In brief Auckland
The New Zealand government says it will pay up to half of the $NZ 2.86bn ($US 2.28bn) cost of constructing the proposed 3.5km underground City Rail Loop. Construction will not now begin until 2020, although prime minister Mr John Key has indicated the project could be brought forward if employment levels in the city increase by 25% and annual commuter rail ridership reaches 20 million, compared with 11 million at present.
Guatemala City
Bratislava opts for Škoda LRVs: Bratislava Transport signed a ƒ39m contract with Škoda Transportation on July 18 for a fleet of 15 low-floor 30T LRVs, which will enter service on the metre-gauge network in the Slovak capital in 2015. The 32.5m-long bi-directional vehicles will accommodate up to 242 passengers, 52 of them seated, and will have a maximum speed of 65km/h. The contract includes options for 15 additional vehicles and maintenance of the fleet for a period of 15 years.
Work starts on Charlotte Blue Line extension U
NITED States Federal Transit Administrator
Mr Peter Rogoff and North Carolina governor Mr Patrick McCrory attended a groundbreaking ceremony in Charlotte on July 18 to mark the start of construction on the city’s light rail Lynx Blue Line extension.
The 15km extension will
ONTRACTS worth a total of $US 214.7m have been signed for a new 10.5km light rail line in Cuenca during a ceremony held in the Ecuadorian city’s Old Cathedral on June 28. Construction work is set to begin this month on the line, which will include 27 stations and is expected to carry 120,000 passengers per day when it opens in 2016. The Cita Cuenca
run northeast from Ninth Street in the city centre through North Davidson and University City, terminating of the University of North Carolina Charlotte campus. The line will have 11 stations, including four park-and-ride stations.
The $US 1.16bn project is being implemented with the
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it will supply 14 33m-long Citadis LRVs, electrification, power supply and system integration. The low-floor LRVs will have capacity for 300 passengers.
Spanish consortium Tranvía
Cuatro Ríos de Cuenca also secured a contract worth $US 72.1m which covers construction of the rolling stock depot, preparation of the alignment and other works. The new line is the first in
consortium, which consists of Alstom and French companies CIM, TSO and Ineo, secured the $US 142.6m civil works contract. Alstom’s share of the contract is worth $US 91m and
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the Americas to deploy catenary-free operation. Alstom’s APS system will be installed in Cuenca’s historical city centre, which is a Unesco world heritage site.
Guatemala’s National Alliance Agency for the Development of Economic Infrastructure (Anadie) intends to issue a tender worth $US 120m in 2014 for studies required to establish a concession to run the city’s first commuter rail line. The organisation’s director, Mr Julio Estrada, says the concession will be issued in the second half of next year.
Istanbul
aid of a 50% Federal Full Funding Grant Agreement from the US government, which was finalised last October.
The extension is due to open in 2017 and is expected to carry 18,000 passengers per day, more than doubling daily ridership on the Lynx light rail network.
London rail project gets the green light
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HE British government has approved a scheme to divert London Underground’s Metropolitan Line to Watford Junction. The £118m Croxley rail link is due to be completed in 2016 and involves constructing a 400m viaduct to connect the existing Watford branch of the Metropolitan Line with a section of disused railway which runs to Watford High Street where it joins the national network to reach Watford Junction. There will be two new stations on the rebuilt section at Ascot Road and Watford Road.
Turkish State Railways (TCDD) has confirmed that test operation will begin on August 2 on the Marmaray link between the Asian and European sides of Istanbul. The 13.3km tunnel under the Bosphorous is due to open on October 29, the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic.
Kiev
Metrowagonmash, Russia, has been awarded a contract to supply eight five-car trains for the city’s metro. The trains will be delivered by the end of the year.
Mostaganem
Isolux-Corsan, Spain, has been selected as preferred bidder for the contract to build the Algerian city’s first light rail line. The ƒ240m project is expected to take three years to complete.
Shenzhen
CSR Nanjing Puzhen has secured a contract to supply 33 six-car type B trains for metro Line 3. The 100km/h 1.5kV dc trains will feature
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