COUNCILLORS in the Finnish city of Tampere voted by a majority of 41-25 on November 7 to approve construction of the city’s first light rail line.
TAMPERE City Council decided on October 3 to select Škoda Transportation subsidiary Transtech as preferred bidder for a contract to supply and maintain low-floor LRVs for the Finnish city’s first light rail line.
THE Finnish government has agreed to fund 70% of a €250m project to build a 23km light rail line in Tampere, leaving the city to fund the remaining 30%.
THE Finnish city of Tampere has awarded the Tralli consortium of Pöyry, VR Track and Yit a contract to implement the city's planned 23.5km light rail line.
THE Finnish city of Tampere has shortlisted two consortia for the next stage of a design-build tender for the city's planned 25km light rail network.
FOUR consortia have prequalified for a contract to design and construct a 23.5km light rail network in the Finnish city of Tampere.
TAMPERE City Council published a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union on December 1 in the first stage of procurement for the Finnish city's planned 25km light rail network.