Transit news
Translink has selected a consortium led by SNC- Lavalin as preferred bidder for the contract to finance, design, and build the $C 1.4bn ($US 1.43bn) Skytrain Evergreen Line.
SNC-Lavalin’s consortium partners include Graham Building Services,
Preferred bidder selected for Vancouver Evergreen Line G
REATER Vancouver transport authority
International Bridge Technologies and Jacobs Associates Canada. The two other bidders competing for the contract were EL Partners, a consortium of Bombardier and Genivar, and Kiewit/Flatiron Evergreen Line, which comprised Kiewit, Hochtief, and Stantec Consulting, Canada. The 11km Evergreen Line
will diverge from the existing Millennium Line at Lougheed Town Centre, serving Burquitlam, Port Moody, and Coquitlam before terminating at Douglas College. Preliminary construction works are already underway and major construction work is expected to start next month. The line is due to open in mid-2016.
Seine-Saint-Denis have signed a declaration of public utility for the 5.8km extension of Line 14 from St Lazare to Mairie de St Ouen. The four-station extension will eventually form part of the northern section of the 28km Grand Paris Blue Line and will relieve Line 13 north of St Lazare, which is one of the most congested sections of
Paris Line 14 St Ouen extension approved T
HE departments of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, and
the Paris metro. The total budget for the
project is ƒ1.2bn, 70% of which will be funded by the Ile-de-France region.
The plans will be submitted to the boards of Ile-de-France Transport Authority (STIF) and Paris Transport Authority (RATP) next month and construction should begin in late 2013 with commissioning scheduled for 2017. The project includes construction of a new
NS to acquire stake in Hague Tramways?
ETHERLANDS Railways (NS) has begun due diligence into the possible acquisition of a 49% stake in The Hague Tramways (HTM) from the municipality of The Hague, which is currently the sole shareholder.
N depot north of Clichy St Ouen
RER station. STIF announced last month that public consultation will begin early next year for the extension of light rail Line T7 from Athis-Mons to Juvisy- sur-Orge. Construction is due to begin in 2015 on the 3.7km line, which will have six stations. The project is expected to cost ƒ231m, including ƒ33m for 12 Alstom LRVs.
Both NS and HTM say they want to raise the standard of public transport and improve links between urban rail and the mainline network in the Randstad conurbation. Around a third of NS passengers travelling to and from The Hague also use HTM services for part of their journey. Participation in HTM fits with NS’ strategy of developing itself into a multimodal passenger transport operator. NS has a 49% share in Dutch regional bus operator Qbuzz, operates train services outside the Netherlands through its Abellio subsidiary, and owns Czech bus company Probobus. NS also owns bicycle rental company OV-fiets and car hire company Greenwheels. The due diligence process should be completed by the end of the year, after which a final decision will be taken on whether to proceed with the acquisition.
AnsaldoBreda to supply more metro trains to Milan
M Work starts on Utrecht Uithof Line C 12
ONSTRUCTION officially commenced on September 21 on the ƒ321m Uithof Line, which
will link Utrecht Central station and the city centre with the Uithof university campus.
The 7.5km line will have nine stations, with trams operating at an average of 26km/h to provide a journey time of 17 minutes. Bids will be invited soon for a contract to supply a fleet of 75m-long low-floor LRVs for the line, which is due to open in 2018.
First Downtown Line trains shipped to Singapore: The first of 73 three-car Bombardier Movia C951 driverless metro trains for Singapore’s Downtown Line was unloaded at the port of Jurong on October 12, two weeks ahead of schedule. Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) awarded Bombardier a $US 571m contract in November 2008 for 219 Movia vehicles, which are being assembled at Bombardier’s joint venture facility in Changchun, China. The remaining trains will be delivered by mid-2016.
ILAN Transport (ATM) has awarded
AnsaldoBreda a ƒ210m contract to supply 30 six-car trains which will replace older rolling stock on metro lines 1 and 2.
The trains will be delivered between May 2014 and June 2015, and 20 will be used on Line 1 with the remaining 10 entering service on Line 2. AnsaldoBreda beat off competition from Hyundai Rotem and CAF for the contract, which includes an option for an additional 30 trains. The new trains will be a development of the Meneghino emu designed by AnsaldoBreda specifically for ATM.
IRJ November 2012
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