In this weeks incredibly informative interview Carlos Ortiz, Director of Associated Businesses at the Medellín Metro discusses signaling upgrades, new rolling stock, the possibility of deploying passenger WIFI, the new tram system, integrating cable cars and developing new lines to change the cities transport from an arterial to a fully integrated grid network.
The Alstom consortium, which includes Thales, Sofratesa, CIM and TSO, have been awarded the €145m contract to supply rolling stock and works to expand trainsets on Panama Metro Line 1. Alstom will supply 70 Metropolis cars for €130m, while also supply onboard and lineside Urbalis 400 CBTC signalling equipment, upgrade the power supply, and enlarge the depot.
Siemens has been awarded a $156 million (130 million euros) contract by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) to install Communications-Based Train Control (CBTC) on the Queen Boulevard Line, one of the busiest subway lines on the New York City Transit system. The radio-based CBTC technology provides real-time data on vehicle position and speed conditions.
Metro de Santiago have been speaking exclusively with Metro Americas to discuss some of the key developments in the Chilean capital, future CBTC deployments and how Metro…
Esta semana Metro Américas consiguió detalles sobre algunos de los proyectos más importantes sobre el desarrollo de una cultura Metro, adoptada de tecnología y requerimientos…
CCR have confirmed that Thales will deploy a CBTC Signalling system on lines 1 and 2 of Salvador Metrô, in the Brazilian state of Bahia….
Paulo Sergio Amalfi Meca, jefe de construcción en la Companhia do Metropolitano de Sao Paulo, nos da una mirada detallada del proyecto monorriel de la línea…
Antonio Accurso, Head of Projects and System Integration, and Willy Kurt, Deputy Director of Engineering and Works, provide a details insight into system upgrades and…
Vivek Gadgil, CEO and Managing Director, and Anil Kumar Saini, Head of Systems, provide a detailed overview of the Hyderabad Metro Project, the largest project…
Eric Lin, Senior Signalling Engineer at the Taipei Rapid Transit System, provides the first in a series of global case studies, detailing the signalling, telecommunications and…
