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Politics and Transit in Toronto and the Gtha THE INTERNATIONAL LIGHT RAIL MAGAZINE www.lrta.org www.tautonline.com SEPTEMBER 2018 NO. 969 POLITICS AND TRANSIT IN TORONTO AND THE GTHA Industry debates why UK is ‘behind the light rail curve’ LuxTram launches wire-free section First Nigerian ‘light rail’ line opens US takes aim at China’s transit suppliers Butzweilerhof Łódź 09> £4.60 A private funding Surplus depot finds success story in Köln valuable new role 9 771460 832067 London, 3 October 2018 Recognising excellence and innovation in the global light and urban rail sector Entries close 31 August HEADLINE SUPPORTER www.lightrailawards.com CONTENTS 344 T he official journal of the Light Rail Transit Association SEPTEMBER 2018 Vol. 81 No. 969 www.tautonline.com EDITORIAL EDITOR – Simon Johnston [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITOr – Tony Streeter [email protected] WORLDWIDE EDITOR – Michael Taplin [email protected] NEWS EDITOr – John Symons [email protected] SENIOR CONTRIBUTOR – Neil Pulling WORLDWIDE CONTRIBUTORS T ony Bailey, Richard Felski, Ed Havens, Andrew Moglestue, Paul Nicholson, Herbert Pence, Mike Russell, Nikolai Semyonov, Alain Senut, Vic Simons, Witold Urbanowicz, Bill Vigrass, Francis Wagner, Thomas Wagner, 335 350 Philip Webb, Rick Wilson PRODUCTION – Lanna Blyth NEWS 324 SYSTEMS FACTFILE: frankfurt 344 T el: +44 (0)1733 367604 [email protected] Luxembourg extends tramway and reveals Neil Pulling explores Germany’s financial ‘fast tram’ plans; Abuja opens its first light rail capital, where the revived tramway is just DESIGN – Debbie Nolan line; Russian low-floor prototypes on display; one part of a wider transport network. ADVertiSING Tel Aviv launches Green and Purple line COMMERCIAL ManageR – Geoff Butler Tel: +44 (0)1733 367610 tenders; EC to probe Siemens Alstom merger. WORLDWIDE REVIEW 350 [email protected] Trial operations begin on the Urumqi PUBLISHER – Matt Johnston UK LIGHT RAIL CONFERENCE REVIEW 328 metro; first rails laid on Strasbourg's Howard Johnston and Tony Streeter report Koenigshoffen extension; Kassel’s diesel Tramways & Urban Transit 13 Orton Enterprise Centre, Bakewell Road, on the highlights from Manchester. RegioTram line may be electrified; Iran's Peterborough PE2 6XU, UK Isfahan metro extends; UK tram-train Tramways & Urban Transit is published by Mainspring toronto AND THE GTHA 335 testing moves to full route. on behalf of the LRTA on the third Friday of each Rail expansion is underway, despite earlier month preceding the cover date. uncertainties – Vic Simons, Philip Webb MAILBOX 355 and Steve Munro provide an update. More thoughts on double-deck ideas and an obituary for a well-known tramway figure. KÖLN butZWeilerhof 340 PRINT AND DISTRIBUTION Tobias Brauer and Martin Schiefelbusch CLASSIC TRAMS: ŁÓDŹ 356 Warners (Midlands), Bourne, Lincs PE10 9PH, UK examine a new approach taken to private Mike Russell visits the museum in Brus, site LRTA MEMBERSHIP (with TAUT subscription) funding for German tramway development. of the new home for the collection in Łódź. Tramways & Urban Transit is sent free to all paid-up members of the Light Rail Transit Association. LRTA WEBSITE AND DIARY Short-term politics versus long-term projects Brian Lomas Aside from our usual news-packed issue, two stand-out articles deserve a [email protected] [email protected] mention here as they both take a sideways view of the same topic: politics. SUBSCriPTIONS, MEMBERSHIP AND BACK ISSUES Toronto features in the TAUT columns pretty much every month, with LRT A Membership Secretary (Dept T06), 38 Wolseley enough ups and downs to fill the script of a gripping Hollywood blockbuster. Road, Sale M33 7AU, UK. Tel: +44 (0)117 951 7785 Vic Simons recently travelled to Canada’s largest city to update the story of [email protected] Website: www.lrta.info a complex political landscape that seems to swing between investment and austerity FOR CORPORATE SuBSCRIPTIONS VISIT every few years. Disputes over funding and responsiblity are common, as are arguments www.mainspring.co.uk over subway vs streetcar. Important new schemes are underway, but others are under LRTA REGISTERED OFFICE threat from a new administration which means they may not be as locked-in as they 138 Radnor Avenue, Welling DA16 2BY, UK. appear. Local experts Philip Webb and Steve Munro add valuable context as we look to Private company limited by guarantee, No. 5072319 what the future may hold for transit in one of the world’s great metropolises. in England and Wales. These issues are not unique to Canada however. In our annual review of the UK LRTA CHAIRMAN – Paul Rowen Light Rail Conference, we see a number of viewpoints on urban rail development and [email protected] political support. Israel, as one example, has really put itself behind light rail. Under the © LRTA 2018 moniker “Get on board with success”, investment is flowing into new schemes and the Articles are submitted on the understanding they may also expansion of the phenomenally successful Jerusalem LRT project. later be used on our websites or other media. A contribution As relative newcomers to the mode, the way in which Israel has embraced light rail is accepted on the basis that its author is responsible for the is astonishing. Politicians and riders alike see the benefits and money is being made opinions expressed in it, and such opinions are not those of available to create true 21st Century cities around light rail ‘spines’. Although the the LRTA or Mainspring. All rights reserved. No part of this magazine may be reproduced or transmitted in representatives who came to Manchester from Jerusalem told me they were there to any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including learn from a more mature European industry, I think we all learnt a lot by return. photocopying, recording or by any information storage and Meanwhile, just before this issue went to press, US law-makers agreed to enact new retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from rules designed to prevent Federal Transit Administration funds being used to buy the copyright owner. Multiple copying of the contents of the vehicles from ‘non-market economy countries’ – something widely accepted as meaning magazine without prior written approval is not permitted. China. It is of course too early to predict what the full effects of such protectionism may look like in real terms, but it is one more sign that the globalisation we have taken for Cover images: Steve Munro, Neil Pulling, Mike granted is not without its critics, or resistance. Simon Johnston, Editor Russell and Martin Schiefelbusch www.tautonline.com . www.lrta.org SEPTEMBER 2018 / 323 News LuxTram extends... and tram-train by 2035? Luxembourg capital launches wire-free section, with fast LRT links planned for the country’s second city n 11 July, Luxembourg’s Minister for Infrastructure and OSustainable Development, François Bausch presented a project to develop a 20km (12.5-mile) light rail link along the A4 corridor between the Grand-Duchy’s second city, Crowds line the new extension to welcome the second phase of the Luxembourg tramway on 27 July. R. Birgen Esch-Alzette, and its eponymous capital Luxembourg. Esch-Alzette densely-populated part of the then integrated into the list of based charging similar to the (37 000 inhabitants) is home country poses a number of infrastructure projects submitted installation in Zaragoza, Spain. to the country’s sole university planning and construction every July to the parliament. Typically, topping up the and Arcelor-Mittal’s large Belval challenges. Technical details The final decision will have to be batteries takes around 20 seconds steelworks. have yet to be confirmed and it is made by the next government, and fully charged and with a full The proposal is derived from a undecided whether this will be a which will be responsible for passenger load, Luxtram’s Urbos study by consulting firm TTK in tram-train or an interurban tram, launching the technical studies.” trams can run on energy storage 2017 that indicated that mobility although the Minister suggested Meanwhile, the second for more than 2km. demand along the corridor could speeds of up to 100km/h (62mph) section of Luxtram’s T1 line Free rides are offered on the increase by 55% in the next 20 for the service and compatibility opened to the public on 27 July whole line until 16 September. years. If approved, Esch-Alzette with the exiting LuxTram between the previous Rout Construction of the third leg would get back some of the network. The new line will not Bréck-Pafendall terminus and from Stäreplaz to Gare Centrale – tramway service it lost in 1956 make use of any of the state Stäreplaz, with two intermediate which will also be wire free – is to through the closure of the railway CFL’s tracks. stops – Theater and Faïencerie. start in the coming months with regional Minettstram system. Mr Bausch concluded: The 2km (1.24-mile) extension is tenders for roadworks issued in Opening of the new line “The project will be presented operated using CAF’s ‘Greentech July. The tram is planned to reach is scheduled for 2035 as this to the municipalities involved, Freedrive’ system with ground- the city’s main station in 2020. Tel Aviv releases tenders for next two LRT lines Major tenders for the PPP 68km (42 miles) to the network for the next phase of the Greater and will require two depots, delivery of Tel Aviv’s Purple and within the next decade. Tel Aviv LRT masterplan. one for heavy engineering and Green lines were released by the The tenders call for partners to Home to over four million stabling and a second for light NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit cover design, construction, rolling residents – nearly half the maintenance. Around 120 System in July, adding around stock, finance and maintenance nation’s population – Tel Aviv is vehicles will be required to planning a further six LRT lines serve a predicted 65 million to add to the under-construction annual riders.
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