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December 12, 2018 | Light Rail

Ruhrbahn orders 26 LRVs from Bombardier

GERMAN light rail operator Ruhrbahn signed a contract worth nearly €80m with Bombardier on December 12 for 26 Flexity Classic low-floor LRVs for use on the tramway networks in Essen and Mühlheim.

December 11, 2018 | Fleet

Second generation Avenio LRVs enter service in Munich

THE Government of Upper Bavaria has approved the first Avenio TZ LRVs for use on the Munich light rail network, with the LRVs coming into service on December 10.

December 11, 2018 | Light Rail

Automating Switzerland’s Waldenburg Railway

Prose has conducted a feasibility study into the phased automation of a narrow-gauge light rail line in Switzerland as part of a major upgrade. As Sandro Napoli, senior consultant at Prose explains, the project is expected to pave the way for future narrow-gauge railway automation in Switzerland.

December 10, 2018 | Light Rail

Ulm celebrates opening of tram Line 2

ULM celebrated the opening of the new 10km metre-gauge tram Line 2 on December 8, the day before the line came into service with the introduction of the new European timetable on December 9.

December 7, 2018 | Light Rail

Vienna Flexity trams enter service

THE first class D Flexity trams for Vienna public transport operator Wiener Linien began service on Line 67 on December 6 after receiving approval from authorities following test runs.

December 6, 2018 | Light Rail

CRRC Sifang to supply Cairo interurban EMUs

CRRC Sifang and a consortium of China’s Avic International and China Railway Group signed a contract on December 3 to supply 22 trains for the inter-urban light rail line between Cairo and 10th of Ramadan City.

December 5, 2018 | Light Rail

Caen light rail testing underway

THE French city of Caen reached a milestone in the construction of its light rail network on December 3 when the first dynamic test run took place on the short section between Avenue du 19 mars 1962 in Fleury-sur-Orne and Poincaré station in Caen.

December 5, 2018 | Light Rail

Construction begins on Orange County Streetcar

WORK to build California’s $US 408m Orange County Streetcar was launched on November 30 with a ceremony to mark the ground breaking ceremony at the Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center.

December 5, 2018 | Fleet

Chemnitz receives first Škoda ForCity tram

CHEMNITZ Transport (CVAG) received the first of 14 standard-gauge ForCity low-floor LRVs from Škoda Transportation on November 30.

December 5, 2018 | Light Rail

SFMTA signs parts contract with Alstom

SAN Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) has awarded Alstom a €50m three-year contract for Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) services to manage and supply parts for the SFMTA fleet, including two exercisable two-year options.

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