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Lund: Sweden’s newest tramway city

by Editor | Dec 23, 2020

5.5km line serving university and tech hub to be launched without public ceremony on 12 December.

New Köln order favours Alstom

by Editor | Dec 23, 2020

On 25 November it was confirmed that Köln (Cologne) is to place an order with an Alstom/Kiepe consortium for 64 new steel-bodied low-floor six-section double-ended articulated tram.

‘Reverse Beeching’ funds granted to Metrolink proposal

by Editor | Dec 23, 2020

A radial Metrolink line connecting Bolton and Radcliffe to Manchester is one of the first proposals to receive money under a UK Department for Transport scheme to reinstate closed railways.

Québec City cross-city tram plans hit the buffers

by Editor | Dec 23, 2020

Provincial environmental body rejects 22.3km light rail proposal.

Bombardier Transportation takeover deal to be completed in January

by Editor | Dec 23, 2020

On 1 December Alstom and Bombardier Inc. announced that ‘all necessary regulatory approvals’ required to complete the takeover of the latter’s Transportation (BT) division had been received and that the transaction would be concluded on 29 January 2021.

Keolis JV to run Jiaxing tramway

by Editor | Dec 23, 2020

The two-line tramway in Jiaxing (Zhejiang province, China), is to be operated and maintained by the new Shenjia joint venture of Shanghai Keolis and the city for five years.

Maryland DoT takes back Purple line

by Editor | Dec 23, 2020

Maryland’s Purple line is a planned 26.1km (16.2-mile) orbital LRT link to connect Bethesda and New Carrollton via Silver Spring and College Park in the suburbs north of Washington, DC.

USD990m agreed for Medellín LRT

by Editor | Dec 23, 2020

In early December, Colombian President Iván Duque and Medellín Mayor Daniel Quintero signed a financing agreement for the city’s COP2.5trn (USD990m) 13.5km (8.4-mile) light rail project.

VDV: ‘Public transport is not a corona hotspot’

by Editor | Dec 23, 2020

Research by the German public transport association Verband Deutscher Verkehrsunternehmen (VDV) reveals that coronavirus cases amongst members’ employees are less than half those of the wider population.