All Urban transport vehicles articles – Page 17
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NewsČeské Budějovice receives battery buses
CZECH REPUBLIC: The first batch of a total of 11 electric buses that Škoda Electric is supplying to České Budějovice arrived in the city on October 3, ahead of entry into passenger service expected on November 1. Škoda is supplying its 29 BB model, based on the Solaris Urbino ...
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NewsŠkoda presents Mannheim tram mock-up
GERMANY: Škoda Transportation has presented a 16·5 m long mock-up of the ForCity Smart trams that it is supplying to Rhein-Neckar transport authority RNV in Mannheim. Earlier this year RNV awarded Škoda Transportation a €250m contract to supply 80 trams, with options for 34 additional vehicles. They ...
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NewsSolaris signs Kaunas trolleybus contract
LITHUANIA: Kaunas public transport operator UAB Kauno Autobusai has signed a €29·4m contract with Solaris Bus & Coach for the supply of 85 trolleybuses. Deliveries of the low-floor Trollino 12 vehicles are due in 15 months from contract signing. The trolleybuses will have capacity for 85 passengers, including 27 ...
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NewsFirst Caen tram delivered
FRANCE: The first Citadis X05 tram arrived at the Fleury-sur-Orne depot in Caen on October 4, having left Alstom’s La Rochelle factory two days earlier. In November 2016 the city awarded Alstom a €52m contract to supply 23 trams for the 16·8 km three-line network which is ...
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NewsDoha metro fleet expanded ahead of World Cup 2022
QATAR: Qatar Railways Co has awarded Kinki Sharyo a contract to supply a further 35 three-car driverless trainsets for the Doha metro project. The contract announced on October 4 takes the total order to 110 trainsets, which are branded Al Faras. The additional vehicles have been ordered ...
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NewsIveco presents battery trolleybus with in-motion charging
TROLLEYBUS: Iveco presented its Crealis battery trolleybus at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 trade show in Hannover. Assembled by Iveco in the Czech Republic in June, the 18 m long vehicle uses an Urbanway chassis and bodyshell with electrical equipment from a Škoda Electric’s prototype Škoda 35 Tr trolleybus. ...
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NewsFinal Cluj-Napoca battery bus option exercised
ROMANIA: Solaris Bus & Coach is to supply a further 18 Urbino 12 electric buses to Cluj-Napoca under a 90m złoty order announced on September 28. The order is partly financed by the Swiss-Romanian Co-operation Programme. This is the final option on a framework contract for up to 41 ...
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NewsŠkoda sole bidder to supply 22 trams to Plzeň
CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Transportation has emerged as the sole bidder in a tender to supply 22 trams to operated in its home city of Plzeň Transport operator PMDP is likely to purchase Škoda’s ForCity Smart model. The bid came in at KC1·1bn excluding VAT.
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Metro Report InternationalMore E-Class trams ordered for Melbourne
AUSTRALIA: The Victoria state government announced on September 18 that it had ordered 10 more E-Class trams from Bombardier for A$83m. Bombardier is already supplying 80 low-floor trams from its Dandenong factory under previously placed orders; the 70th of these is expected to arrive in the next few weeks.
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NewsArticulated electric buses ordered for København
DENMARK: Arriva Denmark has ordered 21 Citeas SLFA-180 Electric buses from VDL Bus & Coach for use in København. The 18 m long articulated vehicles will replace the 13·7 m long buses currently serving Route 2A from December 2019. VDL will also supply the charging infrastructure. In addition ...
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Metro Report InternationalWalk-through trains are coming to the New York Subway
USA: Rolling stock component specialist Hübner used the InnoTrans trade show in Berlin on September 18-21 to introduce a model of the open gangway it is developing for the next generation of New York Subway cars. Currently, New York Subway cars have no through gangways between cars, and transport advocates ...
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NewsYekaterinburg metro car modernisation agreement
RUSSIA: Yekaterinburg Metro signed an agreement with Transmashholding subsidiary OEVRZ on September 11 for the overhaul of four 81-717.5 and 81-714.5 metro cars. The work is due to be completed by the end of the year and is expected to extend the cars’ service life by 15 years. The ...
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NewsSolaris electric bus on test in Tartu
ESTONIA: Operator Sebe has started test running a Solaris Urbino 12 electric bus on Route 25 in Tartu. The test runs are due to conclude at the end of August 2019. The bus is fitted with two 125 kW traction motors powered by Solaris High Energy batteries. These are ...
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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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NewsRennes reinvigorates VAL concept
FRANCE: A spacious interior tailored to short hops is at the heart of the Cityval metro car being supplied to operate Line B of the automated light metro network in Rennes. On display at the InnoTrans trade show in Berlin, the two-section Cityval car is one of 25 vehicles ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC unveils Cetrovo carbon-bodied metro vehicle
CHINA: Hailed as the world’s first carbon-bodied metro vehicle, CRRC’s Cetrovo metro car prototype was formally unveiled at InnoTrans on September 18. CRRC says the Sifang-built vehicle will pave the way for the third generation of Chinese metro trainsets. These will be needed to operate new lines expected to open ...
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NewsŠkoda ForCity Classic tram enters service in Eskişehir
TURKEY: The first of 14 trams that Škoda Transportation is supplying to Eskişehir entered revenue service on September 17. Škoda won a €26m contract in September 2016 for the supply of its ForCity Classic low-floor trams for the metre-gauge network. The unidirectional five-section trams are 30·1m long and 2 ...
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NewsFirst driverless Glasgow Subway train on show
UK: The first of 17 driverless metro trains that Stadler is supplying for the Glasgow Subway is being displayed at the InnoTrans 2018 trade fair in Berlin this week. In March 2016 Strathclyde Partnership for Transport approved the award of a £200m contract to a consortium of Stadler Bussnang and ...
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NewsBrno to receive tram kits
CZECH REPUBLIC: Krnovské Opravny a Strojírny was the sole bidder for a framework contract to supply tram kits and assembly tools to Brno tram operator DPMB. KOS, a member of the Alliance TW Team along with Pragoimex and VKV Praha, bid KC1·1bn excluding VAT to supply bodyshells and bogies ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom trainsets enter service on the Santiago metro
CHILE: The first NS16 trainset entered revenue service on Santiago metro lines 2 and 5 on September 13. In March 2011 Metro de Santiago awarded Alstom a €220m contract to refurbish the 35 seven-car NS74 trainsets, but this proved too difficult owing to large quantities of asbestos. The replacement ...