Transit news Hamburg announces €450m S-Bahn investment
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stainless-steel carbodies and are due to be delivered in 2015-2016, supplementing the existing fleet of 43 CNR Changchun trains supplied for the opening of the line in 2010.
Sydney
The Thiess John Holland Dragados joint venture has been awarded a $A 1.15bn ($US 1.1bn) contract to build the tunnels and underground stations for the North West Rail Link (NWRL). Preparatory work will start immediately with a view to the first tunnel boring machine (TBM) being in the ground by the end 2014.
Utrecht
AMBURG’s senate confirmed on June 28 that S-Bahn Hamburg, a subsidiary of DB Regio, has secured a 15-year extension of its operating contract which was due to expire on December 9 2018. The government also announced investments totalling ƒ450m in new and existing rolling stock as well as the refurbishment of depots. At the centre of this is the
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award of a ƒ327m contract to Bombardier to supply 60 three-car emus, including four dual-voltage sets which can operate on both the city’s 1.2kV dc S-Bahn network and lines which are electrified at 15kV 16.7Hz ac. As a result S-Bahn Hamburg will be able to offer direct trains to the city centre from Hamburg’s suburbs for the first time, operating at a maximum speed of 100km/h on the
Construction has awarded Veidekke Entreprenor, Norway, a NKr 634m ($US 103.9m) contract to construct 2.7km of double track from Lagunen to Sandslivegen in the third construction phase of Bergen’s 20km light rail project. This is the largest contract of five set to be awarded for the 7km third phase of the project from Lagunen to Flesland Airport. Veidekke will carry out construction of the 60m Steisnvik Bridge, three tunnels with a cumulative length of 1.9km and two stations at Rastolen and Sandslivegen. Work will start this month and is due to be completed by October 2015. The entire line from Byparken to Flesland Airport is due to open in 2016. Meanwhile Stadler has been awarded a contract worth
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more than ƒ100m to supply and maintain eight additional Variobahn low-floor LRVs and maintain the existing fleet of 20 vehicles until 2026. The
S-Bahn network and 140km/h on the main line.
The first eight trains will be handed over to S-Bahn Hamburg by the end of 2016 for a 40-week testing period. Delivery of the remaining 52 sets will then continue until completion at the end of 2018. The contract includes an option for up to 86 additional sets depending on demand and the completion of proposed extensions.
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42.1m-long bidirectional vehicles will be delivered by 2017 and will provide the additional fleet capacity required for the extension.
Utrecht Regional Council (BRU) has issued a tender notice for a contract to supply 27 low-floor LRVs for the 7.5km Uithof Line, which will link Utrecht Central station with the Uithof university campus on the eastern side of the city. The deadline for requesting tender documents is August 30.
Washington DC
The governor of Maryland Mr Martin O’Malley announced on July 8 that the state will commit $US 280m for design work and land acquisition on the Washington DC Purple Line LRT project. The 25.8km, 21-station line, which is expected to cost $US 2.15bn, would span the city’s Maryland suburbs linking New Carrolton with Bethesda.
Waterloo (Canada)
Waterloo Regional Council has formally approved an agreement in coordination with Greater Toronto and Hamilton transit authority Metrolinx to acquire 14 low- floor LRVs from Bombardier. The first of the Flexity Freedom LRVs are due to be delivered in mid-2016, and will be used on the 19km, 16-station line from Conestoga Mall in Waterloo to Fairview Park Mall in Kitchener. The $C 92.4m ($US 89.2m) contract will include an option for 16 additional vehicles. IRJ
IRJ August 2013
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