Urban transport vehicles – Page 19
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Tempe Streetcar vehicle delivered
USA: Phoenix operator Valley Metro has taken delivery of the first of six Liberty NXT trams from Brookville Equipment Corp to work the 4·8 km Tempe Streetcar line which is scheduled to open this year. Ordered in 2017 at cost of $33m, the trams are fitted ...
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Metro Report InternationalWrocław orders more trams
POLAND: MPK Wrocław has placed a firm order for Modertrans to supply a further 21 Moderus Gamma trams. The order confirmed on March 8 has been placed using an option a contract for 26 trams which was agreed in September 2020, and takes the total value ...
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Metro Report InternationalKnorr-Bremse to supply Berlin U-Bahn rolling stock subsystems
GERMANY: Knorr-Bremse is to supply Stadler with braking, door and heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems for the 606 J/JK series metro cars ordered by Berlin transport operator BVG. The order announced on March 4 is the first for metro doors and HVAC which Knorr-Bremse has been ...
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Metro Report InternationalMumbai metro train ready for testing
INDIA: Test running is scheduled to begin this month with the first of 96 six-car metro trainsets which BEML’s Bengaluru plant is supplying for Mumbai lines 2A and 7. Line 2A will run 18·5 km from Dahisar East to DN Nagar, serving 16 stations, while Line ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Dhaka Metro Line 6 train shipped
BANGLADESH: The first train for Dhaka Metro Line 6 has been shipped out of Kobe Port, manufacturer Kawasaki Heavy Industries confirmed on March 4.
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Metro Report InternationalAir-conditioned Piccadilly Line train designs presented
UK: Transport for London and Siemens Mobility have unveiled the detailed design for the 94 air-conditioned trainsets ordered to replace London Underground’s Piccadilly Line fleet from 2025. TfL said the ‘state-of-the-art’ Inspiro London design presented on March 4 would ‘significantly improve’ the passenger experience. The walk-through interior ...
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Metro Report InternationalTatra-Yug to supply trams to Kyiv
UKRAINE: Tatra-Yug is to supply 20 Type K1T306 three-section 27 m long low-floor trams to Kyiv by February 2023 The contract signed on February 25 is worth €1·225m per tram, and is backed with funding from the European Investment Bank. Elektron had bid €24·9m for 14 ...
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Metro Report InternationalKyiv metro trains get mid-life overhaul
UKRAINE: Kyiv metro’s rolling stock repair workshop has rolled out an initial set of five Type 81-717/714 cars which have undergone a 35m hryvnia mid-life modernisation. The refurbishment of the vehicles dating from the late 1980s and early 1990s includes interior repairs, ...
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Metro Report InternationalThree cities place joint tram order
GERMANY: The cities of Frankfurt an der Oder, Brandenburg and Cottbus have jointly awarded Škoda Transportation a €110m contract to supply 24 trams, with an option for a further 21. The three-section unidirectional 70% low-floor ForCity Plus trams will replace existing high-floor vehicles which are nearing ...
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Metro Report InternationalSupercapacitors and sensors on latest generation of Moscow trams
RUSSIA: Moscow has taken delivery of the first four of the latest generation of PK TS Vityaz-M trams, ordered under a 30-year contract which covers the supply and maintenance of 74 three-section and 40 single-section vehicles. Features include supercapacitors which are expected to reduce traction power ...
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Metro Report InternationalBaselland Transport selects Stadler trams
SWITZERLAND: Baselland Transport has selected Stadler to supply 25 trams between October 2023 and 2025 to replace ageing Schindler vehicles. The contract, which is expected to be finalised in September, would be worth SFr125m, including spare parts. The seven-section steel-bodied trams will be 45·5 m long ...
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Rail Business UKSiemens Mobility awards contracts for train factory to ‘put Goole on the map’
UK: Siemens Mobility Ltd has awarded contracts totalling £50m for the first phase of construction of the £200m rolling stock factory at Goole where it is to produce trainsets for London Underground’s Piccadilly Line, with potential follow-on orders for the Bakerloo, Central and Waterloo & City ...
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Metro Report InternationalBrno orders trams and trolleybuses
CZECH REPUBLIC: A KC2·4bn framework agreement for the supply of up to 40 ForCity Smart 34 trams and 40 Type 27Tr trolleybuses was signed by Brno urban transport operator DPMB and Škoda Transportation on February 2. The first 20 trolleybuses are to be delivered in January ...
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Metro Report InternationalLEDs replace halogen lights on Lille metro trains
FRANCE: Lille operator Transpole has replaced the halogen lamps on its light metro trains with Mafelec M-Light ML5-1/170 multifunctional LED lighting units, reducing energy consumption and maintenance costs. The trains previously had a separate white headlight, white marker light and red tail lights at each end. ...
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Metro Report InternationalHelsinki orders Crown Bridges light rail vehicles
FINLAND: Helsinki transport operator HKL has exercised an option for Škoda Transtech to supply 23 light rail vehicles for use on the future 10 km line across the Crown Bridges, three major bridges which will link the Laajasalo district of eastern Helsinki with Korkeasaari island, the ...
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Metro Report InternationalSt Petersburg metro orders battery electric locomotives
RUSSIA: Metrowagonmash is to supply the St Petersburg Metro with two battery electric locomotives for shunting and maintenance duties. The locos are scheduled to be delivered by May 2022, as part of a programme to renew the metro’s non-revenue fleet during 2020-25. They will be able ...
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Metro Report InternationalHelsinki’s Variotrams sold to a new home
FINLAND: Helsinki city transport operator HKL has signed a contract to sell 40 withdrawn Variotram trams which have been in storage since 2018. The first 20 trams were delivered by Adtranz and a further 20 by Bombardier Transportation in 1998-2003, but all suffered from problems with ...
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Metro Report InternationalRubber-tyred ‘intelligent digital-rail transport system’ launched
CHINA: An ‘intelligent digital-rail transport system’ has begun trial operations in the Lingang New Area of Shanghai. The 21·7 km demonstration Line T1 links Dishui station on metro Line 16 to Nicheng, with nine stops. It is expected to be fully operational by June. The medium-capacity iDRT ...
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Metro Report InternationalHitachi tests battery power to reduce tramway costs and visual impact
ITALY: Hitachi Rail says the successful testing of its first battery-powered tram in Firenze is an important milestone towards it being able to offer catenary-free vehicles for both urban and main line applications. An existing Sirio tram was retrofitted with batteries for ...
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Metro Report InternationalDomestic trains to work Turkish metro line
TURKEY: Bozankaya has been awarded a contract to supply seven four-car driverless trainsets for the metro under construction to link Gebze and Darica in Kocaeli province to the southeast of Istanbul. Bozankaya beat a rival bid from CRRC, and said it would ...