Milano opens fifth metro line
After ten years of construction work, the first section of small-profile metro line M4 in the Italian city of Milano (Milan) started carrying passengers on 26 November.
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Lausanne confirms Stadler Tramlink order
Switzerland’s Lausanne has contracted Stadler to supply ten Tramlink 45m standard-gauge low-floor cars (with an option for two more) for the new Lausanne – Renens line.
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Praha plans order for up to 200 trams
Praha (Prague) is to purchase up to 200 single-ended trams over the next ten years, transport operator Dopravní podnik hl. m. Prahy (DPP) announced on 21 November.
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Bergen opens second tram line
The opening ceremony for Bergen’s second tramline took place on 18 November, with passengers able to board line 2 trams for the first time on 21 November.
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San Francisco opens light rail Central Subway
Starting at 08.00 on 19 November, San Francisco’s highly anticipated Central Subway was opened for a weekend shuttle service between 4th/Brannan and Chinatown-Rose Pak.
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Washington Metro reaches Dulles airport
The long-awaited opening of Washington DC’s Silver Line extension to Dulles International Airport and Ashburn took place on 15 November.
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Palma de Mallorca tram works to begin in 2023
The foundation stone for the 10.8km tramway connecting Palma de Mallorca with its airport was laid on 10 November. Finance is now guaranteed for the project’s EUR185m first phase.
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Trams to return to Kiel
Latest city council vote confirms support for tramway re-introduction for this north Germany city; formal approval expected in mid-November.
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Budapest confirms order for 20 more Urbos trams
Latest addition of ‘short’ Urbos trams for the Hungarian capital exercises another option from a contract signed in 2014.
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Final commissioning begins in Huangshi
China’s 28th modern light rail system expected to open by the end of the year.
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A strategy for the future of light rail in the UK
James Hammett, Managing Director of UKTram, reveals how a bold sector-wide strategy is key to securing a sustainable future for light rail in England, Scotland, and Wales.
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Kiel: Future-proofing public transport
Improving public transport and addressing climate change targets, the German city of Kiel is studying two alternatives for its future regional transport: tram and BRT. Torben Groß, Nils Jänig and Holger Wesselmann discuss the options.
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A ten-point plan for Light Rail in the UK
Norman Baker, UK Light Rail Minister from 2010 to 2014 and now External Relations Director for Campaign for Better Transport, sets out a simple vision for future development of the mode in the UK.
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‘While tramways do come at a cost, the barriers to new systems are clearing…’
SYSTRA CEO Pierre Verzat offers us his insight into today’s light rail landscape, new technologies, and a few predictions for the future.
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Dijon: Ten years on
TAUT revisits the capital of Burgundy to mark ten years since the opening of its modern tramway.
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Grand ambitions in Szczecin
A comprehensive and historic tramway network which is seeing significant reconstruction as it moves to low-floor operation; Andrew Thompson reports from north-western Poland.
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Coventry VLR: Roll on 2024
Monday 4 April was momentous for the Very Light Rail team at Coventry City Council. This was the day that the West Midlands’ ‘ask’ of GBP1.05bn (EUR1.25bn) for a package of rail, tram, bus and active travel improvements for the coming five years received formal approval under the UK Government’s City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS).
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SmartWindows into the future
Passengers in Karlsruhe can now access timetabling and disruption information… through their window. The team behind the SmartMMI project explains how it works.
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Empowering operations teams with real-time information
The team from Transit9 explores the importance of user-friendliness when implementing new technology and processes.
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A vision of the urban tram’s future
Imagine a modular autonomous tram which carried passengers during the day and freight in the evening. Such a vision was recently confirmed as the winner of the prestigious DESING+ competition organised by the University of West Bohemia…
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Light rail: The key to sustainable mobility
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Mainspring’s 2022 events diary: Details about the European Light Rail Congress, 16th Annual UK Light Rail Conference, and Global Light Rail Awards.
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Mainspring LRT Excellence Day: From theory to practice
Sharing innovation, new technologies and best practice between engineers and the supply chain in Wolverhampton.
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Dates for your diaries for 2022’s events
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Sharing experience in Zaragoza
Geoff Butler rounds up the highlights from this year’s European Light Rail Congress in north-eastern Spain, a further return for face-to-face events for a mobility sector disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Celebrating success…. virtually
Global pandemic didn’t stop the sector recognising excellence and innovation.
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The 2020 running of the world’s largest rail exhibition – held in Berlin biennially since 1996 – has been cancelled.
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Rail Live!
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