TESTING of Edinburgh's much-maligned inaugural light rail line is due to commence from November 26 when overhead 750kV dc powerlines on the initial 2.8km section between the depot at Gogar Castle Road and Edinburgh Airport go live.
HURRICANE Sandy, the worst storm of its type to hit the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area in generations, has had a devastating impact on the rail network.
Light rail is experiencing a renaissance in cities throughout Canada with various new lines planned and some currently under construction, as Kevin Smith discovers.
Eight years after trams returned to its streets, Nottingham has embarked on a major expansion of its light rail network. Keith Barrow explores how the city is using bold funding methods to develop a high-quality public transport network.
IN a split 3-2 vote, the city council of Anaheim, California, has approved a proposal for the construction of a 5.1km starter light rail line serving, among other points, the original Disneyland.
A 10-year agreement was signed in Beijing on October 17 between AnsaldoBreda and China Northern Rolling Stock subsidiary CNR Dalian licensing the Italian company's Sirio low-floor LRV for production in China.
THE first of 12 high-capacity Citadis 402 LRVs for Lyon was formally handed over to Rhône-Lyon Joint Transport Authority (Sytral) president Mr Bernard Rivalta by Mr Hubert Peugeot, vice president, business development and sales for Alstom France, outside the city's Part-Dieu station on October 18.
THE first of 24 Flexity Classic LRVs was officially handed over today by Bombardier to Krakow Transport Authority (MPK) in the presence of the city's mayor Mr Jacek Majchrowski. This follows the unveiling of this new design at InnoTrans in Berlin in September.
THE Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for a design, build, finance, operate and maintain public-private partnership contract for the initial phase of the region's light rail project.
FULL commercial services began today on the first light rail line in the Argentinean city of Mendoza. The Green Line runs for 12.5km along the alignment of a former heavy-rail line between Mendoza Station and General Gutiérrez in the suburb of Maipú.