Newshttp://www.cityrailways.net/news/en-US2010-07-31T11:20:35ZSquarespace Site Server v5.11.5 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Bombardier Wins New Contract in Delhi to Deliver Further 74 Movia Metro Carshttp://www.cityrailways.net/news/2010/6/30/bombardier-wins-new-contract-in-delhi-to-deliver-further-74.htmlCityRailways stuff2010-06-30T09:03:42ZBombardier India MetroBombardier Transportation announced today that it has won an order for 74 BOMBARDIER MOVIA metro cars from the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC). The contract is valued at approximately 83 million euros ($101 million US) and includes an option of a further 40 cars. Delivery will follow the completion of existing contracts and is expected to end in 2011. With the contract award DMRC will be operating a large fleet of 498 MOVIA metro cars, benefiting from economies of scale in both acquisition and maintenance costs. The new achievement is a further milestone for Bombardier’s railway vehicle manufacturing operations in India, part of a sound and swiftly implemented business expansion plan. The company signed its first contract with DMRC in July 2007, inaugurated its manufacturing plant in Savli, Gujarat in November 2008 and completed the local manufacturing of its first metro car in June 2009. Today over 160 of these MOVIA cars are successfully operating in Delhi’s metro network. The recent industrial set-up at Savli, where MOVIA metro cars for DMRC are manufactured, is a landmark achievement by any standard. The site was built in a record 18 months involving a great deal of skill and co-operation from Bombardier teams in India and abroad. Providing a further impetus to the local economy and a testament to India’s vast skills base, the site generated 750 new jobs and over 2,000 indirect jobs through the local supplier network. In the phase II expansion of the Delhi Metro, the modern MOVIA high-capacity vehicles will transport an impressive 4 million passengers every day, reducing their journey time and alleviating the heavy traffic congestion and pollution prevalent in the city. The phase II expansion extends the existing network to a total of 125 kilometres covering all major destinations in the East-West and North-South corridors of the city, which is occupied by approximately 16 million inhabitants. The success of the MOVIA car is acknowledged by the majority of operators around the world. This is evident with more than 3,800 MOVIA metro cars ordered to date. The MOVIA metro vehicles integrate the world’s most advanced technologies in metro vehicle manufacturing, such as stainless steel car bodies and the reliable BOMBARDIER MITRACpropulsion and control system featuring IP technology. The MOVIA metros are developed from a standardized platform, which ensures a high degree of reliability, safety and maintainability while providing low life-cycle cost.

]]>Bombardier Receives an Order from Metrolinx to Build 182 LRV for Torontohttp://www.cityrailways.net/news/2010/6/17/bombardier-receives-an-order-from-metrolinx-to-build-182-lrv.htmlCityRailways stuff2010-06-17T17:47:39ZBombardier Light rail Streetcar TramBombardier Transportation announced today that it has signed an agreement with Metrolinx for the exercise of 182 option vehicles, included in the June 2009 contract. The agreement is valued at approximately $770 million CDN ($745 million US, 617 million euros). Deliveries of these vehicles are scheduled to take place between 2013 and 2020. Under the agreement, up to an additional 118 vehicles could be ordered at a later date. “Bombardier is proud to be part of this very important expansion of public transit in Toronto and greatly appreciates the confidence Metrolinx has placed in us,” said Raymond Bachant, President, Bombardier Transportation, North America. “This order further solidifies our presence in Ontario and highlights Bombardier’s proven state of the art light rail technology, which is available to all cities in North America.” The vehicles are BOMBARDIER FLEXITY 100% low-floor light rail technology. The five-module bi-directional vehicles are more than 28 meters long and 2.65 meters wide. These vehicles will provide reliable performance along with a wide range of features, including a step-less interior allowing easy access at street level; car capacity for more than 280 passengers; efficient heating and air conditioning; comfortable interior; enhanced accessibility and safety features; locations for wheelchairs and strollers; active leveling system to ease boarding and exiting; enhanced communications features; and a regenerative braking system that feeds power back into the Metrolinx network. Final assembly of these additional vehicles for Toronto will take place at Bombardier production facility in Thunder Bay, Ontario.

]]>Alstom has inaugurated its first tramway maintenance centre in Reimshttp://www.cityrailways.net/news/2010/6/7/alstom-has-inaugurated-its-first-tramway-maintenance-centre.htmlCityRailways stuff2010-06-07T09:49:00ZAlstom Light rail TramAlstom and its partner, "The Bouygues Group", were involved as project managers in the functional definition of the maintenance centre and in making architectural choices. Amongst other things, they were responsible for laying the tracks in the depot: pitted tracks, storage tracks and testing tracks. Alstom electrified the tracks and provided all rail signalling installations, including the centralised command station equipment which will be used to manage tramway and bus traffic. Alstom also designed, supplied, installed and managed all of the centre's maintenance equipment: wheel reshaping machine, trainset wash station, complete trainset lifting and bogie maintenance jacks. 
Alstom - through Transdev, its subcontractor - will maintain the Reims tramway for a 30-year period as soon as it comes into service in April 2011. This contract, worth €93 million , is for the maintenance of the rolling stock and fixed installations. 

Alstom Transport is a 17% shareholder in the MARS consortium and is also the Construction Consortium’s representative. As such, Alstom is providing a turnkey solution for the Reims tram project involving the design and production of rolling stock and all electromechanical systems: 18 Citadis tramsets plus the rail track (in partnership with Colas Rail), signalling equipment, electrical supply installations, catenaries and ticketing systems for the urban area’s transport system. Line 1 of the Reims’ tramway system will be equipped with a ground-level power supply (APS system) over nearly 2 kilometres. With this technology, the tram can operate safely with a catenary-free system, thus preserving the appearance of the historical town centre. It only took 14 months to build the tracks for Line 1 of the Reims tramway system thanks to Appitrack technology. This is the first time this new solution has been used in France. Completely developed by Alstom, it involves a mechanised means for laying track, which minimises the logistical constraints associated with the project. It was used on nearly 60% of the Reims tramway line, and as a result, the work was completed three months faster than it would have been had conventional processes being used. 

The Reims tramway system’s Citadis trainsets are currently being designed and built in the La Rochelle factory. Five other sites will also be involved in manufacturing the trams: Tarbes will provide electrical and electronic equipment for the traction systems, Ornans the motors, Le Creusot the bogies, and Villeurbanne and Saint-Ouen the onboard electronics. The 18 tramsets will serve 23 stations and cover 11.2 kilometres on Line 1. The Reims tram is scheduled to come into service in April 2011.

]]>Alstom delivers first renovated coaches for the Bucharest Metrohttp://www.cityrailways.net/news/2010/6/3/alstom-delivers-first-renovated-coaches-for-the-bucharest-me.htmlCityRailways stuff2010-06-03T09:53:00ZAlstom MetroOn 26 May, the first two renovated coaches of the Bucharest Metro left Alstom Transport’s site in Reichshoffen. After a 5-day trip across Germany, Austria, Hungary and then the Carpathian mountains in Romania, the coaches will be delivered to Metrorex’s workshop in Bucharest. Alstom will renovate a total of 15 of the oldest train sets in the Bucharest Metro fleet. They were manufactured for Metrorex - the company which runs the metro system - by Astra in Romania some 20 years ago. Alstom Transport’s teams in Reichshoffen, France, have been entrusted with the engineering and industrialisation of this renovation project, together with work on the two pre-production coaches. The coach’s drive trains and auxiliary converters will be renovated as part of the project. In addition, the air production assemblies and braking systems will be replaced. The series will then be modernised in Alstom’s Bucharest workshops, where Alstom already supervises maintenance operations on the metro's train sets. Examination of the pre-production coaches has already allowed Alstom's teams to examine the equipment’s design. They were then reconditioned so that they could run on the Reichshoffen site’s test track and have their traction and braking performance measured, before later being renovated and then put through validation tests. This project involved a team of ten or so people over more than 12 months at the Reichshoffen site. Around 10 Alstom employees in Bucharest were also involved in cabling. The first renovated train set is scheduled to come into commercial service in November 2010. Mass renovation of the 15 train sets will begin in June 2010 and is scheduled to be completed by March 2012. ]]>Bombardier Signs $241 Million USD Contract for INNOVIA Monorail System in Riyadhhttp://www.cityrailways.net/news/2010/5/31/bombardier-signs-241-million-usd-contract-for-innovia-monora.htmlCityRailways stuff2010-05-31T10:10:00ZBombardier Monorail Saudi ArabiaBombardier Transportation has signed a contract with Saudi Oger Limited., a leading Saudi Arabian construction company, for the supply, installation, operation and maintenance of a 3.6-km (2.2-mi.) BOMBARDIER INNOVIA Monorail 300 system for the King Abdullah Financial District, the new financial and business centre under development in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Oger Limited, as the contractor responsible for the full turnkey construction of the new Monorail system, was awarded the contract by the Rayadah Investment Company, the investment vehicle of the Public Pension Agency of the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on April 14, 2010.  Bombardier, as subcontractor to Saudi Oger, will design and supply all of the system-wide Electrical and Mechanical (E&M) elements for the six-station monorail system, including six INNOVIA Monorail 300 trains (12 cars) with BOMBARDIER CITYFLO 650 automatic train control technology for driverless operation as well as providing project management, systems engineering and integration, testing and commissioning. Engineering and design for the Monorail vehicles will be centered at Bombardier’s site in Kingston, Canada, and manufacturing of the 12 cars will be carried out by Bombardier in Pittsburgh, USA. Together with Saudi Oger, Bombardier will also provide its branded INNOVIA O&M operation and maintenance services for the system for an initial contractual period of 10 years. The total value of Bombardier’s contract is  $241 million US (195 million euros). Completion of the 3.6-km (2.2-mi.) INNOVIA Monorail system is scheduled in 2012, with operation and maintenance services to commence at the start of revenue service.

]]>Alstom launches the first Citadis tramway tests in Algiershttp://www.cityrailways.net/news/2010/5/20/alstom-launches-the-first-citadis-tramway-tests-in-algiers.htmlCityRailways stuff2010-05-20T09:57:00ZAlgiers Alstom TramOn May 15, 2010, Alstom launched the first Citadis tramway tests in Algiers—in the presence of Amar Tou, the Algerian Minister of Transport. The test track in Bordj El Kiffan (in the suburbs of the Algerian capital) is nearly 2 kilometres long. The goal of the on-track trials is to test the interface between the rolling stock, the catenary system and the track. Traction, braking and speed performance will also be verified. Testing will be conducted along the entire line as construction is completed and will involve each of the Citadis trainsets ordered by the Entreprise du Métro d’Alger (EMA). The tramway in Algiers, the first city in Algeria to install a modern tram system, is a turnkey project awarded by EMA to “Méditerrail”*, a consortium headed up by Alstom in 2006. The contract includes the production of 41 Citadis tramways and the construction of a 23-kilometre line with 38 stations. The Algiers tramway will serve the area to the east of Algiers, from the Carrefour des Fusillés (Hussein Dey) to the centre of Dergana, in the eastern suburbs. EMA awarded Alstom two other major contracts in 2008 for turnkey tram systems for the cities of Oran and Constantine. The three contracts were placed with Alstom under the development programme launched by the Algerian government in response to growing demand for public transport.

]]>Alstom to supply 12 Coradia Nordic suburban trains to Sweden - A contract worth over €100 millionhttp://www.cityrailways.net/news/2010/5/11/alstom-to-supply-12-coradia-nordic-suburban-trains-to-sweden.htmlCityRailways stuff2010-05-11T10:00:00ZAlstom CSR Suburban Trains SwedenThe Stockholm public transports authorities SL have placed a €102 million order with Alstom for 12 new Coradia Nordic suburban trains. These trains will be used on the Stockholm-Uppsala line. These Coradia Nordic trains are of EMU type (Electric Multiple Unit) and have six articulated carriages. They are fitted with asynchronous electrical motors and travel at speeds of up to 160 kph. The trainsets will be designed and assembled at Alstom’s Salzgitter site in Germany while the traction system and the auxiliary converters will be respectively constructed at the Alstom sites in Tarbes, France and in Charleroi, Belgium. The trains will be delivered in 2012. Coradia Nordic trains are particularly well suited to strict winter conditions, with the main equipment (traction, static converters, air conditioning, etc.) placed on the roof. Able to accommodate 374 passengers, these trains will offer enhanced accessibility, made possible by lower floors and the absence of steps. Alstom’s regional trains are part of the company’s environmental protection strategy: they are 98% recyclable and their distributed power optimizes the braking and acceleration of each carriage. Alstom has already supplied 71 trains to SL and sold a total of 162 Coradia Nordic trains to Swedish public and regional transports authorities. ]]>Stadler Pankow GmbH delivers another five trams to Bergenhttp://www.cityrailways.net/news/2010/4/28/stadler-pankow-gmbh-delivers-another-five-trams-to-bergen.htmlCityRailways stuff2010-04-28T10:17:00ZNorway Stadler TramIn 2008 the city of Bergen placed its first order with Stadler for 12 Variobahn trams – the first 3 vehicles are already in place and will be starting passenger service in the days to come. The Variobahn trams will serve the approximately 10-kilometre-long, newly built route between Bergen town centre and Nesttun. Last weekend, during an event celebrating the upcoming start of passenger service, Stadler Pankow GmbH received a repeat order from Bybanen for a further five Variobahn trams. The order is worth around EUR 12 million and results from the exercising of an option. From 2012, these vehicles will be in operation on the planned route extension beyond Nesttun. These bidirectional vehicles are the same as those from the initial order and are 100% low-floored. The vehicle, which is 2.65 metres wide and 32.1 metres long, has seats for 84 people and standing room for 128. Air-conditioned passenger and driver cars, spacious articulation joint transitions and four outside doors on each side ensure a pleasant journey. The Variobahn trams are manufactured at Stadler Rail Group’s competence centre for trams in Berlin.]]>Siemens Mobility to equip additional metro line in Delhihttp://www.cityrailways.net/news/2010/4/21/siemens-mobility-to-equip-additional-metro-line-in-delhi.htmlCityRailways stuff2010-04-21T10:25:00ZMetro Siemens
Siemens Mobility received an order from Rapid MetroRail Gurgaon Limited (RMGL) to build a metro line to the urban business district of Gurgaon Cyber City. The 6.1 kilometer line will link the new business and residential quarter about 30 kilometers south of downtown Delhi with the capital’s metro rail network. This is the first time that Siemens Mobility implements a complete rail solution in India: From vehicles to complete electrification and signaling to system integration, Siemens Mobility offers a complete system from a single source. The system will be handed over at the end of 2012. With six stations over a length of 6.1 kilometers, the new metro line will connect Gurgaon Cyber City via the connecting station of Sikanderpur to the Line 2 of the Delhi metro (DMRC). Siemens Mobility will supply five 3-car metro vehicles with aluminum design for the new line, which will run on the elevated track with standard gauge at an average speed of 30 km/h. The advanced signaling and automatic train control system from Siemens Mobility ensures that the requested headway of 90 seconds is achieved during peak hours. Due to this short headway, up to 30,000 passengers per hour can be transported. Safe and reliable operation is ensured by the electronic interlocking of the type Sicas ECC, the automatic train control system LZB 700 M with ATP (automatic train protection) and the ATS (automatic train supervision) system Vicos OC 501. For the complete electrification of the line, Siemens Mobility will equip the traction power supply with DC 750 V including a third rail system for power collection. The power feed of the four substations and six railway stations will be implemented through a medium-voltage ring of AC 11 kV.
]]>First Six-car MRT Train Completed for Taipeihttp://www.cityrailways.net/news/2010/4/20/first-six-car-mrt-train-completed-for-taipei.htmlCityRailways stuff2010-04-20T10:32:00ZKawasaki Heavy Industries MetroKawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today that it completed the first six-car mass rapid transit (MRT) train for Taipei’s Department of Rapid Transit Systems (DORTS). These MRT cars are the first six of 138 next-generation subway cars ordered by DORTS. The MRT project was awarded in 2007 to the three-company consortium of Kawasaki, Marubeni Corporation and Taipei-based CTCI Corporation. The MRT cars, made of weather-resistant stainless steel, all have four exterior sliding doors on one side. Powered by electricity (DC 750V) supplied via a third rail, the trains are equipped with the latest insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) inverter controls and have a maximum operating speed of 80 km/h. These new MRT cars featuring the latest in technology and an attractive exterior design are setting a new standard for Taipei’s MRT system.The consortium will supply DORTS with everything from brand new MRT cars to signal, substation, communications and automatic fare collection systems. This brand new package will be part of Taipei’s two new MRT routes, the Xinyi Line, which runs from Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall to Elephant Mountain Stations, and the Songshan Line, which runs from Ximen to Shongshan Stations via Zhongshan Station. As the consortium leader, Kawasaki is not only tasked with supplying the 138 MRT cars and signal system but is responsible for overseeing the entire project. Kawasaki will produce 36 of the new MRT cars at its Hyogo Works and the remaining 96 cars through a Taiwanese partner company under the Japanese government’s Industrial Cooperation Program (ICP). The city of Taipei has been moving steadily ahead with plans to develop an MRT network that goes hand in hand with other urban development projects. Kawasaki delivered 132 first-generation MRT cars to DORTS between 1992 and 1993, and 321 fourth-generation MRT cars between 2005 and 2010. Once all of the 138 cars are delivered to DORTS, 591 cars or 70% of all 843 cars operated by DORTS will be Kawasaki-made, making Kawasaki the leading supplier of DORTS MRT cars. Kawasaki has delivered more than 4,000 rail cars to overseas markets, primarily in North America and Asia. Kawasaki continues to leverage its outstanding technological capability to boost customer satisfaction with superior rail cars that are taking this environmentally friendly means of transportation to new heights in markets around the world.

Overview of the MRT cars

Type:   138 MRT cars (23 six-car trains)
Dimension:   23.5 m long x 3.2 m wide x 3.6 m high
Material:   Stainless steel
Bogie:   Bolsterless bogies
Power supply:   750V DC third-rail system
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