Transit news
HE project to automate Paris Metro Line 1 reached an important milestone on July 7 with the launch of full Unattended Train Operation (UTO) at weekends. Paris Transport Authority
(RATP) has been operating Line 1 in mixed mode with both UTO and semi-automatic train operation (STO) since last November, and the number of UTO-equipped trains has increased steadily in the first half of this year. RATP says
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more than 60% of services are now driverless, and on May 21 full UTO operation was introduced after 21.00 on weekdays. The transition to UTO will be completed at the end of the year.
New driverless MP05 trains
from Alstom are entering service at a rate of two per month, and 28 of the 55 trains ordered by RATP are now in service. The fleet is gradually replacing the MP89 sets, 27 of which remain in operation on
Line 1. These trains are gradually being cascaded to lines 4 and 11 as more MP05s are commissioned. Line 1 is the oldest and busiest metro line in Paris, carrying around 750,000 passengers per day. Siemens was awarded a ƒ30.8m contract in 2005 to upgrade the PA BF speed-code automatic train control system to CBTC. A full description of the project can be found in the July 2010 issue of IRJ (p30).
Alstom hands over first Budapest Metropolis train: Alstom officially handed over the first Metropolis Budapest metro train to Budapest Transport Company (BKV) in a ceremony at Stadionok station on July 10. Delivery of the trains has been delayed considerably by complications in the approval process which led Alstom to modify the braking systems. The first trains will enter revenue service on Line 2 at the beginning of next month. Although Alstom says it has already assembled all 22 metro trains, modification work is continuing which means it will be several months before the whole fleet enters service. Photo: Atilla Vörös
has approved the acquisition of a new generation train for the small-profile U-Bahn lines and a further batch of Bombardier low-floor LRVs. BVG has appointed Stadler Pankow to supply two pre- production metro trains as part of a programme to modernise the fleet on the small-profile U-Bahn lines. The two sets will be
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HE supervisory board of Berlin Transport (BVG)
delivered by 2015, and the contract includes an option for 34 production trains which will be delivered from 2017 onwards if the performance of the prototypes is satisfactory. The new trains are intended to replace the A3L71 fleet, which
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dates back to 1972-73. Each four-car train will accommodate 330 passengers and seat 80, with full-width gangways and level boarding to aid accessibility. The vehicles will be unusual in that they will feature a slightly curved bodyshell. This so-called “ballooning” will allow interior space to be optimised within the constraints of the narrow-profile tunnels. BVG has also exercised a
ƒ134m option for 39 Bombardier Flexity Berlin LRVs. This is the second batch from a 2006 framework deal for up to 206 vehicles, and takes the total number of Flexitys ordered to 142.
Casablanca awards operations contract
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ASABLANCA transport authority Casa Transport
has awarded the contract to operate and maintain the city’s first light rail line to a consortium of RATP Dev, Caisse de Dépôt et Gestion du Maroc, and Transinvest. The consortium will manage commissioning of the line, which is due to open at the end of the year, and will also recruit and train 670 local employees. The five-year contract is worth ƒ70m, with a further ƒ20m option to maintain the LRV fleet. The 30.5km Y-shaped line has 48 stations and is expected to carry 255,000 passengers per day by 2015.
In brief Paris
RATP has placed a ƒ1bn order with Alstom and Bombardier for an additional 70 MI09 five-car double-deck emus for RER Line A. Alstom is responsible for two thirds of the contract and Bombardier the remaining one third. The initial batch of 60 trains is currently being delivered, and the second tranche will be delivered between 2014
and late 2016.
Ile de France Transport Authority has agreed to finance preliminary studies on the 3.7km extension of light rail Line T7 from Villejuif to Athis-Mons, which is expected to open in 2018. The six-station extension will include a 900m underground section and is due to cost ƒ198m, including 12 additional Alstom Citadis LRVs.
Singapore
A ceremony was held at the site of the future Mattar station on July 11 to launch two TBMs, marking the start of tunnelling work on the third stage of the Downtown Line. Tunnelling will take around two years to complete, and the 21km section from Fort Canning to Expo will open in 2017.
Washington DC
District of Columbia Department of Transportation has appointed RATP Dev and its subsidiary McDonald Transit Associates to operate and maintain the first light rail line in the US capital. The Anacostia Line will be 3.3km long with seven stations and is due to be commissioned at the end of next year.
Waterloo (Canada)
Waterloo Regional Council says it will place an add-on order with Bombardier for 14 LRVs for the planned $C 818m ($US 805m), 19km light rail line in Toronto’s western suburbs. The order would be added on to Metrolinx’ much larger order for new LRVs for Toronto. IRJ
IRJ August 2012
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