ACCIONA is preparing a tunnel boring machine (TBM) in Noblejas, Spain, which will be used to excavate the first metro line in Ecuadorian capital Quito.
XI’AN, the capital city of China’s Shaanxi province, expanded its metro network significantly on October 15 with the opening of the 39.1km Line 3.
AN onboard optical-fibre track monitoring system developed by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) is being installed on the two original lines of the Singapore metro.
CRRC Corporation has confirmed it will construct a facility in India to assemble metro cars after securing a Rs 8.5bn ($US 127m) contract to supply 23 three-car trains for the first metro line in Nagpur.
NEW York City Transit (NYC Transit) is seeking expressions of interest by November 30 for the supply of dual-mode locomotives for use on the Subway network and a battery car mover/shunter.
CHINA’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has approved the second phase of the metro networks in cities of Urumqi and Xiamen, representing a total investment of Yuan 133.9bn ($US 20.1bn).
NEWCASTLE-Upon-Tyne transport authority Nexus will launch a public consultation next month on plans to renew the Tyne and Wear Metro train fleet as it prepares a bid for funding from Britain’s Department for Transport (DfT).
BANGALORE Metro Rail Corporation has issued an invitation to tender for a contract to lengthen its fleet of 50 three-car trains, which were supplied by a consortium of BEML, Mitsubishi and Hyundai Rotem for the initial phase of the network.
KEOLIS is set to continue operating bus, light rail and metro networks in Lyon until 2023 after the board of the city’s public transport authority voted unanimously on October 7 to award the incumbent operator a new six-year contract.
ISTANBUL has moved a step closer to its target of completing 400km of metro line by 2019 with the opening of the 4.5km extension of Line M4 from Kartal to Kaynarca.
