Northern Line extension inquiry launched
A public inquiry has been launched into Transport for London’s (TfL) proposed Northern Line extension to Battersea. TfL has said that work could begin on a new line west of Kennington to Battersea via...
View ArticleCTA reveals $240m Red Line station designs
Designs have been unveiled for a planned redevelopment of 95th Street station on Chicago’s upgraded Red Line. Images of a re-imagined 95th Street station have gone on show – a project that is expected...
View ArticleMadrid Metro and Ineco join forces to target international projects
Madrid Metro and engineering consultancy Ineco have formed a new partnership to chase rail consultancy contracts in South America and the Middle East. Ministers said the joint venture is part of a...
View ArticleTfL announces 24-hour Tube services and station staff cuts
Plans to operate 24-hour Tube services have been overshadowed by confirmation that Transport for London (TfL) will close all of its ticket offices by 2015 at the loss of 750 posts. The job losses are...
View ArticleMontreal shows off prototype metro car
Alstom and Bombardier have presented a prototype metro car to officials in Montreal to show the future urban rail travel for the city. The first of 52 nine-car trains ordered by the Société de...
View ArticleSecond Central Subway TBM launched
A second 750-tonne tunnel boring machine (TBM) has begun work on San Francisco’s Central Subway metro extension. The city’s transit agency (SFMTA) has now launched ‘Big Alma’, who joins her sister Mom...
View ArticleBlasting complete on New York subway extension
Excavation work is now complete on a $4.45 billion extension of New York’s Q Line. ‘Sandhogs’ carried out the final blast on November 18 which will serve as an escalator entrance on the north side of...
View ArticlePiccadilly line drivers strike announced
Train drivers and other operational staff are to strike next week after claiming that TfL had gone back on an agreement reached in May this year. RMT members voted 88 per cent in favour of industrial...
View ArticleLondoners show support for Crossrail 2
Proposals to further expand London’s urban rail network have been given public backing, a consultation has shown. Out of 14,000 people questioned, 95 per cent supported the principle of building...
View ArticleCompletion date set for Zurich cross-city line
Zurich’s 9.6 kilometre cross-city link is set to open on June 15 next year, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has announced. Earlier this week, SBB began the 200-day countdown to the commissioning of the...
View ArticleS$526m Thompson Line civils contracts awarded
Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded two civil contracts worth S$526 million covering the construction of two Thompson Line stations. Woodlands North and Napier stations, for which...
View ArticleNorthern line extension receives funding guarantee
The government has announced that terms have been agreed on a £1 billion guarantee for the London Underground’s Northern line extension to Battersea. This follows last month’s public inquiry into the...
View Article‘World’s longest’ metro tunnel section completed in Rio
Contractors have blasted the final section of a five kilometre tunnel segment on Rio Metro’s Line 4 extension. The Rio de Janeiro government said the tunnel, which connects two of the line’s six future...
View ArticleBrussels Metro to install new fibre-optic communications network
Alcatel-Lucent is to deliver the fibre-optic network which will form the communications backbone of Brussels’ new automated metro system. Transport authority STIB is in the process of fully-automating...
View ArticleSan Francisco to raise subway fares to pay for fleet renewal
San Francisco’s transport authority, BART, is to raise subway fares in order to fund its ‘Fleet of the Future‘ rolling stock programme. From January 1, the cost of a ticket will increase on average by...
View ArticleFinal contract awarded for BBT access shaft construction
Swietelsky Bau GmbH has been awarded a €104 million contract to deliver the second package of works to construct the ‘Wolf’ access shaft of the Brenner Base Tunnel (BBT) in Austria. The Wolf II package...
View ArticleTest trains run on São Paulo Line 5 extension
The first test train has made its way from São Paulo Metro’s Largo Treze to the first of 11 new stations being built on the city’s Line 5 extension. Trial runs will be conducted throughout December...
View ArticleEIB agrees £500m loan for new Crossrail trains
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a £500 million loan to finance the future fleet of Crossrail trains. Six hundred carriages are being procured to operate on the new Crossrail route from...
View ArticleBloomberg first to ride New York subway extension
Outgoing New York mayor Michael Bloomberg was among a group of special guests to take the inaugural ride on the city’s 7 Line subway extension last month. Terminating at a new station on 34th Street...
View ArticleSingapore launches first stretch of driverless Downtown Line
Singapore has opened the first phase of what will become the island’s longest automated metro line. The first section of Singapore’s 42-kilometre Downtown Line opened to passengers on December 22,...
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