This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector. A 1.4 km extension of Taipei metro’s Tamsui-Xinyi (Red) Line opened on August 30, running from Xiangshan to Guangci/Fengtian Temple ...

IRELAND: KeolisAmey Luas has formally taken on operation and maintenance of Dublin’s light rail network. The joint venture assumed full responsibility for the system on September 1, marking the start ...

4RAIL is a Czech specialist in railway vehicle refurbishment, modernisation, and maintenance, helping operators and manufacturers return vehicles to service, expand fleet availability, and extend ...

GREECE: The Kalamaria extension of the Thessaloniki automated metro was opened by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on August 27. The 4.8 km underground branch starts at 25 Martiou on the initial 9.6 ...

INNOTRANS: Beijing Zongheng Electro-Mechanical Technology has developed a Fully Electric Drive Integrated System which simplifies rolling stock by unifying traction and braking functions and ...

This week’s round-up of news from the global urban transport sector. Newly elected Ulsan Mayor Kim Sang-wook has initiated a review of the city’s 10.9 km tramway project, where preliminary ...

USA: Secovia Capital has acquired Genesis Rail’s vegetation inspection and management services business Ferrovia from Auxo Investment Partners. Genesis Rail provides outsourced infrastructure ...

EUROPE: Rail sector bodies in Brussels have reiterated their concern about the consequences for rail if the European Commission’s proposed Combined Transport Directive is abandoned. While the crux of ...

The number of fully automated metro lines in China is increasing rapidly as cities seek to accommodate urban growth by improving efficiency and increasing capacity through higher frequencies. Toma ...

Israel Railways Ltd. (“ISR”), n accordance with its obligations under the Israeli Mandatory Tender Laws and its implementing regulations and the International Agreement on Government Procurement, ...

CHINA: On September 10 Suzhou Rail Transit inaugurated metro Line 8, adding 35·6 km and serving 28 stations. The line opened only 2½ months after metro Line 6 had entered service. Running from ...

Automatic Train Operation is the latest addition to a growing portfolio of train control systems which Stadler has built up over the past decade, as the group’s Head of Signalling Marc Trippel ...