West Midlands ‘Tube map’ unveiled
Mayor Andy Street shares his ambitious 20-year GBP15bn Metro plan for UK city region.
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Sudden end for Philadelphia’s PCC cars
PCC operation in the US city of Philadelphia came to a sudden end on 25 January when line 15 (Girard) was converted to ‘temporary’ bus operation, to permit replacement of the I-95 bridge over Frankford Avenue.
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Bombardier Transportation to seek merger partner?
Sharp stock price fall fuels speculation over tie-up with Alstom or Hitachi.
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Škoda wins Warsaw’s EUR307m Metro order
On 30 January Metro Warszawskie (MW) signed a contract with Škoda Transportation for 37 six-car metro trains, with an option for eight more.
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Andy Byford resigns as NCYT President
Andy Byford, President of New York City Transit (NYCT) resigned from his post at the end of January amid conflict with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo over plans to reorganise management of the state-wide Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
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Stadler wins Tyne and Wear Metro contract
Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive Nexus has awarded Stadler a GBP300m (EUR355m) contract to build its new fleet of Metro trains.
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Double celebrations in Doha
First modern tramway service opens in the Qatari capital as the state-of-the art metro is completed.
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Hamilton LRT project is cancelled
Controversy surrounds Ontario’s decision to remove support ahead of bidders’ responses.
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Three Chinese cities welcome more trams
Amongst massive metro expansion, three Chinese cities opened new tramways or extensions in December.
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Sydney opens South East Light Rail
Central city line with ground supply section joins the network; Kingsford branch to open in March.
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New tramways for 2020
Michael Taplin looks at the prospects for new tramway openings this year, with new lines around the world due to open – and a few hanging over from 2019.
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What’s your tramway really worth?
Reg Harman offers a short critique of the current planning and development processes for UK light rail schemes.
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Tram-train: Making new connections
Philippe Bernard and Derek Small from SYSTRA, and Stephen Ware from TSP Projects, a SYSTRA company, examine the benefits of tram-train with case studies from France and the UK.
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Towards ‘intelligent infrastructure’
Clive Pennington and Olga Evstafyeva of Amey share some insights into how technology has the power to transform light rail operations and maintenance strategies.
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UK Tram: Driving a UK agenda
The role of local ‘champions’, informed and empowered transport authorities, light rail funding and delivery were all up for discussion when TAUT met new UKTram Chairman George Lowder MBE.
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Mauritius LRT: Depot solutions for safe maintenance
Furrer+Frey’s MOCS offers safety and accessibility improvements for rail systems and is being used on the new Port Louis – Curepipe LRT system.
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Jokeri light rail
By 2024 a modern light rail route will supplement Helsinki’s traditional tramway and go a long way towards increasing capacity on a key transport corridor. Lauri Kangas from the Jokeri Light Rail Alliance explains the background.
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Next generation tramways: Luxembourg
With the initial service now well-established, Luxembourg’s eponymous capital city looks to the opening of future sections.
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Tampere: Another reason to smile
The tramway in the Finnish city of Tampere is the largest infrastructure project the region has ever seen. Lanna Blyth reports on progress to date.
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South Wales Metro: The transformation begins
TAUT examines the latest progress with the vision to deliver enhanced urban rail services across South Wales.
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Rail Live!
Rail Live! is now firmly positioned as one of the world’s most exciting rail events. This event brings top tier leaders of the rail industry together to discuss topics critical to future developments in the premium conference, alongside an action-packed exhibition which attracts the full rail supply chain.
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European Light Rail Congress 2020 – Zaragoza
The European Light Rail Congress brings together leading opinion-formers and decision-makers from across Europe for two days of debate around the role of technology in the development of sustainable urban travel.
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Your night to shine?
The Global Light Rail Awards is tomorrow (2 October) – will this be your night to shine? Join the industry in celebrating light rail excellence and innovation over the past 12 months.
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AssessTech to speak at this year’s EU Light Rail
AssessTech are speaking at this year’s EU Light Rail on the importance of competence management for safety within light rail.
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UITP Global Public Transport Summit
After almost 130 years, the UITP Global Public Transport Summit is the world’s biggest event dedicated to sustainable mobility.
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Rail Live 2019
RAILLIVE!
5-7 March 2019
Bilbao Exhibition Center, Bilbao, Spain.
World Metro & Light Rail Congress / Rail Live Congress
Innovation. Technology. Performance.
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Held just once every three years, APTA EXPO is the world’s largest showcase of technology, products, and services related to the public transportation industry.
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A number of cities are to host tempting events for those interested in heritage tramway operations this year; among them Antwerp, the Rittnerbahn in Italy, and Zürich.
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SmartRail Europe
SmartRail Europe – 5-6 April 2017, Amsterdam – is the annual show for railway infrastructure managers, train operating companies, system and data integrators and technology suppliers to create the digital railway of the future.
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