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April 26, 2019 | Metros

Fuzhou opens second metro line

FUZHOU, a city of 350,000 people and capital of China’s southeastern Fujian province, opened the first phase of its second metro line on April 26.

April 26, 2019 | Central/South America

Panama City metro Line 2 inaugurated

PANAMA City’s second metro line was inaugurated on April 25 by Panamanian president Mr Juan Carlos Varela.

April 25, 2019 | Fleet

Siemens delivers trains for Bangkok Blue Line extension

THE first batch of Siemens metro cars for the extension of Bangkok’s MRT Blue Line was unloaded from the freight One Grus at the Thai port of Laem Chabang on April 24.

April 22, 2019 | Metros

Yekaterinburg receives new metro cars

TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) subsidiary Metrovagonmash (MVM) officially handed over eight 81-717.6/714.6 series metro cars to Yekaterinburg Metro on April 15.

April 22, 2019 | Metros

Planning contract awarded for Budapest metro extension

HUNGARIAN firms Főmterv and Viköti have been awarded a Forints 2.9bn ($US 10.3m) contract to carry out planning work on the four-station northern extension of Budapest metro Line M3 to Káposztásmegyer.

April 18, 2019 | Fleet

VR Maintenance wins Helsinki metro train modernisation contract

HELSINKI City Transport Agency (HKL) has awarded VR Group subsidiary VR Maintenance an contract worth around €30m to modernise 102 metro cars.

April 17, 2019 | Fleet

Cleveland RTA rolling stock study calls for complete fleet renewal

A STUDY has found Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority’s (RTA) heavy rail fleet should be replaced within five years and the light rail fleet within 10 years, as the entire fleet’s life-span is well beyond renewal.

April 11, 2019 | Asia

Harbin extends metro Line 1

THE capital of China’s northern Heilongjiang province Harbin added 8.6km to its metro network on April 10 with the opening of the southern extension of Line 1 from Harbin South main line station to Xinjiang Dajie.

April 8, 2019 | Metros

Tehran metro Line 6 inaugurated

THE first phase of Tehran metro Line 6 was inaugurated on April 7 in the presence of Iran’s president, Dr Hassan Rouhani, and the city’s mayor, Mr Pirouz Hanachi.

April 2, 2019 | Financial

New York road congestion charge to support rail networks

NEW York City is aiming to raise up to $US 15bn to support Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) rail upgrades and repairs from a new road traffic congestion pricing programme, the first in the United States, which was confirmed in the state’s 2020 budget announcement on April 1.

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