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approved a proposal by Paris Transport Authority (RATP) to automate metro Line 4, following the successful introduction of driverless operation on Line 1 in December 2012. Stif has given RATP the go- ahead to proceed with the first technical studies for the project, which is expected to cost around ƒ256m, including a ƒ100m contribution from Stif. RATP notes that the


Paris metro Line 4 automation approved I


LE-DE-FRANCE Transport Authority (Stif) has


conversion of Line 1 to unattended train operation (UTO) has enabled operating headways to be reduced at peak times, improved reliability, and allowed service patterns to be adapted to short-term fluctuations in demand. According to Stif, average peak punctuality on Line 1 reached 98.7% in early 2013, compared with 95.8% for the overall metro network. Line 4 will receive the fleet of MP89 trains currently in use on Line 14, which will be


released by the delivery of new trains being ordered in connection with the extension from St Lazare to Mairie de St Ouen.


The 12.1km Line 4 is the second-busiest metro line in Paris, carrying around 740,000 passengers per day. Patronage has increased recently following the opening of the 1.5km southern extension from Porte de Orléans to Mairie de Montrouge, and a further 1.7km extension to Bagneux is due to open by the end of 2019.


Constantine’s first LRT line opens


PB to oversee Mecca metro programme


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Commission of Mecca and Mashaaer (DCOMM) has selected Parsons Brinckerhoff as the project management office consultant for the Mecca Public Transport Programme (MPTP) in a five-year contract worth $US 93.6m.


Mecca plans to build a network of four metro lines totalling 114km which will also integrate with new express, local and shuttle bus services at its 62 stations. The project will be completed in three phases and will have an estimated budget of $US 16.5bn. The first phase of the system, a 30km metro line from Um Al-Qura University in Abidiya to Sayeda Aisha Mosque, will be completed in 2017 according to mayor Mr Osama Al-Bar. Construction on the Riyals 25.5bn ($US 6.8bn) project is expected to begin next year. The projects are being overseen by Mecca Mass Rail Transit Company (MMRTC) and Parsons Brinckerhoff will be responsible for providing a range of project management services.


CPTM selects São Paulo train suppliers


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HE first light rail line was officially opened on July 4 in Constantine, Algeria’s third largest city with a population of around 900,000.


The 8.1km line has 10 stops and is expected to carry about 70,000 passengers a day with LRVs running at three-minute headways during peak periods, reducing to five-


ELHI Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has issued an international invitation to tender for a contract to supply 25 three-car metro trains for the first phase of the Kochi Metro.


minute intervals off-peak. The line was built and equipped under a ƒ307m contract awarded to a consortium of Pizzarotti, Italy, which was responsible for the civil works, and Alstom which supplied 27 Citadis LRVs, and installed track, electrification, power supply, operating systems and depot


The 750V dc trains will enter service in June 2016 on the 25.6km north-south line from


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Aluva to Petta, which will have 22 stations and is initially expected to carry around 382,000 passengers per day. Each 65m-long train will be formed of two driving motor vehicles and an unpowered intermediate trailer. They will accommodate up to 975 passengers, 140 of them


equipment. Alstom’s share of the contract was worth ƒ178m.


The line will be operated and maintained for 10 years by Setram, a consortium of RATP Dev, France, Algiers Metro Enterprise (EMA), and Algiers Urban and Suburban Public Transport Enterprise (Etusa).


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seated, based on a maximum occupancy of eight standing passengers per square metre. Kochi Metro will require 22


three-car trains to operate five- minute headways, increasing to 27 sets for a four-minute headway.


The deadline for submission of tenders is October 3.


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AULISTA Metropolitan Trains (CPTM), which operates the São Paulo commuter rail network, has announced the winners for two tenders to supply trains. Hyundai Rotem, Korea, and Iesa Commercial Distribution have been selected for Lot 1 to supply 30 eight-car emus. The consortium bid Reais 788.2m ($US 369.6m).


CAF was the lowest bidder at Reais 1.01bn for Lot 2 to supply 35 eight-car trains. Both lots must be delivered within 18 months.


Both the Hyundai Rotem consortium and CAF bid for each lot together with CNR Changchung Railway Vehicles, China, which put in higher bids than the other two, namely Reais 893m for Lot 1 and Reais 1.035bn for Lot 2.


IRJ August 2013


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