THE board of Ile-de-France transport authority (Stif) has issued the greenlight for the start of work on the next 29km phase of the €25bn Grand Paris orbital express metro project following a meeting in Paris on October 5.
A new tram-train network is improving rail connectivity in and around the Saxon city of Chemnitz, as Keith Fender explains.
Cities across India are working on numerous new metro line projects in an effort to battle congestion. Utilising data from IRJ Pro, Kevin Smith presents a round-up of the latest schemes taking shape in major cities across the country.
TOKYO Metro has unveiled designs for the modernisation of three stations on the Ginza Line, Asia’s oldest metro line.
CONSTRUCTION of the second phase of the metro network in the Brazilian city of Salvador reached a milestone on September 29 with the start of dynamic testing on the east-west Line 2.
CHICAGO Transit Authority (CTA) announced on September 9 that it will publish a draft environmental impact study (EIS) on October 6 for the proposed southern extension of the Red Line from 95th Street to 130th Street on the city’s Far South Side.
SOCIÉTÉ du Grand Paris (SGP), the public company managing planning and construction of the €25bn Grand Paris orbital express metro network, has awarded two contracts with a total value of €414m for civil works on Line 15 South.
CHENNAI International Airport joined the Indian city’s metro network on September 21, with the inauguration of the 8.6km second phase of Line 1 (Blue Line) from Little Mount.
AN agreement was signed on September 23 allocating Zlotys 1.82bn ($US 470m) in European Union funding towards the construction of the two second-phase extensions of Warsaw’s east-west metro Line M2, which have a total length of 6.5km.
HITACHI Rail Europe confirmed on September 28 that it has submitted a joint bid with Bombardier for the contract to supply up to 3300 metro cars in London Underground’s New Tube for London Programme.
