Transit news
Dallas welcomes first phase of Dart Orange Line
Algiers
Lisbon Metro subsidiary Ferconsult has been appointed to carry out preliminary studies for the 8km extension of the metro from Place des Martyrs to Chevalley. The studies will be completed within two years and will identify locations for eight stations serving the Bab el Oud and El Biar areas.
Budapest
Alstom is expected to supply an additional seven Metropolis metro trains to Budapest Transport Company (BKV) as compensation for the late delivery of 22 trains for Line 2.
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ALLAS Area Rapid Transit (Dart) celebrated the completion of the first phase of the 22.5km light rail Orange Line on July 30, with the inauguration of the 7.2km section between Bachman and Irving. The line adds three new stations to the Dart network, serving the University of Dallas and Las Colinas before terminating at Irving Convention Center.
Tenders launched for Berlin S-Bahn concession
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ERLIN Brandenburg Transport Authority (VBB) has begun tendering for the operation of the Ring Line of the Berlin S-Bahn network. This is the first of three planned concessions for the S-Bahn, and covers 9.4 million train-km per year on lines S8, S41, S42, S46, and S47. The successful operator will take over operations in December 2017 for a period of 15 years and will be required to introduce a new fleet of trains. In addition, the concessionaire will be contractually obliged to lease these trains to whoever takes over the lines when the concession expires in 2032. The Berlin Senate
announced earlier this year it would concession part of the network due to long-running performance problems that have affected the existing operator DB Regio.
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The second 6.9km section of the Orange Line to North Lake College and Belt Line Road will open on December 3, while the remaining 8.4km stretch to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport will be completed in 2014.
The $US 1.3bn Orange Line
is a core project in Dart’s $US 3.4bn light rail expansion programme, which will extend the network to 145km by 2014.
São Paulo to study five new metro lines
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HE government of São Paulo state has issued six tenders worth a total of Reais 22.8m ($US 11.3m) for feasibility studies into the construction of five new metro lines in the north of São Paulo city. The projects would add a total of 101.8km to the network, and would be implemented between 2016 and 2030.
All of the new lines will serve areas which currently have no direct rail access. Line 19 will link Campo Belo with the suburb of Guarulhos, a distance of 26.3km. Line 23 will run for 16.6km from Lapa to the Presdiente Dutra highway, while the 17.2km Line 16 will run from Ipiranga to Cachoeirinha. Line 20 from Lapa to Rudge Ramos would be 25km long and will be constructed as a PPP. A further monorail, Line 22, is also proposed to link Cotia with São Paulo.
Mid-Saxony Transport Association (VVM) has awarded Vossloh Kiepe and Vossloh Rail Vehicles a ƒ42.3m contract to supply eight dual- mode City Link tram-trains. The 37m-long 100km/h vehicles will be delivered in 2014 and will be used on the lines from Chemnitz to Burgstädt, Mittweida, and Hainichen.
Copenhagen
Metroselskabet has appointed a joint venture of Ramboll and Arup as design consultant for the 3km metro extension to Nordhavn. The 3km line will branch off the Cityringen near Østerport with a single intermediate station at Orientkaj, and is due to open in 2019.
Dnepropetrovsk
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has agreed to provide a ƒ152m sovereign loan to finance the 4km eastern extension of the Ukrainian city’s first metro line to Muzeinaia. The Ukrainian government is contributing ƒ61m to the project.
Hamburg
In an effort to encourage competition in the
forthcoming tender to operate the S-Bahn network, Hamburger Hochbahn has set up a new rolling stock leasing company which may acquire
In brief
and own new trains. A fleet of 60 dual-system emus is expected to enter service around 2017.
Kiev
Kiev Metropolitan has placed a contract worth around $US 134m with Kryukov Wagon Plant, Ukraine, for the modernisation of 95 type E and Ezh metro cars. The modernisation will include the installation of asynchronous traction motors, and new power equipment as well as a complete upgrade of the car body.
Oslo
Collective Transport Production (KTP) has awarded Invensys Rail two metro signalling contracts worth a total of ƒ13.4m. Invensys will design, supply, install, and commission signalling on the extension of the Kolsås Line to Avløs, together with the Løren Line, a new underground link between the Ring Line and the Grorud Line, which will allow trains to run directly between Sinsen and Hasle stations.
Phoenix Arizona’s Maricopa
Association of Governments has approved plans for the western extension of the Phoenix Valley Metro light rail line. The 17.7km line will link Phoenix city centre with the State Capitol area before terminating at a park-and-ride station at the junction of 79th Avenue and the I-10 West highway.
São Paulo
State governor Mr Geraldo Alckmin, has authorised the launch of a tender for the acquisition of 65 eight-car emus for São Paulo commuter rail operator Paulista Metropolitan Trains Company (CPTM). CPTM says it is likely to favour a supplier which can assemble the trains in Brazil.
Thessaloniki
Four groups have submitted bids for the contract to build the 4.8km underground extension of Line 1 to Kalamaria. The ƒ518m project includes the construction of five new stations. IRJ
IRJ September 2012
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