Brazil: Thales is to provide telecoms for the Manaus monorail, which will also have its Seltrac CBTC. Valec has awarded a joint venture of Torque and Azvi a ?10·3m, 30-month contract for civil works on 100 km of the souther... Mehr »

SAUDI ARABIA: Snøhetta of Norway has been appointed to design the city centre Qasr Al Hokm station on the planned Riyadh metro network. ArRiyadh Development Authority said it had selected the winning proposals for the main s... Mehr »

RUSSIA: Airport shuttle operator Aeroexpress launched a service between Kazan International Airport and the city?s central station on May 22, in time for the Summer Universiade taking place in July. Services will use Siemens... Mehr »

Australia: Metro Trains Melbourne has ordered five MerMec rail geometry, profile and catenary measuring systems. Finland: Vogelsang is to supply a train water supply and retention tank emptying system for a ?50m depot VR is ... Mehr »

SAUDI ARABIA: Riyadh metro project promoter ArRiyadh Development Authority has selected a design by Gerber Architekten of Germany for Olaya station, one of three major stations intended to create landmarks which 'will transfo... Mehr »

Articles in the June 2013 issue of Metro Report International. Comment Welcoming delegates to the 60th UITP World Congress in Genève, TPG CEO Roland Bonzon outlines the challenge of serving a growing population News Review ... Mehr »

AUSTRALIA: Announcing its 2013-14 budget on May 14, the federal government set out a preliminary schedule for the major rail projects to be undertaken within the next Nation Building five-year investment programme, which will... Mehr »

RUSSIA: An express container train service taking just seven days to cover the 9 450 km between the far east port of Nakhodka and Moscow has been launched by Russian Railways, its TransContainer subsidiary and Global Ports Gr... Mehr »

MONGOLIA: Plans to construct new heavy haul railways are progressing, with the national railway authority awarding South Korean construction firm Samsung C&T a US$483m contract to build a 217 km line linking a coal mine at Ta... Mehr »

UK: Manchester Metrolink?s East Didsbury extension opened ahead of schedule on May 23. The 4·4 km extension of the South Manchester line from St Werburgh?s Road in Chorlton adds five stops to the network. It follows the form... Mehr »