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Edinburgh trams start Leith Walk testing
Leith Walk testing has begun in Edinburgh and passenger service is expected to begin in late June 2023. The long awaited project has come in under budget and is expected to drastically improve city transit.
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First Fukuramu low-floor LRV enters service on Fukui Railway
Fukui Railway to take delivery of three F2000 low-floor trams from Alna Sharyo. With a top speed of 70km/h, the new 1067mm gauge vehicles will service its 21.5km Fukubu line.
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All-Russian low-floor tram unveiled
Uraltransmach has re-designed their current low-floor trams to use solely Russian components. The prototype 71-415M has now entered trial service in Yekaterinburg.
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Kharkiv tramway returns to service
Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, has re-opened its tramways after its depot was damaged by shelling last year.
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Chinese partners unveil hybrid high-floor LRV
New 30m two-car LRV is powered by hydrogen fuel cells and lithium-ion batteries and promises a range of 100km.
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Cluj-Napoca metro contracts awarded
Turkish-French consortium to build the 21km metro line in Romania’s fourth-largest city. First phase is due to open in 2026 to meet EU funding conditions.
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Innsbruck line 5 extended to Rum
Latest expansion of Innsbruck’s tramway adds 1.2km to reach a new inter-modal transfer hub at Rum.
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Budapest adds another 31 CAF low-floor trams
Latest option marks the final tranche of a framework that will see the Hungarian capital pay ‘close to 2014 prices’, and follows an order for 20 trams in October 2022.
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Moscow completes ‘Big Circle Line’ metro
Opening of the full 70km line 11 on 1 March completes the world’s longest circular metro line.
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Stadler delivers the first new Tyne and Wear Metro train
The first of the new Class 555 trains for the Tyne & Wear Metro arrived at the system’s rebuilt Gosforth depot on 28 February, in what Nexus calls a “landmark moment”.
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