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November 16, 2011 | Metros

Paris Line 1 automation project completed

MR PIERRE Mongin, chairman and CEO of Paris Transport Authority (RATP), inaugurated the commissioning of the first automatic driverless trains for Line 1 of the Paris metro on November 3.

November 16, 2011 | North America

State funding boost for Chicago upgrade

CHICAGO Transit Authority has received a $US 646m grant from the Illinois state government to rebuild the metro Red Line and improve the Purple Line.

November 16, 2011 | Light Rail

Basle chooses Bombardier LRV

BASLE Transport Authority (BVB) revealed today that Bombardier has won the tender to supply 60 new LRVs. The contract is worth around SFr 220m ($US 249.2m) and is the largest in BVB's 116-year history.

November 16, 2011 | Light Rail

Karlsruhe orders Vossloh tram-trains

Vossloh has received a €75m contract to supply 25 low-floor Citylink Net 2012 tram-trains to Karlsruhe Transport Authority (VBK) and Albtal Transport (AVG).

November 16, 2011 | Asia

Atacs starts commercial operation in Japan

COMMERCIAL operation of JR East's Advanced Train Administration and Communications System (Atacs), started on the Senseki Line commuter route in Sendai on October 10.

October 30, 2011 | Metros

Algiers metro finally opens

THE president of Algeria, Mr Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has inaugurated train operation on the first section of Line 1 of the Algiers metro. The 9km section has 10 stations and runs from Tafourah Grande Poste in the city centre to Haï el Badr. Algiers Metro Enterprise (EMA) expects the line eventually to carry 300,000 passengers a day.

October 26, 2011 | High-speed

Spanish-Saudi consortium wins Saudi high-speed contract

SAUDI Railways Organisation (SRO) has awarded a Euros 6.74bn contract to Al-Shoula, a Spanish-Saudi consortium, to equip, operate and maintain for 12 years the 450km Haramain high-speed line currently under construction between Mecca, Jeddah and Medina.

January 1, 2010 | High-speed

THE opening on December 8 2009 of Belgium's north high-speed line, the nation's fifth, has established the first European border-to-border high-speed network, with passengers on the Paris - Amsterdam Thalys international service now able to complete the entire journey at high speed.

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