All Urban transport vehicles articles – Page 25
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NewsPleven orders more Škoda trolleybuses
BULGARIA: Škoda Electric announced on February 27 that it had been selected to supply 14 trolleybuses to Pleven. The vehicles will be equipped with batteries to enable off-wire operation, and will augment the 40 trolleybuses that Škoda had previously supplied to the city.
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NewsMoscow Central Diameter rolling stock supplier selected
RUSSIA: Central Suburban Passenger Co selected sole bidder Tver Carriage Works for the contract to supply rolling stock to operate on Moscow Central Diameters on March 5. Central PPK was previously selected to operate service on the RER-style network being developed to link the existing radial rail routes into ...
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Metro Report InternationalStadler to supply light rail vehicles to Cochabamba
BOLIVIA: Stadler signed a contract on February 26 to supply 12 light rail vehicles to a light rail network being developed in Cochabamba. Deliveries are due to begin in August 2019 and Stadler is to provide three years of maintenance. Local media reports suggest that the Metelitsa model will ...
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NewsKöln and Wuppertal order hydrogen fuel cell buses
GERMANY: Van Hool has won a contract to supply 30 hydrogen-electric buses to Köln and 10 to Wuppertal, the manufacturer announced on February 28. To be built at Van Hool’s Koningshooikt factory in Belgium, the A330 buses are due to be delivered to RVK Köln and WSW Wuppertal from ...
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NewsJakarta metro train rolled out
INDONESIA: The first trainset for the Jakarta metro was rolled out from Nippon Sharyo’s Toyokawa Plant on February 21. The second is due to be completed on March 7, and both will be shipped from the port of Toyohashi, with arrival at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta expected on March ...
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Metro Report InternationalHyundai Rotem signs Vancouver driverless train contract
CANADA: Hyundai Rotem announced on February 26 that it had signed a 62·1bn won contract with Vancouver regional transport authority TransLink for the supply of 24 metro cars for the driverless Canada Line. Deliveries from Rotem’s Changwon plant in South Korea are due to take place in 2019-20. ...
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NewsModertrans delivers first updated Moderus Beta tram
POLAND: MPK Wrocław has taken delivery of the first of 40 Moderus Beta trams of a new design at its Borek depot. This is the first new-look Moderus Beta tram that Poznań-based supplier Modertrans has produced. The 27% low-floor tram features redesigned front ends, LED lighting and AC traction ...
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NewsTransilien double-deck EMUs ordered
FRANCE: SNCF has placed a firm order for a further nine Bombardier Transportation Regio 2N double-deck electric multiple-units, acting on behalf of greater Paris public transport authority Ile-de-France Mobilités. The order announced on February 19 is worth €96m, including ‘price escalations based on best faith assessment of assumptions’. The ...
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NewsAlstom to replace Paris metro Line 11 fleet
FRANCE: RATP has exercised an option for 20 five-car rubber-tyred metro trains from Alstom, the supplier announced on February 19. The €157m order is funded half by RATP and half by regional transport authority Ile-de-France Mobilités. The MP14 sets with open gangways would go into service on Line 11, ...
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NewsMetro do Porto pilots increased passenger capacity
PORTUGAL: Metro do Porto has started a three-month trial of a light rail vehicle with a remodelled interior designed to increase capacity. Growing ridership across the network, which surpassed 60 million passengers 2017, has led the operator to take steps to increase capacity. Metro do Porto says that the ...
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NewsMetrowagonmash metro trains ordered for Baku
AZERBAIJAN: Baku Metropoliten signed a contract with Metrowagonmash on February 16 for the supply of two five-car metro trainsets. Each Moskva trainset will be composed of two end trailers and three powered intermediate cars. They will have asynchronous traction motors, open gangways, air-conditioning, and bicycle and pushchair spaces. ...
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NewsPesa signs Gdańsk tram contract
POLAND: The city of Gdańsk and tram operator GAiT signed a contract with sole bidder Pesa on February 15 for the supply of 15 bidirectional Jazz Duo trams, with options for 15 more. The 138·4m złoty contract includes maintenance and staff training, and is 85% co-financed by the EU. ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Oklahoma City streetcar arrives
USA: The first of seven trams for Oklahoma City arrived on February 13 from Brookville Equipment Co’s factory in Pennsylvania. Haulage by road was provided by Silk Road Transport. Brookville is supplying seven low-floor trams for the project, with the remaining six to be delivered at a rate of ...
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NewsPraha reintroduces 14T trams
CZECH REPUBLIC: The first series-modernised Škoda 14T tram is about to enter service in Praha, following the successful testing of a prototype. City transport operator DP Praha plans to have 14 more modernised trams in service by the end of the year, with all 57 to be modernised by 2020. ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC unveils new-generation monorail train
CHINA: CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles Co presented its ‘new generation’ straddle monorail vehicle for low- and medium-capacity routes on February 1. CRRC Changchun has drawn on its experience of supplying 770 monorail sets since 2004. The manufacturer says that the use of carbon fibre composite for some components makes ...
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NewsElectric buses enter service in Bettembourg
LUXEMBOURG: Voyages Emile Weber subsidiary Autocars Pletschette put seven electric buses into service in Bettembourg on February 8. They are in service on the 13 km, 23-stop Line 305, which becomes the country’s first bus route to use only battery buses. VDL has supplied the fleet of Citeas LLE-99 ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom and SNC-Lavalin to build Montréal’s automated metro
CANADA: CDPQ Infra announced the winning bidders for the construction and operation of the Réseau Électrique Métropolitain automated metro project in Montréal on February 8. Construction is due to start in April, with testing to start at the end of 2020 and passenger services on the first branch beginning ...
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NewsŠkoda and Iveco present new battery trolleybus
CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Electric has tested a new battery trolleybus model in Plzeň. The 35 Tr 18 m articulated trolleybus is manufactured in co-operation with Iveco, which has supplied its Urbanway bus bodyshell from its Annonay factory in France. Electrical equipment has come from Škoda Electric, which is also ...
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NewsElectric bus on test in Nürnberg
GERMANY: Nürnberg public transport operator VAG has started testing an electric bus, which it expects will enter regular service next month. The bus supplied by Solaris is powered by six lithium-ion batteries, mounted on the roof and on the rear of the vehicle. These are charged in the depot ...
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NewsBombardier selected to supply more trams to Brussels
BELGIUM: Brussels city transport operator STIB has selected Bombardier for a framework contract to supply up to 175 trams, it announced on February 5. STIB expects to sign the contract after the 15-day standstill period. The base order for 60 vehicles is worth €169m excluding VAT, and includes spare ...