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New extension of tram line 15 extension in Geneva

From 10 December 2023, the Geneva tram network, operated by TPG, will be extended in the direction of the French border. In fact, is now open for operation the new 2.7 km extension of the diametral line 15 from Grand-Lancy to the Plan des Ouates industrial zone (ZIPLO) with four new stops: Curé-Baud...

The new tramways for Lille come from Alstom

The French metropolitan city of Lille and Mel, manager of the transport network, have chosen Alstom as their supplier for the replacement of the low-floor trams produced in the 1990s by Breda. Alstom will build 24 new low-floor trams (with an option for 6 more), which will enter into service in 2026...

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New Stadler streetcars for Valencia and Alicante

On 3 March, Stadler signed an order with Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV) for the supply of 16 trams of the Tramlink model, with an option for a further 12 vehicles (in two lots of 6 units each). The value of the order is € 84.3mln and the delivery time is set at 32 months […]...

CAF’s new generation of streetcars for Carris, Lisbon

The first of the new generation of trams, ordered in April 2021 by Carris, is ready and about to be delivered to Lisbon. Carris is the operator of the public transport network in Lisbon, Portugal’s capital city of 545,000 inhabitants, has decided to renew its tram fleet, choosing the five-modu...

Presented the new metro for Paris Line 18

The transport authority of Île-de-France Mobility (IdFM), Société du Grand Paris (SGP), the company managing the Grand Paris Express project, and Alstom presented the final design of the rolling stock for the future metro line 18, which will connect Orly Airport to Versailles. The new line 18 of the...

ForCity, the new Skoda tram for Bonn

2023 begins with an important new development for the rail rolling stock fleet of SWB, the company that operates public transport in Bonn, Germany, a city of 330,000 inhabitants located in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. In fact, the first of 26 ForCity Smart trams ordered in December 2019 from...

Milan-Seregno tramway: work to begin in March

On Tuesday, January 10, 2023, the Metropolitan City of Milan signed a contract with the company C.M.C. Ravenna for the construction of the new Milan-Seregno tramway (with an intermediate stop in Desio). The first construction site is scheduled to start on March 15, 2023. The signed agreement calls f...

302 line extension to Bochum in service. With Variobahn

The year 2023 is the best start for Bochum-Gelsenkirchener Straßenbahnen AG (BoGeStra), a major German transport operator that operates the networks in Bochum, Gelsenkirken and Herne, cities in the North Rhine-Westphalia region of West Germany. After 15 months of construction work, the new 820-metre...

Six new Skoda trolleybuses for the streets of Prešov

The city of Prešov, Slovakia, will soon be able to count on six new trolleybuses signed Škoda: the 18-meter-long vehicles will complement the winged arrow’s fleet of 25 trolley buses delivered in recent years under a contract signed in 2016. Specifically, these are trolleybuses of the Škoda 27...

New tram lines in Florence by 2026

by Stefano Alfano The Florentine tram network will reach Campi Bisenzio and Bagno a Ripoli. The Florence city council has  approved the resolutions for line 3.2.1 (Piazza della Libertà, Bagno a Ripoli) and line 4 (Stazione Leopolda, Piagge, Campi Bisenzio); the first step is expected to be the ...

53 new Skoda trolleybuses for the city of Pilsen

The relationship between the Bohemian city of Pilsen and Skoda is being strengthened. Fifty-three trolleybuses from the Czech Republic-based manufacturer will be running on Pilsen’s streets in the coming years. The Pilsen Urban Transport Company (PMDP) has signed a framework contract with the ...
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