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Singapore to double metro network by 2030 S
INGAPORE’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has unveiled ambitious plans to double the length of the city’s rail network by 2030 with the construction of two completely new lines and three additional extensions. The expansion detailed in
the LTA’s 2013 master plan, which was published on January 17, will see the system grow from its current 178km to around 360km in 2030, bringing 80% of homes on the island within a 10-minute walk of a station.
The centrepiece of the plan is the new Cross Island Line, which will span Singapore from Changi in the east to Jurong Industrial Estate in the west, passing through Loyang, Sin Ming, and Bukit Timah. The line will connect with all other major lines and will provide an alternative route to the existing East-West Line. The entire 50km line will be completed by 2030. The 20km Jurong Region Line will serve Choa Chu Kang, Boon Lay, and new developments in the Tengah
area. The line will be completed by 2025 and will provide the Jurong area with much-improved connections to the rest of the island. In addition the master plan includes the sixth and final phase of the Circle Line, which will close the 4km gap between Harbour Front and Marina Bay by 2025, a 2km extension of the North East Line to Punggol North, and the 2km extension of the Downtown Line to an interchange with the Eastern Region Line at East Coast.
Chinese trains ordered for Buenos Aires suburban lines
Bidding starts for São Paulo Line 6
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HE state government of São Paulo announced on January 10 that bid documents for the construction and operation of São Paulo Metro Line 6 would be published by the end of January, with the aim of starting construction on the Reais 8bn ($US 3.9bn) PPP project by mid-August. The north-south Line 6 will be 13.5km long with 15 stations and will link Brasilândia with São Joaquim on Line 1. It is considered one of the most difficult metro lines to build because of the need to tunnel beneath the Tietê River at a depth of more than 60m. The line is expected to carry
around 640,000 passengers per day and will open in 2019.
Beijing Metro reaches 442km
B The new trains will replace a fleet of Toshiba-built sets on the Sarmiento Line. Photo: Keith Fender
RGENTINA’s president Mrs Christina Kirchner announced on January 10 that the government has placed an order with CSR Qingdao Sifang, China, for 409 1676mm- gauge emu cars to replace life- expired trains on the Mitre and Sarmiento suburban lines in Buenos Aires. A total of 55 sets will be
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TR Corporation has awarded two contracts
delivered, comprising 225 vehicles for the Sarmiento Line, which will be formed into nine-car sets, and 184 cars for the Mitre Line, which will operate as six-car trains. CSR says the nine-car trains will accommodate up to 2700 passengers, seating 620, while the maximum capacity of the six-car sets will be 1780
to supply rolling stock and signalling systems for the Shatin - Central Link (SCL). Preliminary works are now underway on the $HK 6.9bn ($US 890m) project, which comprises two sections of new railway: an 11km six-station line between Tai Wai and Hung Hom in Kowloon, due to be completed in 2018, and
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a 6km, four-station cross- harbour link between Hung Hom and Admiralty, which will open in 2020.
passengers, of which 400 will be seated.
The total cost per vehicle will be $US 1.265m, excluding transport from production sites in China and spare parts. The first vehicles are due to arrive in Argentina in February 2014 and deliveries will be completed by November 2015.
MTR orders trains and signalling for Shatin - Central Link M
Hyundai Rotem will design,
supply, test and commission a fleet of 37 nine-car trains in a deal worth $HK 4bn. The trains will be delivered between 2015 and 2020 and will feature LED interior lighting and LCD passenger information displays.
MTR has also awarded Siemens a $HK 850m contract to upgrade signalling on the East Rail line. Train lengths on this line will be reduced from 12 cars to nine because of geographical constraints on Hong Kong Island, so the peak service will be stepped up to 27 trains per hour. MTR says this will offer the equivalent of 243 cars per hour, similar to the current capacity of the line.
EIJING celebrated another milestone in the rapid expansion of its metro network on December 30 with the opening of a new line and four extensions, which together take the total length of the system to 442km. The first phase of Line 6
runs for 31km from Haidian Wuluju in the west to Caofang in the east, and will relieve the parallel Line 1. The 21- station line is initially expected to carry around 700,000 passengers per day and is the first metro line in Beijing to employ eight-car trains, each of which accommodates 1960 passengers. It is also the first to be electrified with 1.5kV dc overhead catenary. Meanwhile the opening of the Bagou - Xiju and Jinsong - Shoujingmao sections of Line 10 means only a short section in the south of the city is required to complete the outer circle line. The final section between Xiju and Shoujingmao will be comissioned later this year. December 30 also saw the opening of the northern section of Line 8 from Beitucheng to Guloudajie, and the stretch of Line 9 between Beijing West Railway Station and National Library.
IRJ February 2013
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