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During a meeting of the Hart board last week, it was revealed that construction costs have increased by more than $US 830m while the Covid-19 pandemic has created a $US 450m funding hole. Hart also faces $US 841m in financial costs.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
The tender, launched by Albtal Transport Company (AVG), Karlsruhe Transport Authority (VBK), Saarbahn, the State of Salzburg, the Neckar-Alb tram-train association, and Upper Austria infrastructure manager, Schiene OÖ, is intended to offer savings up to €1m on each vehicle.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
The vehicles, which are designated SL18 by operator Sporveien, were ordered from Spanish manufacturer CAF under a €200m contract awarded in June 2018. The contract includes an option for an additional 60 vehicles.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Under the agreement, the contract winner will replace up to 88% of the city’s LRV fleets, some of which dates from 1987, as well as carrying out a comprehensive modernisation plan of light rail infrastructure on the right bank of the Ob river.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The first five vehicles are due to be delivered in June 2021. The contract also covers maintenance of the fleet for a period of 30 years.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Mengzi, Yunnan Province, has begun operation of its 13km Line 1 Phase 1 light rail line, which runs north-south between Northern station, via the city centre, to the passenger bus terminal. Services will operate from between 07.15 and 21.45 at a frequency of 118 per day.
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Rheinbahn will take 91 vehicles, worth €340m, while DVG has ordered 18 LRVs for €55m. If the award is not challenged by any of the unsuccessful applicants, the contract is due to be signed on October 12.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The S700 LRVs offer a spacious interior, energy-efficient LED lighting, storage space for bicycles, and air-conditioning. The trains, which will be built at the Siemens facility in Sacramento, California, will be equipped with condition-based monitoring, data analytics and predictive maintenance.
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The São Paulo Court of Justice overturned an injunction on a contract awarded in February to rolling stock manufacturer Byd on September 25.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
It’s all aboard for the extension of the light rail into the city’s south, with the final hurdle finally passed for the tramline’s push into Burleigh.
Posted 3 weeks ago by bevans
The Sri Lankan government has cancelled a light rail project that was to be built with Japanese financial assistance in the country's biggest city, Colombo.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Stadler has signed a framework agreement with Milan’s municipal public transport company Azienda Transporti Milanesi (ATM) to deliver up to 80 Tramlink trams.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Metro passengers can now use a smartphone app to see how busy the trains are during the coronavirus crisis.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Stadler has signed a framework agreement with Azienda Transporti Milanesi S.p.A. (ATM) which will see up to 80 TRAMLINK trams built by Stadler for Milan.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The fleet will replace the ageing trains on lines H5, H6 and H7, and the tender includes an option for 12 additional trains.
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Work on the $US 401.3m extension, which is part of the city’s 45km Valley Metro network linking Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, began with the relocation of electrical power lines on the north side of Dunlap Avenue, west of the current terminus at 19th Avenue/Dunlap.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Sweden-based transit authority Göteborgs Spårvägar has received the first Bombardier FLEXITY tram.
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Tram 125 uses the Donetsk Way crossover to regain the correct track for it's journey to Malin Bridge
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Toilets from the only military barracks in Parramatta in the 1790s and Aboriginal artefacts dating back thousands of years are among the items found during preparations for Parramatta's Light Rail project.
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The project involves converting the line from a fast light rail system with high-floor LRVs (Sneltram in Dutch) into a conventional tram line operated by low-floor LRVs. The rebuilt line will be connected to the Uithof Line which opened in December 2019 to provide a cross-Utrecht service.
Posted last month by bevans
A new southern route for light rail will bypass Palm Beach and join up with the heavy rail line
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The US has awarded a $928.8m grant for the Southwest Light Rail Transit Project in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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At Crowle today, I took these photos of the tram.
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The move from the dock site to the new building at the Solent Sky Museum should have happened just before lockdown, so has been in the planning for a few months.
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The new WM livery on show in Birmingham and with no overhead to spoil the scenery.
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