All Urban transport vehicles articles – Page 30
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NewsSolaris to supply electric buses to Rzeszów
POLAND: The city of Rzeszów signed a contract with Solaris Bus & Coach on October 30 for the supply of 10 electric and 30 diesel buses. Solaris will supply 10 of its Urbino 12 buses under a 30·2m złoty contract that includes charging infrastructure. The 12 m long vehicles ...
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NewsCAF to supply more trams to Stockholm
SWEDEN: CAF has won a further tram order from Stockholm transport authority Storstockholms Lokaltrafik, the company announced on October 25. The €37m contract for 12 trams includes 10 three-section trams for the Tvärbana line, which is due to be extended in 2021, and two four-section trams for the Lidingöbanan ...
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NewsAlstom to supply more trams to Rabat
MOROCCO: Société des Transports de Rabat-Salé has signed a €45m contract with Alstom for the supply of 22 Citadis trams, the manufacturer announced on October 26. The 32 m long low-floor vehicles will run in coupled pairs and will augment the fleet of 44 Citadis trams that Alstom supplied ...
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NewsVDL to supply electric minibuses to Noord-Holland
NETHERLANDS: Transdev subsidiary Connexxion has placed an order with VDL Bus & Coach for 62 electric minibuses to be used for services that are part of the Noord-Holland Noord concession from next year. The 8 m long MidCity Electric buses will be fitted with 87 kWh batteries. The order ...
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NewsStadler Minsk metro car order confirmed
BELARUS: Stadler has confirmed details of the metro trains that it is supplying to Minsk. The first four-car trainset is due to arrive in the capital next year, with the rest following by 2020. Stadler Minsk CEO Philipp Brunner told local media of the order in January ...
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NewsMünster orders more electric buses
GERMANY: VDL Bus & Coach has received a follow-on order to supply five Citea SLF-120 Electric buses to Stadtwerke Münster. In April 2015 VDL delivered five Citeas Electric to Münster for testing. One was delivered under the Fast Charging Systems for Electric Buses in Public Transport (SEB) programme, subsidised ...
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NewsHradec Králové orders battery trolleybuses
CZECH REPUBLIC: Škoda Electric is to supply nine of its 30 Tr trolleybuses to Hradec Králové, the manufacturer announced on October 19. Deliveries under the KC120m contract are due in mid-2018. The 12 m long vehicles will be equipped with batteries for off-wire operation.
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NewsHyundai Rotem to supply 128 EMU cars to Korail
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem signed a 111·6bn won contract with Korail for the supply of 128 electric multiple-unit cars, the manufacturer announced on October 18. Delivery of the 110 km/h trainsets is due to be completed by the end of 2019. Most of the trainsets will be deployed on ...
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NewsOlomouc orders EVO1 trams
CZECH REPUBLIC: Operator DP Olomouc signed a KC212·6m contract on October 4 for the supply of eight EVO1 trams. Krnovské Opravny a Strojírny will supply its single-section low-floor EVO1 model, produced under the Alliance TW Team that also includes Pragoimex and VKV Praha. Three of the unidirectional vehicles ...
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NewsTampere tram order finalised
FINLAND: Škoda Transportation subsidiary Transtech announced details of its tram order for Tampere on October 16. The firm order for 19 ForCity Smart Artic trams is worth €104m, and the framework contract includes options for up to 46 more vehicles, which would be delivered in three tranches. ...
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NewsŠkoda to supply trams to Sofia
BULGARIA: Škoda Transportation has won a contract to supply 13 trams to Sofia, the manufacturer announced on October 13. Škoda’s first tram order from Bulgaria is worth KC610m, which includes spare parts and staff training. The operator is financing the purchase through EU funds. Škoda will supply its ...
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Metro Report InternationalCRRC’s Springfield factory opens as Boston Orange Line cars on test
USA: Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker officially opened the CRRC MA rolling stock assembly plant in Springfield on October 12. The $95m plant and test track has been built to fulfil a contractual requirement for 60% domestic content in the metro cars that the Chinese manufacturer is supplying to Massachusetts ...
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Metro Report InternationalNPRT wins Chinese metro train contracts
CHINA: CRRC Nanjing Puzhen Rail Transport Co announced on October 11 that it had been awarded three metro rolling stock contracts. The joint venture of CRRC and Midas Holdings is to supply trains for the first phase of Wuxi metro Line 3 under an 890m yuan contract awarded by ...
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NewsFirst Flexity Wien tram nearing completion
AUSTRIA: The first of 119 Flexity trams that Bombardier Transportation is building for to Wiener Linien is nearing completion at the manufacturer’s plant in the capital. The Wien transport operator awarded Bombardier a framework contract in 2015 covering up to 156 trams. The €431m base order for 119 trams ...
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Metro Report InternationalLondon Underground capacity upgrade programme ‘paused’
UK: Planned upgrades to increase service frequencies on London Underground’s Jubilee and Northern lines, including the procurement of additional trainsets, have been temporarily ‘paused’, Transport for London has confirmed. TfL said the decision to pause the World Class Capacity project had been taken in the light of other ongoing upgrades ...
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NewsBattery trolleybus presented in Linz
AUSTRIA: Linz city transport operator Linz Linien has presented a prototype double-articulated battery trolleybus. Linz Linien ordered 20 Exqui.City buses from Van Hool in 2015. These are due to enter service by the end of 2019, when they will replace the current fleet. Being built at Van Hool’s ...
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NewsVolgograd agrees tram leasing deal
RUSSIA: Volgograd municipality has agreed a leasing deal for 20 vehicles to operate on its fast tram line. UKVZ will supply two batches of 10 Type 71-623-03 trams, with deliveries to be completed by the end of March 2018. The 543·3m rouble deal with Sberbank Leasing runs until December ...
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NewsModerus Gamma on test in Gdańsk
POLAND: A Moderus Gamma tram started test running on the network in Gdańsk on October 4, initially on route 9. Modertrans unveiled its first fully low-floor tram in November. The vehicle is 32 m long, 2 400 mm wide and 3 650 mm high, with capacity for 244 passengers ...
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Metro Report InternationalRefurbished Subway cars enter service in New York
USA: The first refurbished R160 cars have entered service on New York City Transit’s E Subway line, New York MTA announced on October 3.Work to refresh an initial 100 R160 cars is being undertaken to assess the capacity and reliability benefits before other fleets are modernised. This forms part of ...
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Metro Report InternationalCAF wins Seattle streetcar contract
USA: Seattle Department of Transport has awarded CAF a contract to supply 10 three-section 100% low-floor Urbos trams. Announced on October 2, the contract is worth in excess of $50m including spare parts, tools and testing equipment. SDOT has an option for up to 10 more vehicles. The bi-directional cars ...