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After four years of work to reinstate the line, the 1.3km tram extension to Büschdorf has finally been completed. The extension is served by route 7 from Kröllwitz, and is expected to carry around 4000 passengers per day.
Perth light rail study announced
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ERTH’s first light rail line, the Metro Area Express (Max), has been given the green light with the Western Australian and federal governments committing $A 15.8m ($US 16.2m) to a feasibility study that will include engineering and design studies and public consultation.
Phase 1 of the project comprises a 22km Y-shaped line running from the Balga college campus in the north via the city centre to separate termini at the Queen Elizabeth
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HE first metro line on the Asian side of Istanbul was
officially inaugurated on August 17 by Turkish prime minister Mr Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the mayor of Istanbul Mr Kadir Topbas. Line M4 links Kadiköy station with Kartal and runs underground for its entire 21.8km length. The line is equipped with Thales Seltrac CBTC and has a design headway of 90 seconds with a service headway of two
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II Hospital and Victoria Park. The line will run along Alexander Drive, one of Perth’s busiest public transport corridors, serving education, retail, and leisure centres. The total project cost is likely to exceed $A 1bn, with funding expected to come from a combination of state, federal and private sources. Commercial services are expected to start in late-2018, and the state government anticipates daily ridership would reach around 35,000 by 2031.
Istanbul welcomes Kadiköy - Kartal metro
minutes, giving design capacity of 70,000 passengers/ hour/direction. Services are operated by a fleet of 30 six- car trains supplied by CAF. The journey time between the termini is 32 minutes. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) says the line will initially carry around 700,000 passengers per day. The total cost of the project
was ƒ751.3m. A 3.4km extension to Kaynarca is currently under construction.
Singapore orders 22 metro trains S
has awarded a joint venture of CSR Qingdao Sifang and Kawasaki Heavy Industries a contract to supply 132 type C151B metro cars for the city’s rapidly-expanding network. CSR will assemble and test the 22 six-car trains, which will be delivered in 2015-16, while Kawasaki will be responsible for the design and production of electrical systems and bogies. The vehicles will be 23.5m long and 3.2m wide with
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aluminium alloy bodyshells. The two companies beat off competition from Bombardier and CAF for the order, which according to Kawasaki Heavy Industries is worth around Yen 17.7bn ($US 225.8m). The trains will be used to
provide additional capacity on the North South and East West lines, both of which are currently being extended. Last year the joint venture completed delivery of an initial batch of 132 C151A cars, and a second batch of 78 vehicles is now in production.
Ho Chi Minh City
Construction began at the end of August on the 17km, 11-station Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien metro line in Ho Chi Minh City. Japan’s Sumitomo Corporation is building the first phase of the line in cooperation with Vietnam’s Cienco 6 under a package worth $US 560m. Two further packages will be tendered for a 2.6km underground extension from Ben Thanh Market to Ba Son Shipyard.
Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil)
The city has presented a plan for a 40km light rail line to the federal government’s Cities Ministry. The estimated Reais 200m ($US 99.5m) project would be implemented in three phases and is designed to be included in the urban mobility projects sector of Brazil’s growth acceleration plan (PAC) for medium-sized cities with populations of 250,000-700,000.
Kuala Lumpur
George Kent, the Malaysian contractor responsible for trackwork and railway systems on the Ampang Line extension, has selected Thales to supply its SelTrac Communications Based Train Control (CBTC) system for the existing 27km line and the 17.7km southwestern extension from Sri Petalang to Puchong, which is due to open in late 2014.
Moscow
Russia’s antitrust watchdog has ordered the city of Moscow to retender a $US 300m contract for 120 LRVs after ruling on August 10 that the tender requirements were incomplete and must be revised. The terms of the contract were said to lack details which could have a substantial effect on the price
and quality, and failed to specify the number of passenger doors, or the provision of snowploughs.
Odense
The municipality has appointed Cowi, Denmark, as technical consultant, together with Systra, France, and ETC, Germany, as sub-consultants, for the development of the first light rail line in the Danish city. Cowi will be responsible for carrying out environmental impact assessments, design, tendering and contracting support, and will also advise the municipality on construction and operation of the 14km line from Tarup Centre to Hjallese, which is due to open in 2020.
Paris
Public consultation has begun on the first section of the Grand Paris automated express metro network. Preliminary design was completed in June on the 33km southern section of the orbital Red Line from Pont de Sévres to Noisy-Champs. The line will have 16 stations and is due to open in 2018.
Sofia
Line M2 was inaugurated on August 31 by Bulgaria’s prime minister Mr Boiko Borissov and the president of the European Commission Mr Jose Manuel Barroso. The 6.4km line runs from an interchange with Line 1 at Obelya in the northwest of the city to Lozenets and the city’s main railway station before terminating south of the city centre at James Bourchier. Services are operated by a new fleet of 12 trains supplied by Metrovagonmash, Russia.
Sydney
The New South Wales government has invited expressions of interest for the purchase and removal of the city’s monorail, which will cease operating in mid-2013, including dismantling of 3.6km of track, six stations, demolition of the workshops at Darling Harbour and the reinstatement of any public and private assets affected by the removal. IRJ
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