DENVER Regional Transportation District (RTD) and its contractor Denver Transit Partners began testing trains on the 36.7km East Rail A Line from Denver Union Station and Denver International Airport on September 11 and 12.
VIENNA City Council has unveiled plans for further additions to the tram network in the Austrian capital, which will serve new urban developments on former railway land in Leopoldstadt and Brigittenau north of the city centre.
PORTLAND, Oregon, added a fifth line to its light rail network on September 12 with the start of public services on the Max Orange Line from Portland State University (PSU) to SE Park Avenue in Milwaukie.
BEIJING Metro is planning to start construction of three new lines and extensions to two existing lines before the end of this year. Designs for these extensions went on public display on September 10 for 20 days to allow the public to vote on which designs they prefer.
SWITZERLAND's Federal Office of Transport (BAV) has granted Basle Transport Authority (BVB) planning permission for the Swiss section of the cross-border extension of tram Line 3 to Saint Louis in France.
NEW YORK celebrated the opening of the first addition to its subway network for 26 years on September 13 with the inauguration of the 2.4km western extension of Line 7 (Flushing Line) from Times Square to 34th Street-Hudson Yards.
THE Hague Tramways (HTM) has appointed NEM Solutions, Spain, to supply its Aura Wheel tool to optimise rolling stock wheel lifecycle management and analysis to inform the maintenance process.
STOCKHOLM commuter rail operator Stockholmståg says it has developed a mathematical algorithm based on big data which enables it to predict delays anywhere on the network up to two hours before they occur.
THE introduction of a national clockface timetable in Germany could significantly reduce journey times and increase ridership, according to a feasibility report published by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) on September 10.
A GROUP of independent engineers and transport experts in Switzerland has carried out a study in the possibility of setting up a car shuttle service on the Gotthard route as an alternative to building a second road tunnel.
