THE government of the Australian state of New South Wales has announced the two consortia that have been shortlisted for the contract to construct twin tunnels under Sydney Harbour that will link Sydney Metro North West project, which is already under construction with the planned Sydney Metro City & Southwest.
TRIAL operation began on the initial phase of Tianjin’s metro Line 6 on August 6, five years after the start of construction on the north-south line.
PRINCESS Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand opened Bangkok’s Mass Rapid Transit Purple Line on August 6 with an inaugural trip on the 23.5km line from Tao Poon to Khlong Bang Phai station in the district of Bang Yai, where the opening ceremony took place.
ST Petersburg Metro has launched a tender for a contract to supply 27 six-car metro trains for a maximum price of Roubles 13.6bn ($US 208m), with an August 25 deadline for bids.
THE governor of the Brazilian state of São Paulo, Mr Geraldo Alckmin, says he wants to privatise six of the nine existing or planned metro and monorail lines serving the city of São Paulo, which represents about 60% of the network.
A ceremony was held at the Semaf Railway Factory in Helwan, Egypt, on August 1 to mark the completion of the last of 20 nine-car Hyundai Rotem trains for Cairo metro.
KOREA’s national train operator Korail was awarded a contract on August 1 to provide consultancy services for the design of Manila metro Line MRT-7 in cooperation with San Miguel Holdings subsidiary Universal LRT, which is implementing the project.
BRUSSELS Transport Company (Stib) has awarded two contracts to supply rolling stock and train control systems for the automation of metro lines 1 and 5.
THE Korean city of Incheon opened its second metro line on July 30, almost 17 years after the opening of Line 1.
WESTERN Australia’s Transport Minister, Mr Dean Nalder, announced on July 29 a plan to ensure Perth’s transport network grows in order to cater for the increased population of 3.5 million.
