CHENGDU metro Line 4 almost doubled in length on June 2 with the opening of two Phase 2 extensions, which have a total length of 20.3km.
ISTANBUL Metropolitan Municipality has launched a tender for a contract to supply 30 four-car trains for two new metro lines in the city.
INDIA’s minister of urban development Mr Venkaiah Naidu and the chief minister of Delhi Mr Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the 5.2km northern extension of the Delhi metro Violet Line from ITO to Kashmere Gate on May 28.
THE first six-car train for Chongqing metro Line 5 was delivered by China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) Qingdao Sifang on May 27.
LONDON Underground (LU) introduced a new timetable on the Victoria line on May 22 meaning that during rush hour a train will arrive every 100 seconds.
THE Brazilian city of Salvador added four stations to its metro network on May 23 with the start of commercial operations on the 6km section of Line 2 from Rodoviária to Pituaçu.
CANTON Vaud Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport has awarded two contracts to support the planned expansion of the Lausanne metro network, which is being carried out as part of the Strong Public Transport Corridors (AFTPU) programme.
THE mayor of Nuremberg Mr Ulrich Maly and Bavarian interior minister Mr Joachim Herrmann inaugurated the extension of Nuremberg U-Bahn Line U3 from Friedrich Ebert Platz to Klinikum Nord and Nordwestring on May 22.
WARSAW Metro has issued a call for tender for the supply of 37 six-car trains for operation on lines 1 and 2. Closing date for bids is September 27.
THE Catalan government is seeking a €740m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to finance the completion of construction on the stalled central section of metro Line 9.
