factory in Arad, and is now expected to be delivered in early June. The trams were ordered ...
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Metro Report InternationalYokohama unveils Series 4000 metro trains
JAPAN: The first of eight Series 4000 trains being supplied to operate on the Yokohama Municipal Subway’s Blue Line was unveiled at Kaminagaya depot on March 30.
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Metro Report InternationalLimmattalbahn light rail vehicle delivered
SWITZERLAND: Aargau Verkehr has taken delivery of the first of eight Stadler Tramlink Be6/8 light rail vehicles for the Limmattalbahn project to the west of Zürich. The metre gauge LRVs were procured jointly with Baselland Transport. They are 44·3 m long, with ...
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Metro Report InternationalManila commuter trains ordered
PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transportation has awarded Sumitomo Corp and Japan Transport Engineering Co a ¥72·5bn contract to supply 38 eight-car Sustina trainsets by 2028 for the next phase of Manila’s North-South Commuter Railway.
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Metro Report InternationalTacoma Link Liberty NXT light rail vehicle ready for delivery
USA: Brookville Equipment Corp has completed the first of five Liberty NXT light rail vehicles ordered by Sound Transit for the Hilltop Tacoma Link Extension project. The 2·6 km Tacoma Link line is being extended by 3·9 km to serve Tacoma’s Stadium ...
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Metro Report InternationalNagasaki acquires low-floor tram with longitudinal seating
JAPAN: Nagasaki Electric Tramway has unveiled its first Alna Sharyo Type 6000 tram, which it says is the first 100% low-floor car to have longitudinal seating throughout. The single-section tram is 12·2 m long, 2 300 mm wide and 3 740 mm ...
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Metro Report InternationalOslo metro train procurement begins
NORWAY: Oslo transport operator Sporveien has called tenders for the supply of metro trainsets ahead of the opening of the Fornebu Line in 2027-28. An initial firm order for 20 three-car trainsets is planned, with options for up to 90 further vehicles to be supplied within ...
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Metro Report InternationalSeries 20 ready to operate Kyoto’s Karasuma Line
JAPAN: Kyoto Municipal Subway has confirmed that the first of its Series 20 trainsets will enter service on the Karasuma Line from March 26, following the completion of testing and commissioning. The metro operator is buying nine six-car Series 20 trainsets from ...
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Metro Report InternationalSantiago Line 7 contract signed
CHILE: Metro de Santiago has finalised a €355m contract for Alstom to supply and maintain the rolling stock and signalling for the 25·8 km automated metro Line 7 which is now expected to open in late 2027. Alstom had been named as preferred bidder for the ...
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Metro Report InternationalExtra Heathrow peoplemover cars to be delivered from September
UK: Alstom has told Metro Report International that the 20 Innovia APM 200 automated peoplemover vehicles ordered for use on the Terminal 5 Transit at London’s Heathrow Airport are expected to be delivered from September. The bodies are being produced in Scotland by Alexander Dennis then ...
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Metro Report InternationalSliding steps to improve Tyne & Wear Metro accessibility
UK: Tyne & Wear Metro has unveiled the first of the automatic sliding steps that will close the gap between its new Stadler trainsets and platform edges to improve accessibility.
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Metro Report InternationalSchöneicher-Rüdersdorf Strassenbahn orders low-floor trams
GERMANY: Schöneicher–Rüdersdorf Strassenbahn has awarded Modertrans a contract to supply three low-floor trams for use on Route 87, which connects Berlin-Rahnsdorf S-Bahn station with Woltersdorf, just outside Berlin. The 5·6 km standard gauge line is currently operated using 60-year old Gotha vehicles. The new low-floor trams ...
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Metro Report InternationalSt Petersburg orders trams with driverless capability
RUSSIA: St Petersburg transport operator Gorelektrotrans has awarded PK TS a 6·9bn rouble contract to supply a total of 57 trams. The order announced on February 8 includes three three-section, 27·5 m long 71-931M Vityaz-M trams with a capacity of 188 passengers, and 54 two-section, 19·4 ...
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Metro Report InternationalEIB backs Wrocław tram fleet renewal
POLAND: Transport operator MPK Wrocław has finalised a 165·9m złoty agreement with the European Investment Bank to help finance the procurement of new trams over the next three years. ‘We are consistently implementing a strategic plan to improve the quality of public transport, which was outlined ...
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Metro Report InternationalLonger trams ordered for Göteborg
SWEDEN: Alstom has been awarded a €100m order to supply 40 Flexity trams of a lengthened design to Göteborg. Funded by the Västra Götaland region, the order announced on February 9 has been and placed by regional transport authority Västtrafik using an option on a 2016 ...
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Metro Report InternationalTrams to be fitted with head-up displays
EUROPE: Head-up display technology originally developed for cars has been adapted for light rail applications by Continental Engineering Services, which is planning a first deployment later this year. CES said the trend towards larger cab windows with low-set dashboards means that tram ...
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Metro Report InternationalGenova Metro orders more trains
ITALY: Genova’s Azienda Mobilità e Trasporti has ordered 14 trainsets from Hitachi Rail to expand the capacity of the city’s automated light metro line, which is currently being extended at both ends. Ordered at a cost of €70m, the articulated four-car trains will be similar to ...
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Metro Report InternationalLate-stage design changes increase cost of London Underground fleet renewal
UK: Late design changes have brought a £34m increase in the cost of the trains which Siemens Mobility is to supply for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line, after the operator discovered that it would not be able to accept the fleet into service as originally specified. ...