Archive for category: Light Rail

Construction begins on Cincinnati’s new streetcar line

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood recently helped kick off construction of a new 3.9-mile streetcar line that will spur Cincinnati’s efforts to revitalize its downtown core. The Secretary was joined at the event by Federal Transit Administrato...
Read more

Funding for Midland Metro extension approved

Local Transport Minister Norman Baker has said that construction on an extension to the Midland Metro can now begin after Government funding was approved. The extension will run from Snow Hill Station through the city centre of Birmingham to New Street...
Read more

Funding for Midland Metro extension approved

Local Transport Minister Norman Baker has said that construction on an extension to the Midland Metro can now begin after Government funding was approved. The extension will run from Snow Hill Station through the city centre of Birmingham to New Street...
Read more

Melbourne’s Metro makes ‘solid start to 2012′

Metro has begun the year on a solid footing by ‘exceeding performance targets for the eighth consecutive month’, Metro said. The number of trains running on time in January was 90.13 per cent and the number of services delivered was 98.06 p...
Read more

Melbourne’s Metro makes ‘solid start to 2012′

Metro has begun the year on a solid footing by ‘exceeding performance targets for the eighth consecutive month’, Metro said. The number of trains running on time in January was 90.13 per cent and the number of services delivered was 98.06 p...
Read more

Alstom awarded Dubai tramway contract

Alstom has been awarded a 13-year maintenance contract for the Al Sufouh tramway in Dubai. The Roads and Transport Authority of the Government of Dubai awarded the contract to the consortium comprised of Alstom and Cofely Besix Facility Management (FM)...
Read more

Alstom awarded Dubai tramway contract

Alstom has been awarded a 13-year maintenance contract for the Al Sufouh tramway in Dubai. The Roads and Transport Authority of the Government of Dubai awarded the contract to the consortium comprised of Alstom and Cofely Besix Facility Management (FM)...
Read more

Flower Power

Transport for London is hoping a new campaign featuring flowers painted on the ground at 15 spots around Croydon, where trams share the streets with cars and pedestrians, will help make people more aware of their surroundings and avoid accidents with t...
Read more

Flower Power

Transport for London is hoping a new campaign featuring flowers painted on the ground at 15 spots around Croydon, where trams share the streets with cars and pedestrians, will help make people more aware of their surroundings and avoid accidents with t...
Read more

AECOM to design Honolulu airport rail link

AECOM has won a contract to design the airport segment of the Honolulu Rail Transit Project in Hawaii. The contract is worth an estimated $38.8 million. AECOM is working with the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation, the City and County of H...
Read more

Bombardier to supply trams to Basel, Switzerland

Bombardier Transportation has signed a contract with the City of Basel’s Transport Authority to supply up to 60 Flexity trams. The contract is worth around €184 million. The first of the new trams is aimed to be in operation in time for the opening...
Read more
© Copyright - Rail-News.com - Articles and Images by Rail Media are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.