Bangkok
Mass Transit Authority of Thailand has raised the estimated construction cost for the 34km Pink Line from Baht 38bn ($US 1.2bn) to Baht 54bn due to an increase in land prices and the decision to build 30 stations instead of the 24 proposed previously. Construction is due to begin next year with commissioning scheduled for 2017.
Berlin
Munich modernises with Siemens: Munich Public Transport (MVG) has become the first German customer for Siemens’ new-generation Avenio LRV after signing a ƒ29m contract for six vehicles. The 36.85m-long LRVs will be assembled at Siemens’ Simmering plant in Vienna and will enter service next year. Siemens also formally handed over the first painted bodyshell for the fleet of 21 type C2 six-car U- Bahn trains in a ceremony at Simmering on October 8.
HE financially-troubled project to build a light rail network in the Nigerian capital Abuja has received a significant boost with the signing of a loan agreement between the Nigerian and Chinese governments. Nigeria’s finance minister Mr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala signed the $US 600m 20-year deal with China’s Export- Import Bank in Beijing on September 12 for two infrastructure projects, including $US 500m for the
HE Mauritian Ministry of Public Infrastructure has appointed Singapore
China to finance Abuja light rail T
Siemens and Stadler Pankow have formed a consortium to bid for the contract to supply trains for the forthcoming S- Bahn Ring Line concession, which is currently being tendered by Berlin Brandenburg Transport Authority (VBB).
Bucharest
77.8km light rail network. The network is being built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation and comprises two lines, one linking Abuja city centre with the satellite towns of Nyanya, Kubwa, Maraba and Lugbe and the other connecting Kubwa with Nnmadi Azikiwe International Airport. Construction began in 2006, and was initially due to be completed in 2013 but financial problems have held the project back.
Mauritius advances light rail studies T
Cooperation Enterprise (SCE), Aurecon, and Singapore Mass Transit Corporation (SMRT) to provide technical advisory services for the proposed light rail line between the island’s capital Port Louis and Curepipe. Within 13 months the team of consultants will complete a project management action plan, which will support the development of the business case for the 24km line and also
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outline potential future extensions. Aurecon will provide technical advisory services for the plan, including traffic planning, engineering studies, and financial planning. SMRT will study transport integration, operation, and maintenance planning. SCE was approached by the Mauritian government to assist with the project following an official visit by the prime minister of Mauritius to Singapore in September 2010.
The City of Bucharest is to take over ownership of metro operator Metrorex from the Romanian Ministry of Transport. Metrorex will be integrated into Bucharest Transport Authority (RATB).
Dnepropetrovsk
An invitation to tender has been issued for the contract to design and build the 4km extension of Metro Line 1 from Vokzalna to Muzeinaia.
Doha
A groundbreaking ceremony was held on October 10 to mark the start of construction on Msheireb station, the central interchange of the planned metro network. Preliminary construction is now underway at several locations around the city in preparation for the launch of civil works next year.
Kuala Lumpur
Mass Rapid Transit Corporation has awarded Bombardier a Ringgits 281m ($US 92m) constract to supply its Cityflo 650 CBTC system for the Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit Sungai Buloh - Kajang line. The 51km line will have 31 stations and is due to open in 2017. As part of the contract, Bombardier will equip 58 driverless trains and 16 maintenance vehicles.
In brief Porto Alegre
Metro operator Trensurb has issued tender documents for a contract to supply 15 four-car emus which will supplement its existing train fleet. The contract will be worth around Reais 220m ($US 108m) and is being financed through Brazil’s federal Growth Acceleration Programme, which means priority will be given to bidders offering a high degree of local content.
St Petersburg
Belkommunmash, Belarus, will ship three 25.4m-long type 843 low-floor LRVs to the city by the end of the year. The contract is the first export order for the type, which is already in service in Minsk. The three-section vehicles will have capacity for 248
passengers, 66 of them seated. Tehran
The Iranian government is reportedly seeking a $US 1.2bn loan from China to complete metro projects which have suffered delays due to international sanctions restricting foreign finance. Reuters quotes an official of Tehran Urban & Suburban Railway Company as saying that the two lines totalling 102km, which were due to be completed by 2015 as part of the third phase expansion of the network, are likely to open later than planned.
Toulouse
An Arcadis-led consortium has been awarded a ƒ12m contract to provide engineering, construction, and project management services for the 4.9km extension of Metro Line B from Ramonville to Labege.
Wellington
Greater Wellington Regional Council is to order an extra 35 FP class Matangi two-car emus from Hyundai Rotem for Metlink suburban services, instead of refurbishing the fleet of 44 Ganz Mavag EM class emus. The council expects standardisation of the fleet to deliver savings of $NZ 228m ($US 190m) in maintenance and training costs over the 30- 35 year life of the trains. IRJ
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