Light Rail

A five-year programme to raise capacity, modernise equipment and improve passenger comfort and environmental standards in Helsinki’s metro and express bus networks will be part-financed by the European Investment Bank (EIB). Under an agreement signed in Helsinki, the EIB will...

Tver Carriage Works (TVZ, affiliated with CJSC Transmashholding) has produced plant’s first ever metro car body. TVZ experts developed the body of a 81-760 model intermediate car, which represents the newest Russian metro trains series. The car is equipped with 'windows,...

On October 20th, the first line of the Bangalore metro, also called 'Namma metro', was inaugurated by S.K Nath Union Minister for Urban Development, and S. Gowd, Chief Minister of Karnataka Government. Awarded in 2009 to Alstom and its consortium...

Tramlink has won the Judges' Special Award for Outstanding Achievement at the National Light Rail Awards. The prize was given in recognition of the dedication and effort of the London Tramlink recovery team in response to the disruption caused by...

Wabtec Corporation has signed a $63 million contract with Denver Transit Partners to provide Positive Train Control (PTC) equipment and services for three new commuter rail lines to be built in Denver. Under the contract, Wabtec will provide a dispatch office system,...

The European Investment Bank, the European Union’s long-term lending institution, has agreed to provide £500 million for the expansion of Greater Manchester’s Metrolink network. The long-term funding, over 30 years, will be used by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority to fund...

For the second year running, Bombardier Transportation has received the prestigious award for Worldwide Supplier of the Year at the 2011 Light Rail Awards, held in London. Germar Wacker, President Light Rail Vehicles (LRV), Colin S Walton, UK Chairman and...

With 14 lines, 300 stations, 213 kilometres of tracks and about 1.4 billion passengers per year, the Métro de Paris ranks among the densest and busiest in the world. The Paris Metro network is run by the Régie Autonome des...

Bombardier Transportation is celebrating the start of passenger services on the new Bombardier INNOVIA APM 100 automated people mover (APM) system at the Sacramento International Airport (SMF) in the USA. The new dual-lane INNOVIA APM 100 system is the primary...

The Pays d’Aubagne et de l’Etoile metropolitan region has chosen Alstom to supply 8 Citadis Compact tramsets. The contract is worth €14 million. The tramsets will be delivered in the summer of 2013, with entry into commercial service slated for...