Transit news Piraeus light rail contract finally signed
CEO of Attiko Metro Mr Christos Tsitouras, and Mr Dimitrios Dinopoulos, representative of concessionaire Themeli, signed the contract for the ƒ61.5m extension of the Athens light rail network to Piraeus port on January 14. The 5.4km, 12-station extension will run from the
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GYPT’s National Authority for Tunnels has placed a $US 360m contract with Hyundai Rotem, Korea, for 20 nine-car trains. Delivery will start in 2015 and the new trains will replace trains currently operating on Line 1 of the Cairo metro. Line 1 runs
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current terminus at Neo Faliro on the eastern side of Piraeus, passing through the city centre before terminating at Akti Posidonos station, which will serve the port. Construction will begin in April and the line will be commissioned in 2015. To support the expansion of the network, Attiko Metro has allocated ƒ45m to procure 25 new low-floor LRVs.
Cairo orders Hyundai Rotem metro trains
for 44km from El Marg to Helwan, the first section of which opened in 1987. Hyundai Rotem says it won the contract in competition with Japanese suppliers, and this order means it achieved export sales of $US 1.6bn in 2012.
Chongqing
CNR Changchun has been awarded a Yuan 936m ($US 150.5m) contract to supply a fleet of six-car metro trains for the second phase of Line 6.
Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh Council has selected Parkeon Transit to supply the complete fare collection system for the city’s light rail line, including ticket machines, platform validators and hand-held payment terminals. The system will be designed to operate with both Itso smart cards and Lothian Buses’ Ridacard, and will be linked to Lothian Buses’ existing back-office systems.
Genoa
The 1.6km eastern extension of the city’s light metro line from De Ferrari to Brignole was inaugurated on December 22. The ƒ177m project took more than seven years to complete.
London
Serco is to continue operating London’s Docklands Light Railway (DLR) until September 2014 after being granted an 18-month contract extension by Transport for London (TfL). Serco has operated the DLR since April 1997 under two separate concessions. The extension of the current contract is worth around £100m.
London celebrates 150 years of the Underground: London Underground celebrated its 150th anniversary on January 13 with a recreation of the first passenger journey using a Metropolitan Railway steam locomotive and coaches. The first section of the former Metropolitan Railway between Paddington and Farringdon opened on January 9 1863 and carried its first passengers the following day in steam-hauled trains. The line is still in operation today. Photo: Keith Fender
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ERU’s private investment agency Proinversión issued tender documents on January 16 for the PPP concession to build and operate the second metro line in the capital Lima. The 27km line will run
entirely underground and will connect the eastern districts of Ate and Santa Anita with the city centre and Callao, intersecting with the second phase of Line 1 at Martinete.
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The total value of the finance, design, construct, operate and maintain
concession is $US 5.8bn, which includes $US 871m for rolling stock and the construction of an 8km branch to Jorge Chávez International Airport, which will eventually be incorporated into the future Line 4.
The line will have capacity to carry up to 644,000 passengers per day.
Malacca
Malaysia’s Land Public Transport Commission (Spad) has approved plans for a Ringgits 272m ($US 89.4m) light rail project in the city, even though legislation governing the operation of the line has not yet been passed. Preparatory works are expected to begin this month.
Paris
The 14.5km extension of the orbital Line T3 from Porte d’Ivry to Porte de la Chapelle opened on December 15. The ƒ652m extension is expected to boost weekday ridership on
Line T3 to around 302,000. Alstom handed over the first of 19 Citadis low-floor LRVs for light rail Line T7 to Mr Jean-Paul Huchon, chairman
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of Ile-de-France Transport Authority (Stif), in a ceremony at its La Rochelle plant on January 12. The vehicle is the first of 70 LRVs ordered in 2011 for Lines T7 and T8 in a deal jointly funded by Stif and Paris Transport Authority.
Sydney
The New South Wales government has included plans for a new light rail line through the centre of Sydney in its NSW Long Term Transport Master Plan. Construction is expected to begin in 2014 on the $A 1.6bn ($US 1.7bn), 12km line, which will link Circular Quay and Central Station via George Street, Randwick Racecourse, and the University of New South Wales.
Taipei
Taiwan’s Council for Economic Planning and Development has approved plans for the construction of the first phase of a light rail line serving the Danshui district of New Taipei City. The initial phase totals 9.6km and comprises the Green Mountain Line, which will link Hongshulin station on the Taipei Metro Tamsui Line to Danhai New Township, and a branch to Danshui Fisherman’s Wharf, which will be known as the Blue Ocean Line. The $NT 12.8bn ($US 439m) project is due to be completed in 2018.
Tucson
RATP Dev subsidiary RDMT has been awarded a contract to operate Tucson’s first streetcar line for three years with options to extend the agreement by up to eight years. Commercial services on will start at the end of this year on the 6.2km Tucson Sun Link, which will link Congress Street in Mercado with the city centre, University of Arizona, and Helen Street.
Warsaw
The first Inspiro train for Warsaw Metro was presented to the public last month. A fleet of 35 six-car trains is being supplied by a consortium of Siemens and Newag under a ƒ272m contract signed in 2011. IRJ
IRJ February 2013
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