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November 17, 2011 | Policy

AMT reveals 2020 vision for Montreal transit

MONTREAL's Metropolitan Transit Agency (AMT) unveiled its 10-year Vision 2020 strategic public transport plan yesterday, which aims to increase public transport ridership in the city by 33% from 480 million to 640 million per year by the end of the decade.

November 17, 2011 | Metros

Bombardier wins Munich airport contract

MUNICH Airport's Terminal 2 expansion will be aided through the installation of a new Innovia driver-less automated peoplemover (APM) that will be designed, built, operated, and maintained by Bombardier following the award of a Euros 89m contract by Terminal 2 Operating Company and Munich Airport Construction.

November 16, 2011 | Metros

Irish government postpones Dublin rail projects

PLANS for Dublin's first light metro line and a city centre commuter rail link have been shelved under the Irish government's capital spending cutbacks for 2012, which were announced today.

November 16, 2011 | Metros

Seoul adds another line to its huge metro

THE first section of the Sin Bundang Line opened on October 28 in the Korean capital Seoul. The 18.5km line with six stations runs from Gangnam south to Bundang and interchanges with three existing lines.

November 16, 2011 | Metros

Contract awarded for Los Teques metro Line 2

WORK on the 12km, six station Line 2 of the Los Teques metro network in Venezuela has taken a significant step forward after the consortium of civil works companies Odebrecht, Brazil, and Vinncler, Venezuela, awarded the Alstom-led consortium, Empresas Group, a Euros 530m contract to equip the line.

November 16, 2011 | Metros

First section of Bangalore metro opens

THE first 6.7km section of the Bangalore metro was officially opened today by India's minister for urban development Mr S K Nath and the chief minister Karnataka state Mr S Gowd.

November 16, 2011 | Metros

Paris Line 1 automation project completed

MR PIERRE Mongin, chairman and CEO of Paris Transport Authority (RATP), inaugurated the commissioning of the first automatic driverless trains for Line 1 of the Paris metro on November 3.

November 16, 2011 | North America

State funding boost for Chicago upgrade

CHICAGO Transit Authority has received a $US 646m grant from the Illinois state government to rebuild the metro Red Line and improve the Purple Line.

October 30, 2011 | Metros

Algiers metro finally opens

THE president of Algeria, Mr Abdelaziz Bouteflika, has inaugurated train operation on the first section of Line 1 of the Algiers metro. The 9km section has 10 stations and runs from Tafourah Grande Poste in the city centre to Haï el Badr. Algiers Metro Enterprise (EMA) expects the line eventually to carry 300,000 passengers a day.

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