LISBON Metro inaugurated a short but important extension to its Blue Line to Reboleira in the district of Amadora on April 13. The opening ceremony was attended by the Portuguese prime minister, Mr Antonio Costa.
QATAR Railways (QR) has unveiled the designs for the Doha metro and Lusail light rail vehicles, which are due to enter service in 2020.
VIAPORTO, the consortium responsible for operating and maintaining the 67km light metro network in the Portuguese city of Porto, has awarded EMEF, Portugal, a €11.3m two-year contract to carry out light maintenance on its LRV fleet.
The government of the Australian state of New South Wales has announced the start of the tender process to build twin-bore railway tunnels under Sydney Harbour and the city centre for Stage 2 of the Sydney Metro project.
THE mayor of Berlin Mr Michael Müller and Berlin senator for transport Mr Andreas Geisel confirmed on April 8 that the city is looking at options for the extension of U-Bahn line U8 from its current northern terminus at Wittenau to serve the Märkisches Viertal residential area in the district of Reinickendorf.
THE first two of 37 five-car trains being supplied by CAF for the expansion of the Santiago metro network was unloaded at the Chilean port of Valparaíso on April 6 following its long sea voyage from Bilbao.
BAY Area Rapid Transit (Bart) is starting dynamic testing of the first of 775 Fleet of the Future metro cars being built by Bombardier under a $US 2.5bn contract following arrival of the first car in San Francisco on April 6.
THE mayor of Bogota Mr Enrique Peñalosa announced on April 4 that tendering will begin next year for the construction of the first metro line in the Colombian capital, although the specification for the project has been scaled back from previous proposals.
MILAN Transport (ATM) announced on March 29 that it will exercise an option with Hitachi Rail Italy (formerly AnsaldoBreda) for 15 additional Leonardo trains for metro Line M2.
FIVE public transport associations have sent an open letter to the Dutch minister of infrastructure and the environment, Mrs Melanie Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus, urging her to include rail and public transport on the agenda of a meeting of European Union transport and environment ministers.
