All Urban transport vehicles articles – Page 5
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Metro Report InternationalSydney metro second phase E&M contract awarded
AUSTRALIA: Sydney Metro has exercised an option on the Northwest Rapid Transit consortium’s Operations, Trains & Systems concession to cover the line’s second phase. In 2014 the consortium of MTR Corp, John Holland, CPB Contractors, UGL Rail and Plenary Group was awarded a PPP concession covering the ...
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Metro Report InternationalModertrans to supply 30 trams to Łódź
POLAND: Modertrans is to supply 30 low-floor trams to operate on the metre-gauge network in Łódź. Deliveries under the 268m złoty contract are due by the end of September 2022. The Poznań-based supplied beat bids from Stadler, Pesa and Bozankaya. The rolling stock has been ordered as ...
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Metro Report InternationalPaks opts for Solaris buses
HUNGARY: Solaris Bus & Coach is to supply 10 battery electric buses to Paks, the Polish manufacturer announced on November 19. The vehicles and five chargers are due to be delivered within 11 months of signing the €4·7m contract. Six of the buses would be the 12 ...
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Metro Report InternationalBYD to supply 379 electric buses to Bogotá
COLOMBIA: Bogotá transport authority TransMilenio has ordered 379 electric buses from BYD, the Chinese supplier announced on November 15. The first vehicles from what BYD says is its largest order for the Latin American market would be delivered in mid-2020, and would enter revenue service in September. ...
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Metro Report InternationalWiesbaden takes delivery of eCitaro buses
GERMANY: The first three of 56 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses that Daimler Buses is supplying to Wiesbaden transport operator ESWE Verkehr were handed over on November 18. Seven more are scheduled to be delivered from Daimler’s Mannheim factory by the end of December, with the remaining 46 due ...
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Metro Report InternationalSolaris submits lowest bid to supply 50 electric buses to Kraków
POLAND: Solaris Bus & Coach has submitted the lowest bid to supply 50 electric buses to MPK Kraków. Solaris’ 134·5m złoty bid compares with 151·9m złoty from Daimler subsidiary EvoBus Polska. The Poznań-based CAF subsidiary would supply 18 m long articulated air-conditioned buses along with 50 battery ...
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Metro Report InternationalMasats supplies doors for Schönbuchbahn light rail vehicles
GERMANY: Masats is supplying sliding plug doors for the nine three-car lightweight electric trainsets which fellow Spanish company CAF is building as part of the project to modernise the 17 km Schönbuchbahn near Stuttgart as a light rail route. Masats will also support the maintenance of the ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens to supply Avenio trams to Nürnberg
GERMANY: VAG Nürnberg has ordered 12 Siemens Avenio trams with options for 75 more. The €44m contract announced on November 15 would be 40% funded by the Land of Bayern. Entry into passenger service is scheduled for the end of 2022. The four-section 100% low-floor trams will ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew-generation metro train in passenger service on Seoul Line 2
SOUTH KOREA: The first of 22 trainsets that Seoul Metro ordered from Hyundai Rotem in 2017 has entered passenger service on Line 2. The 176bn won contract for 21 10-car sets and one four-car set to operate a shuttle service was placed in July 2017. Seoul Metro ...
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Metro Report InternationalAlstom rolls out next-generation Lille metro train
FRANCE: Alstom presented the first new-generation trainset that it is supplying to increase capacity on the Lille metro at the Villeneuve d’Ascq maintenance depot on November 14. Alstom is supplying 27 four-car rubber-tyred trainsets to operate on the city’s automated light metro network. The 52 m long ...
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Metro Report InternationalFirst Flexity Zürich tram delivered
SWITZERLAND: The first of 70 Flexity trams that Bombardier Transportation is supplying to Zürich arrived in the city in the early hours of November 13. Operator VBZ placed the order in 2016, paying SFr358m for the vehicles, spare parts, depot equipment and driver training. The low-floor trams ...
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Metro Report InternationalSt Petersburg tests hydrogen tram
Photo: Nikita Fastov RUSSIA: Dynamic testing of a hydrogen fuel cell tram started on the St Petersburg network on November 1. The retrofitted single-section LM-68M2 tram has been created jointly by operator Gorelektrotrans and the Central Research Institute of Electrical & Marine Technology. Its interior is divided ...
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Metro Report InternationalWarszawa reveals Hyundai Rotem tram design
The winning option received more than two-thirds of the votes. POLAND: Tramwaje Warszawskie has announced the result of a public vote on the styling of the fleet of trams that Hyundai Rotem is supplying to Warszawa. Option A received 6 947 votes. ...
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Metro Report InternationalIași selects Bozankaya trams
ROMANIA: Bozankaya has been selected to supply 16 trams to operate on the metre-gauge network in Iași, the Turkish supplier announced on November 4. The 34-month contract worth €30m envisages the first tram would be delivered in mid-2021. The five-section low-floor vehicles will be 30 m long ...
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Metro Report InternationalTransdev orders 157 electric buses for Göteborg
SWEDEN: Transdev has placed an order for 157 electric buses from Volvo for use in Göteborg, the supplier announced on November 5. Deliveries of Volvo’s 7900 electric articulated vehicles are due to begin next year. The buses will have capacity for 150 passengers, and batteries will be ...
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Metro Report InternationalModertrans tests Elbląg tram in Łódź
POLAND: The first Moderus Beta tram that Modertrans is supplying to Elbląg has arrived in Łódź for testing on that city’s network. In 2017 Modertrans was the sole bidder in a tender to supply four trams to the northern Polish city. Deliveries of the single-section ...
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Metro Report InternationalLviv takes delivery of trolleybuses
UKRAINE: Lviv has taken delivery of the first 10 of 50 trolleybuses that Electron is supplying under an order placed this year. The low-floor vehicles are equipped with air-conditioning, CCTV, GPS, USB sockets and wi-fi. The stainless steel bodies are lined with aluminium-composite panels. The order is ...
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Metro Report InternationalBattery trolleybuses delivered to Limoges
FRANCE: Limoges has taken delivery of two battery trolleybuses made by Iveco and Škoda Electric. Last year Iveco won a contract for two trolleybuses with an option for four more. The articulated vehicles made to Iveco’s Crealis design feature traction equipment from Škoda, which has also undertaken ...
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Metro Report InternationalWarszawa tram design goes to public vote
POLAND: Tramwaje Warszawskie has opened a public vote on the styling of the fleet of trams that Hyundai Rotem is to supply to the capital. The supplier has presented three options for the front-end, and the operator will choose one based on the public vote. From October 25 to 30, ...
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Metro Report InternationalBYD to supply 55 electric buses to Vy Buss
NORWAY: Government-owned national rail and bus operator Vy Buss signed an electric bus order with BYD at the Busworld trade show in Brussels on October 22. BYD is to supply a total of 55 buses that would operate in Oslo, Hamar and Haugesund municipalities. Deliveries are due ...