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December 17, 2020 | Metros

Hong Kong’s planned Northern Link makes progress

HONG Kong’s government has granted approval to MTR to proceed with detailed planning and design for the 10.7km Northern Link (NOL) metro line, which will connect the city’s West Rail and East Rail lines.

December 17, 2020 | Signalling

NYCT certifies Mitsubishi as CBTC supplier

NEW York City Transit (NYCT) has officially qualified Mitsubishi Electric, Japan, as a CBTC supplier after successfully testing and verifying the interoperability of the company’s solution with NYCT’s existing CBTC systems.

December 16, 2020 | Metros

Contract for Toulouse’ third metro line awarded

TISSEO Communities, the project manager of the 27km Toulouse Aerospace Express metro project, has awarded Alstom a €470m contract to design, build and maintain the line’s transport system.

December 15, 2020 | Metros

Paris inaugurates Line 14 extension

PARIS Transport Authority (RATP) inaugurated the 5.8km Gare Saint-Lazare - Mairie de Saint-Ouen northern extension to metro Line 14 on December 14.

December 14, 2020 | Asia

Knorr-Bremse awarded CRRC metro train systems contract

CHINESE manufacturer CRRC has signed a contract with Knorr-Bremse for the supply of braking, exterior doors, and air-conditioning systems to equip metro trains for two new lines in Beijing.

December 14, 2020 | Australia/NZ

Melbourne Metro Tunnel cost rises by $A 2.7bn

THE cost of Melbourne’s 9km Metro Tunnel project has increased by $A 2.7bn ($US 2.04bn) following an agreement reached by the state of Victoria and the contractor following a near year-long stand-off. The total cost of the project, which will add five new stations in the central business district and create a new cross-city line from Sunbury to Cranbourne/Pakenham, is now nearly $A 14bn.

December 11, 2020 | Financial

Bolsonaro vetoes Reais 4bn rescue bill for public transport operators

BRAZILIAN president, Mr Jair Bolsonaro, has vetoed a bill approved by the national congress that would have provided Reais 4bn ($US 794.6m) in relief for public transport operators, saying the bill was unconstitutional and contradictory to the public interest.

December 11, 2020 | Policy

EC’s Mobility Strategy fails to emphasise the benefits of public transport - Mezghani

INTERNATIONAL Association of Public Transport (UITP) secretary general, Mr Mohamed Mezghani, has questioned the European Commission’s (EC) failure to emphasise the benefits of public transport in its Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy, which is set to guide the EC’s work in the transport sector over the next four years.

December 10, 2020 | Metros

Bangalore Metro awards GoA 4 contract

BANGALORE Metro has awarded a contract to Siemens Mobility and Siemens India for the implementation of GoA 4 automatic train operation (ATO) on the 18.8km Yellow Line, India’s first driverless metro line.

December 10, 2020 | Middle East

Riyadh Metro testing progresses with first lines on course to open in 2021

TESTING is stepping up in Riyadh on the city’s new 176km six-line metro network, with the first lines on course to open in the Saudi Arabian capital in 2021.

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