TRIAL passenger operation began on two new metro lines in Shenzhen on October 28, adding 55.6km to the network, which at 285km is now the third largest metro in China after Beijing and Shanghai.
FOLLOWING a public vote, Kobe Municipal Transport Authority has finalised the design for a new fleet of metro trains for the Seishin-Yamate Line.
CHICAGO Transit Authority (CTA) plans to invest $US 3.5bn during 2017-2021 and proposes a balanced $US 1.52bn operating budget that will maintain current rail and bus service levels.
SYTRAL, which is responsible for the four-line metro in Lyon, has awarded a €140m contract to Alstom for 30 two-car rubber-tyred trains with an option for another 18 trains.
THE first metro train for the Chinese city of Xiamen was unveiled at a ceremony at CRRC’s Tangshan plant on October 22.
THE first of 18 three-car Metropolis trains for Guadalajara metro Line 3 has left Alstom’s Santa Perpetua de Mogoda plant near Barcelona for the nearby port of Tarragona on the first stage of its journey to Mexico.
THE first pair of new-generation metro cars for Miami’s Metrorail network was unveiled at Hitachi Rail USA’s plant in Medley, Florida by the mayor of Miami-Dade County Mr Carlos Giménez on October 24.
MTR Corporation CEO Mr Lincoln Leong welcomed passengers to Whampoa station in Kowloon on October 23 to mark the official opening of the 2.6km extension of Hong Kong’s Kwun Tong Line from Yau Ma Tei.
MUMBAI Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) launched construction on the city’s third metro line on October 21 with groundbreaking ceremonies at seven locations along the route.
THE Acciona-Odebrecht construction consortium, building the first metro line in the Ecuadorian capital Quito has commissioned Siemens to electrify the line, it was announced on October 21.
