Light Rail

Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE) is preparing to submit a planning application for Metrolink proposals in the Oldham Mumps area, including a new road layout. Under the proposals, the temporary Metrolink line from Featherstall Road to Oldham Mumps will...

Ahead of the Nordic World Ski Championships in Norway next month Invensys Rail has been testing out new interlocking systems on the Oslo Metro. The King of Norway formally opened the remodelled Holmenkollen station, with the company’s WESTRACE system which...

The Warsaw Metro is to acquire a supplementary fleet of Inspiro trams. The new 35 six-car Inspiros will be used on the existing 23km Line 1 and the new Line 2 currently under construction. A joint venture between Siemens and...

A senior RTA Official has reported to a local newspaper that Dubai Metro's Green Line is on schedule to be completed on time in August 2011. Ramadan Abdullah, Director of Operations at RTA stated that "the trackwork is complete and the 20...

Government funding of £75 million for Centro’s expansion through central Birmingham means the scheme can go ahead. Centro can now invite companies to bid to supply a new fleet of trams and to build the new maintenance depot at Wednesbury....

Popping onto Metro or bus is about to get much easier with the launch of the biggest smartcard initiative outside London. Pop is the name of the new travel smartcard from Nexus set to be rolled out across the Tyne...

Stockholm Lokaltrafik AB have awarded Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF a contract to supply 15 LRV's for their public transport system. The number of rolling stock required could be widened to up to 121 LRV's which would make the...

Alstom will be providing the tramways set to run on the T7 and T8 lines in the Paris metropolitan area. The first tranche, totalling nearly €50 million, includes 19 Citadis trainsets destined for the T7 line, which...

Alstom Transport has won in the U.S a contract worth €140 million ($194 million USD) to execute the complete overhaul of the Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO) metro fleet. These trains, which run from Philadelphia to nearby suburbs in...

Melbourne's Metro performance results for January have been released, marking the best punctuality result to date and the 14th consecutive month the service delivery target has been exceeded. Metro ran 98.9 per cent of services and achieved an 89.5 per...