Canada’s eight-year transit fund plan
CAD5.9bn for ‘shovel-ready’ projects, then CAD3bn per year in permanent mobility funding.
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Vienna tests new tramway grinding technology
Wiener Linien is piloting an Automatic Track Machine Oscillator (ATMO) tramway rail grinder, developed by Plasser & Theurer.
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Hope for mothballed Andalucian tramways
On 26 February the council in Jaén (Spain) agreed a contribution of EUR 433 000 (25%) towards re-opening the city’s tramway.
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Basel awards interurban contract
New low-floor Stadler vehicles will replace 1970s-era articulated cars from Schindler.
read moreEU rules UK has a decade of air quality breaches
The UK has “systematically and persistently” broken legal limits on air quality for a decade, according to a Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruling on 4 March.
read moreMass transit plans for West Yorkshire
Plans in the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s (WYCA) Connectivity Infrastructure Plan and Mass Transit Vision 2040 call for the development of an outline for a mass transit system during this decade.
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T5: Istanbul’s first new wire-free line
Golden Horn line uses Alstom APS surface current collection with Turkish-built trams.
read moreScotland prioritises light rail growth
The Scottish Government is to give precedence to expansion of Edinburgh’s tramway and the creation of a ‘metro’ for Glasgow in its 20-year vision for sustainable transport.
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Alstom acquires Bombardier Transportation
Takeover completed for EUR5.5bn.
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Wenshan tramway to open in April
CRRC Zhuzhou has delivered the first of 15 100% low-floor trams for the under-construction 13.95km (8.7-mile) tramway in the Chinese city of Wenshan (south-east Yunnan province).
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