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MPT advert 2012.indd 1 8/5/12 11:07:56 Contents The official journal of the Light Rail Transit Association 288 News 288 AUGUST 2012 Vol. 75 No. 896 Manchester opens the first section of its Oldham and Rochdale www.tramnews.net extension; Brest welcomes the return of tramways after 68 EDITORIAL years; new lines in Orléans and ; Washington DC Editor: Simon Johnston explores funding options; Congestion charging plan to boost Tel: +44 (0)1832 281131 E-mail: [email protected] Eaglethorpe Barns, Warmington, Peterborough PE8 6TJ, UK. ailing finances of Budapest operator BKV? Associate Editor: Tony Streeter 294 Looking back in Angers E-mail: [email protected] Neil Pulling visits western to assess the tramway’s Worldwide Editor: Michael Taplin fortunes one year on and the city’s plans for expansion. Flat 1, 10 Hope Road, Shanklin, Isle of Wight PO37 6EA, UK. E-mail: [email protected] 300 Zurich West 294 News Editor: John Symons The latest tramway addition in Switzerland’s largest city 17 Whitmore Avenue, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs ST9 0LW, UK. came in under budget and is changing the face of areas E-mail: [email protected] marked for regeneration, Andrew Moglestue explains. Contributor: Neil Pulling 303 Systems Factfile: Kusttram Design: Debbie Nolan ’s 68km (43-mile) coastal tramway continues to Production Executive: Carla Corrado flourish after over 125 years of operation, with a ridership Tel: +44 (0)1832 281134 E-mail: [email protected] record of 13 million passengers between 2010 and 2011. Worldwide Contributors: Aare Olander, Nikolai 307 Warsaw: Joining the Euro metro league Semyonov, Sergei Tarkhov (CIS), Mike Russell, Norman Bartlett, 303 Thomas Wagner, Pedro Costa, Richard Felski, Jordi Ibanez (), Witold Urbanowicz explains how the landscape of Poland’s Yoshiri Nogi (Japan), Anthony Bailey, Ian Hammond, Paul Nicholson capital is changing and the crucial part that metro expansion (Australia), Vic Simons, Charles Lietwiler, Steve Morgan, Tom Swinney. is playing in the city’s ambitions for growth. LRTA Website and Diary: Brian Lomas E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] 313 Worldwide Review Commercial Manager: Vicky Binley Batna commissions tram studies; New report suggests Tel: +44 (0)1832 281132 E-mail: [email protected] ’s 2020 LRT is unachievable; Siemens’ Chinese metro Advertising Manager: Andy Adams signalling wins; undertakes first trials; Tel: +44 (0)1832 281135 E-mail: [email protected] debates U-turn on tramway privatisation; Uijeongbu metro Eaglethorpe Barns, Warmington, Peterborough PE8 6TJ, UK. enters service; LA continues light rail expansion. Publisher: Howard Johnston 307 318 Letters Tramways & Urban Transit is jointly published by the LRTA and LRTA Publishing on the third Friday of each month preceding the cover date. More considerations for wire-free operation; Why the UK needs to embrace EU funding. LRTA MEMBERSHIP (with TAUT subscription) Tramways & Urban Transit is sent free to all paid-up members of the 320 Classic Trams: Long-lived - Part 2 Light Rail Transit Association. You are welcome to join the LRTA. In the second part of his spotlight on the last two Łódź SUBSCRIPTIONS: LRTA Membership Secretary (Dept T06), tramlines, Mike Russell further reviews their 38 Wolseley Road, Sale M33 7AU, UK. operation and history. BACK ISSUES: Tel: +44 (0)1406 373070 PRINT AND DISTRIBUTION: Warners (Midlands) plc, The Maltings, West Street, Bourne, Lincs PE10 9PH, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1778 391000. LRTA REGISTERED OFFICE: c/o 138 Radnor Avenue, Welling, Light rail’s bumper month for openings Kent DA16 2BY. Private company limited by guarantee, No. 5072319 SIMON JOHNSTON, EDITOR in England and Wales. LRTA Chairman: Andrew Braddock. 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THE INTERNATIONAL LIGHT RAIL MAGAZINE HEADLINES well-known US author Randal O’Toole, propaganda serves no purpose other l Metrolink services to Oldham begin

l Budapest congestion charge to aid BKV? who has published his latest light rail- than to ignore the obvious facts that light l DART celebrates 250 millionth passenger bashing paper, The Great Streetcar rail systems do work, and are greatly Conspiracy, this month. appreciated by those that use them. A long climb through Already a prolific author of With further new systems and the University Hospital grounds takes the anti-urbanist and anti-LRT comment, significant extensions due in the coming in his latest paper around smaller months, Mr O’Toole and his peers surely SMALL CITY SUCCESS: ANGERS ‘streetcar’ systems that serve distinct need to experience the next generation LAYS TRACKS FOR GROWTH towards the plateau Warsaw: Joining the Euro metro league west of the river neighbourhoods, Mr O’Toole carefully of LRT systems to be convinced of Tram Zürich West: Kusttram: How the latest Trams serving tramway extension the Belgian is unlocking coastline for Maine. chooses his facts to try and convince his their merit in aiding regeneration and regeneration areas over 125 years AUGUST 2012 No. 896 WWW. LRTA. ORG l WWW. TRAMNEWS. NET £3.80 Neil Pulling readership that light rail is nothing more developing communities.

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287_TAUT1208_Contents.indd 1 2/7/12 19:10:33 News OPENS FIRST SECTION TO OLDHAM MUMPS

On 13 June, tram 3024 is pictured at the Central Park stop on an inbound A rail-served recycling depot at Reliance Street, Newton Heath, is the reason Metrolink working from Oldham Mumps. This stop was constructed seven years ago, prior operation is restricted to single line working in this area. On 13 June, Freightliner 66585 to Metrolink’s original expansion scheme being put on hold. Mike Haddon (left) awaits loading as 3004 passes on its way to Oldham Mumps. Mike Haddon

SERVICES on the UK’s Manchester Metrolink line to Oldham Mumps fleet at Trafford is composed of ten M5000 trams, nine for service and began on 13 June, when the St Werburgh’s Road service was extended one spare. Services to Piccadilly from Bury and Altrincham, previously beyond Victoria to a temporary terminus at Mumps. linked operationally, have been split with the Bury line being operated There are eight stops along the new line with a journey time of 25 from Queens Road and the Altrincham line from Trafford. The Oldham minutes to the city centre and a 12-minute headway Mondays-Sat- line is split with three trams from Trafford and six from Queens Road. urdays and during shopping hours on Sundays. Early morning and The next phase in Metrolink expansion will be opening of the line to evening services on Sundays run to a 15-minute headway. It is planned Droylsden on which overnight testing began on 11 June. The new line, to operate a six-minute headway as the line is extended to Rochdale which will be extended on to Ashton-under-Lyne, serves the Etihad station and onto Rochdale Town Centre; when complete the extension Stadium of Manchester City FC as well as a further seven stops. is to be 22.5km (14 miles) long. The Transport and Works Act Order for the ‘Second City Crossing’ Preparatory to the opening of the Oldham line, Trafford Depot was has now been submitted to the Department for Transport. The new line commissioned from early June, having previously been used to store is to run from St Peter’s Square via Princess Street, Cross Street and the new tram fleet. Apart from two withdrawnT68 trams (1004/11), the Corporation Street to Manchester Victoria. Brest’s new modern tramway THE 14.3km (8.8-mile) tramway in the French north-east end to Porte de Gouesnou. A fleet port of Brest in Brittany opened on 23 June of 20 Citadis trams have been pur- with a ceremony at Esplanade des Français chased for EUR42.6m as part of a joint order Libres at 10.45, and three days of free rides. with Dijon. Brest’s population of 142 000 has been The tramway operator is a subsidiary of without trams since 1944, when allied bom- , providing service from 05.30 (08.00 bardment destroyed much of the city’s infra- on Sundays) to 00.30 with trams every 5-8 structure. The current project was approved minutes during the day. The final cost of the in 2004, and work began on 6 July 2009. project was EUR383m – against a budget of The line runs south-west to north-east via EUR300m – and a second line is planned by Trams returned to the French city of Brest after 68 the city centre, linking Port de Plouzané and 2020 from Gare SNCF to Hôpital Cavale or years on 23 June with the opening of the city’s Porte de Guipavas, with a short branch at the Lambézellec. 14.3km (8.8-mile) tramway. S. Cohen/Rivacom

Orléans opens Algiers western tram second tramline SATuRdAy 30 June saw the extension opens opening of the 11.3km (7-mile) ON 15 June, the western extension of the Al- east – west line B from La Chapelle giers tramway entered service – from Bordj El St Mesmin to St Jean de Braye. Kifan and Les Fusillés. The new line, built at a cost of This 9.1km (5.7-mile) section includes approximately EUR400m, fea- 14 stations, including two multimodal inter- tures a length with APS surface changes, and services run 05.00-23.00, with current collection and crosses seven-minute headways in each direction. Line A at Charles de Gaulle in A third 7km (4.3-mile) section is due to be the city centre. operational within the next year, bringing the Currently, no new trams have An Orléans Line B operating on the new APS network to 23.2km (14.4 miles) with ridership been ordered. section in the city centre. R. Pline expectations of 185 000 passengers per day.

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288-292_TAUT1208_News.indd 1 2/7/12 17:16:58 Ottawa confirms LRT WASHINGTON EXPLORES route and stations On 6 June the city council PRIVATE FUNDING OPTIONS in Ottawa, Canada, voted to stick with the routeing IN late June the District of Columbia Department would have a line running north from the waterfront and station positioning for of Transportation (DDOT) issued a request for up Seventh Street and over 14th Street. the 12.3km (7.6-mile), information to share ideas about the creation of Earlier in the month the DDOT awarded a design CAD2.1bn (EUR1.6bn), light a PPP to take over services and and construction contract to the Dean-Facchina con- rail line, despite objections jump-start the under-construction streetcar project sortium for the last section of the H Street tramline, from the National Capital in Washington DC. including the western and eastern termini, OHLE Commission to the use of the The DDOT stressed that no contracts are currently and depot. However, a councillor filed a disapproval Ottawa River Parkway. available to tender, but that the proposal calls for a resolution that could add delays of up to 45 days. PPP to run Metrobus services and three streetcar lines Meanwhile, Mayor Vincent Gray spent the last Dijon infrastructure the city considers key for its proposed USD1.5bn week of June visiting China to seek investment for complete; tests begin (59km (36.6-mile) wider system to work. the city’s infrastructure projects, including meet- Tracklaying for Dijon’s new It includes the One City Line, extending the under- ings with the Export-Import Bank of China. One tramway was completed on construction H Street – Benning Road line to Geor- benefiting scheme would be the planned tram- 4 May and testing continued getown, and the Anacostia Line extended across the way network, which Mayor Gray claims has seen during late June. 11th Street Bridge along M Street Southwest. It also significant interest from Chinese financiers. It is still expected that the 8.5km (5.2-mile) line T1 will open for public service on 1 September. Line T2 (11.5km, Contract award for light rail 7.1 mile) is expected to follow on 8 December.

extension, but Adelaide on hold World-first transit ON 31 May the New South Wales Government con- Elsewhere, the South Australian budget revealed tie-up with Groupon firmed John Holland Construction as the main con- on the same day saw AUD421m (EUR337m) in cuts The Chicago Transit Authority tractor for the design and construction of the 5.6km to transport expenditure in Adelaide that include (CTA) has joined forces with (3.4-mile) extension. suspending planned electrification of the Gawler internet voucher specialist With work beginning in June, the AUD176m and Outer Harbor commuter rail lines, deferring the Groupon to offer discounted (EUR141m) line from the existing terminus at Lily- extension from Seaford to Aldinga, and scrapping three-day passes for public field to Dulwich Hill should be carrying passengers plans for tramway extensions to Port Adelaide and transport in the city, starting before the end of 2014. A separate contract for new Semaphore, scheduled for construction in 2015-18. at the end of June in a deal trams to boost the existing fleet of Bombardier Instead, an additional 600 park-and-ride spaces seen as an exciting first for a Variobahn cars will be advertised. will be added to the existing tram terminus at Ad- public transport operator. A closure date for the linking the city elaide Entertainment Centre, funded by a doubling The deal offered three centre and Darling Harbour has also been an- of parking fees from AUD2 to AUD4 per day. The days of unlimited travel nounced; 30 June 2013. tram ride to the city centre will remain free. on CTA, and generated USD1.89m in immediate revenue for the agency, while offering 250 000 passes for Primove completes Ausburg tramway testing Groupon members for USD9 instead of the face value of THE trials of Bombardier’s Primove USD14 – a saving of 36%. inductive power supply system on the 800m Augsburg Messe test track in celebrates first Germany have been concluded suc- year of tram success cessfully and the company is now After a year of operation, the seeking its first customer for com- Reims tramway (France) that mercial application of wire-free trams opened on 16 April 2011 is (Augsburg does not intend to install carrying 42 500 passengers/ Primove on its trams). day (up 40% on the previous In the meantime the technology has bus route) and 74% of the been adapted for guided buses and on population are satisfied with 31 May the city of Braunschweig the new mode according to was selected for a EUR2.9m dem- customer surveys. onstration project. From the autumn an electric bus using inductive pow- Talinn merges public er will run on the 12km (7.4 miles) transport operations M19/29 city ring service. Tallinn City Council The company has announced it has (Estonia) has announced the further plans for both truck and car The Mannheim Bombardier Variobahn on the Primove-equipped section of establishment of a joint stock Primove applications. the Augsburg Messe tramway. Bombardier public transport company, Tallinna Linnatranspordi Aktisiaselts, to merge the Lohr sells Translohr to Alstom-led joint venture city’s tram, trolleybus and bus operations. AFTER initially rejecting an offer of EUR35m from On 11 June, following pressure from RATP (cur- The newly-established Alstom/FSI for its Translohr subsidiary, Lohr Indus- rently building two Translohr lines), Lohr Industrie organisation’s shares will be trie suspended all payments to suppliers on 4 June. agreed to sell Translohr to a joint venture owned fully owned by the city in a Lohr had expected an offer of EUR60m, but Al- 51% by Alstom and 49% by Fonds Strategique plan initiated in 2005 and stom said examination of the accounts had shown d’Investissements for EUR35m; the transaction under analysis ever since. the financial situation to be worse than indicated. was completed on 19 June.

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288-292_TAUT1208_News.indd 2 2/7/12 17:17:22 News Waterloo to NEW TRAMWAYS FOR piggyback BRAZILIAN CITIES BY 2014 Metrolinx LRV CuiABá is the capital of the Brazilian state of Matto BRR1.47bn (EuR569m) contract to build and equip order Grosso and is at the geographic centre of the South the line has been awarded to a consortium formed American continent, approximately 250km (155 by CR Almeida, Santa Bárbara Construções, CAF THE Waterloo regional council miles) from the nation’s western border with Bolivia. Brasil, Magna Engenharia and Astep Engenharia. has decided to piggyback onto Since 1960 the small town of 50 000 has grown CAF will supply its Urbos 3 tram, representing its the existing order from Metro- massively to a population of 543 000 and is one of first order from South America, and plans assembly linx for 182 Bombardier LRVs the host cities the 2014 FIFA World Cup, with a new in Brazil at its Hortlandia facility. for Toronto in purchasing 14 stadium under construction. In order to provide reli- Meanwhile, the state of São Paulo has invited new low-floor LRVs for its fu- able transport for the football crowds, the city is to tenders for a new 15km (9.3-mile) tramway linking ture light rail line. build a 22km (13.6-mile) two-line tramway serving the port with São Vicente (11.2km, 6.9 miles), and The decision to choose Bom- the airport, the city centre, Coxipó and the neigh- from Conselheiro Nébias to Valongo; 22 trams will bardier would also fulfil Canadi- bouring city of Várzea to open in June 2014. be required and the project is budgeted at BRR855m an content requirements and save The project is being managed by the state’s 2014 (EUR331m). the region time and money, with World Cup secretariat (Secopa) and was originally it is hoped work will start in September to per- the expectation that 14 LRVs estimated to cost BRR1.16bn (EuR449m). How- mit completion by mid-2014. Santos already has a can be purchased for CAD56m ever, after competitive tendering, on 25 May a heritage tramway. (EUR43m) or around CAD4m (EUR3.1m) each. As well as the cost savings, the region is hoping that the time DART carries 250 millionth passenger savings would also allow the LRVs to be tested on the Wa- AFTER 15 years of operation, Dallas’ DART Light The latest extension, the 8km (5-mile) Orange line terloo Uptown Spur, prior to the rail system carried its 250 millionth passenger on extension to Irving Convention Center opens on project’s completion in 2017. the morning of 4 June. This conveniently coincided 30 July, while a further section, as well as an 8km Provisions may also be made with the opening of the annual APTA (American (5-mile) extension of the Blue line from Garland to within the contract to allow for Public Transportation Association) conference. Rowlett, will open on 2 December. options to the order as the region DART began light rail operations on 14 DART will have almost 145km (90 miles) in op- has claimed that 30-35 vehicles June 1996, opening the first 17.7km (11 eration when it completes the Orange line in De- could be required by 2031. miles) of its ‘starter system’; 16 years on it cember 2014 with a station at Terminal A of Dallas- is the longest electric LRT system in the US. Fort Worth International Airport.

Pisa peoplemover contract award Leitner is part of the PPP consortium awarded a EUR77.5m contract to build and manage the automatic peoplemover linking Pisa’s airport with Centrale FS. The 1.8km (1.1-mile) route, including an interim station at a park-and-ride which can hold 1200 vehicles, will be covered in four minutes. Following completion in 2015 it is anticipated the two cabins, travelling at five-minute intervals, will carry two million passengers per year.

Edmonton votes PPP for south-east LRT Edmonton city council has voted to move ahead with a PPP to build the CAD1.8bn (EUR1.4bn) south-east light rail line as city administration reportedly believes that is the only way forward to secure Gary Thomas, DART President and Executive Director (left) with the 250 millionth DART rider, Don Johnson, at Union any level of federal funding. Station on the morning of 4 June. DART City Councillor Tony Caterina said: “We want the money from the feds, and if it Siemens signs technology transfer with CSR Zhuzhou means going down the road of a P3, that seems to be the ON 27 June Siemens signed technology transfer Xu Zongxiang, General Manager of CSR way it’s going to have to be.” agreements with CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomo- Zhuzhou, commented that the low-floor trams cost If all goes as planned, tive Co for its Combino low-floor tram technology, just one-fifth of the amount spent on subway trams, works could start in 2014. with Chinese-made trams set to roll off the produc- making them suitable for the many public transpor- tion line later this year. tation expansion projects in major Chinese cities.

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288-292_TAUT1208_News.indd 3 2/7/12 17:17:49 BUDAPEST CONGESTION Bratislava welcomes Flexity trial Bombardier has provided CHARGE TO ASSIST BKV? a Flexity 100% low-floor tram, destined for Alacant in BUDAPEST is considering the introduction of a , to Bratislava operator congestion charging scheme to fill the funding hole DPB (Dopravný podnik left by the removal of central government subsidies, Bratislava) for trials where despite a funding agreement signed in April between passengers can ride the new the city council and the National Economy Ministry tram without a ticket. The Hungarian capital is now considering in- The tram arrived on 25 April troducing long-mooted congestion charge plans in and entered service in June. July 2013 for the city’s central area – as far as the outer ring road where the tram route 1 operates, and Solaris wins second its equivalent on the Buda side of the Danube – to German tram order help bridge the funding gap. The plan was revealed Solaris has been selected in a leaked copy of the city’s draft 2013 budget, by the German city of obtained by financial newspaperNapi Gazdaság. Braunschweig to supply 15 Installation of the necessary infrastructure is es- 100% low-floor Tramino trams timated at HUF15bn (EUR50.7m), and is depend- A new Metropolis for the Budapest metro sits alongside an (with an option for three more). ent on central government and/or European Union existing Metrovagonmash car – the Metropolis finally received Delivery will start in May 2014 funding. Once up and running, the city estimates type approval after months of delay on 1 June. Alstom and run for eight months. between HUF20-40bn (EUR67.5-135m) will be The contract is worth generated by the scheme. EUR33.1m, with a EUR15m In addition to the revenues raised, the council is New metro trains ready to run subsidy from the Land of looking for significant improvements in air quality AFTER months of delay, a ruling on 1 June by Niedersachsen. The four- for the city’s central area as well as to relieve the the Hungarian National Transportation Authority section cars will be 36m long crippling gridlock on weekdays to help convince (NKH) saw Alstom achieve type authorisation for with 77 seats and space for residents and businesses of the benefits of the con- its Metropolis rolling stock, following modifica- 124 standing passengers. gestion charge plan. tions to the braking system to comply with Hungar- This is the firm’s second The EU has also agreed to finance 94% of a ian regulations. German order, following a USD173m loan for the modernisation of tramlines 1 A fleet of 22 Metropolis five-car trains, original- small order for Jena in eastern and 3, including extension across the Rákóc- ly ordered in 2006 and manufactured at Alstom’s Germany; Braunschweig zi Bridge. The Ministry of Transport has agreed to facility in Katowice, Poland, are expected to fully will receive a single-ended back EU funding for 100 new low-floor trams. replace the Russian-built Metrovagonmash cars on version of this design, but to In other news, Ex-Debrecen four-axle articulated line M2 of the metro in September. its 1100mm gauge. tram 492, returned to Budapest for use as a heritage A further 15 four-car sets for the new line M4 will car, was in service with passengers for the first time follow the same approvals; there is a further option Saint-Etienne renews on 16 June. for 22 five-car trains. with Veolia-Transdev The French city has renewed its public transport operating contract with Veolia-Transdev Indian study favours trams over BRT for a further nine years at EUR47m/year. The new A NEW study by India’s Institute of Urban Transport re-introduce trams in Chandini Chowk, where the contract takes effect from states that trams are a cheaper, more environmental- route was abandoned in 1963. Trams previously op- 1 July, and the group has ly-friendly mode of mass transit and the Ministry of erated in Chennai (Madras), Delhi, Kanpur (Cawn- announced it intends to Urban Development has asked metropolitan cities to pore), (Bombay), Nashik and Patna. contribute EUR1m towards consider re-introducing them. The Institute looked For the first time in its 112-year history, the Kolka- the purchase of three more at India’s remaining tramway, in Kolkata (Calcutta), ta tramway is operating without a class system, with trams for delivery in 2015. and recommended that trams be used as metro feed- a flat fare of INR4 (EUR0.1). This represents an in- Other contractual changes er services and instead of bus . crease on the old second-class fare of 50 paise; the involve a more flexible fare The Chairman of the National Transport Devel- decision was taken due to a shortage of small change structure; improved passenger opment Policy Committee has decried India’s cur- following last year’s decision to make coins of de- information systems and a rent ‘metro-mania’, describing metro as the most nominations smaller than 50 paise non-legal tender. commitment to reduce water capital intensive option and probably least effective Transport minister Madan Mitra said the change and energy use as part of in terms of lifetime energy costs. came for everyday convenience. Experimental ‘La- the city’s efforts to achieve The Ministry has already held a meeting with dies Only’ trams are being discontinued as they were climate change targets and the Delhi government, which has mooted a plan to carrying an average of just five passengers/trip. reduce costs.

RAIB investigates The UK’s Rail Accident UK Minister Norman Baker ‘digs’ Midland Metro Investigation Branch is looking into an accident at London UK Transport Minister Norman Baker undertook The extension is expected to be complete by early Tramlink’s Sandilands stop a symbolic ‘dig’ on 13 June to mark the start of 2015, with operation of the new CAF Urbos 3 trams that occurred in mid-May. construction of the extension of the UK’s Midland that spring. The new trams will be approximately 33m A tram collided with a Metro. The event took place at the junction of Bir- long, against the current 24m long T69 fleet. This al- person using the crossing mingham’s Corporation and Bull streets, beginning lows use of the existing platforms but will increase over the west end of the the initial task of relocating subterranean utilities. capacity from around 150 to 200. However, the new platforms. The person was Large-scale utility works will begin later in 2012, trams’ 2.65m width means platform edges on line 1 drawn forward with the tram once Birmingham City Centre Interchange works need to be amended and it is envisaged these works and became trapped against are completed. The main city centre works are due will be undertaken at night and at weekends. the platform edge, sustaining to start in 2013; Balfour Beatty has been announced The budget for the whole project is GBP122.1m serious injuries. as preferred bidder. (EUR152.4m).

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San Diego tops ‘UK MUST PLAN FURTHER US systems TRAM-TRAIN SCHEMES NOW’ on farebox PLANNING for additional UK tram-train projects that the UK “should put caution away, and start should begin immediately, rather than wait for the thinking about what we actually need.” recovery conclusions of the Sheffield – Rotherham pilot Centro sees tram-train as a method of improving (see TAUT 893), Geoff Inskip, Chief Executive of local services while avoiding the cost of construct- FAReS cover more of the op- West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive Cen- ing new light rail alignments and utilising ‘off the erating costs on the San Diego tro, told the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Light shelf’ technology to run light rail onto city streets. Trolley than any other US light Rail Group on June 13. Inskip confirmed that Centro has a “whole list” of rail system (54%), according to The pilot scheme, given final approval on 17 May, possible routes, including Wolverhampton – Wal- federal statistics for 2010 pub- is scheduled to run for two years from 2015, but sall and a disused freight line from Wednesbury to lished in June, despite the cost/ Mr Inskip contended that waiting for the outcome Brierley Hill. mile for transit users being just of the trial before transport authorities developing According to Simon Coulthard of Network Rail’s 18 cents, compared with an aver- their own proposals would add unneccesary delay tram-train team, project partner Northern Rail has age on light rail of 26 cents. before services could begin. also drawn up a list of potential routes for tram- A total of 2.89m trips were Mr Inskip said that tram-train technology is “fun- train conversion with backing from its Dutch parent taken on the 86km (53.5-mile) damentally a proven concept” in Europe, adding company Abellio. system in March 2012, up 3.8% year-on-year. The farebox recov- ery ratio in San Diego is double that of its nearest comparator, Los Alstom to re-signal Schwebebahn Angeles. Following San Diego in the cost recovery table is Boston WuppeRTAleR Stadtwerke Mobil has awarded cover route setting, interlocking, train protection (49.5%), philadelphia (41.1%) Alstom a euR17m contract to resignal the Wupper- and train control at level eCTS 2+2. and Minneapolis (40.3%). Sacra- tal Schwebebahn (suspended monorail), which is The present signalling system is based on axle mento is bottom at 30.2%. nearing the completion of a 10-year modernisation counters, the new one on a Radio Block Center. The San Diego Trolley com- programme for the 112-year old infrastructure. Implementation will start in 2014, and is pro- menced operation in 1981 as a The German 13.3km (8.2-mile) line will be grammed for completion in 2015, when the new 21.7km (13.4-mile) low-cost worked by 31 new Vossloh cars to be delivered by rolling stock arrives. operation through the support the end of 2015, the historical Kaiserwagen 5+22 One of the 1972 cars, 19, has been withdrawn and of transit advocate and MTDB and one of the 1972 cars, and the new system will removed from the system. Chairman Senator James R Mills, who was familiar with European systems from the pages of TAUT’s predecessor, Modern Tramway.

Luas contract consultation IRelAND’S new National Trans- port Authority, together with the existing Railway procurement Agency, has issued a consulta- tion document prior to the letting Above left: A unique feature of the Wuppertal Schwebebahn was the turntable for emergency short workings at Zoo, built of new contracts for maintenance in 1974 but disused since the 1990s. This is one of the 1972 cars. M. R. Taplin and operation of ’s Above right: The new design of suspended monorail cars from Vossloh, for delivery in 2015. Vossloh light rail. luas is currently oper- ated by Veolia Transport Dublin light Rail limited. The contract, which includes Croydon completes responsibility for infrastructure Variobahn fleet delivery and rolling stock maintenance through a number of novated THe last of london Tramlink’s fleet of six Stadler contracts, is due to expire in Variobahn trams, 2559, was delivered in early June September 2014. and the new supplementary between Therapia The purpose of the consulta- lane and elmers end started operation on 25 June. tion is to provide interested par- The new service on the UK system brings the ties with background information number of trams each hour between Therapia Lane on the possible nature, structure and Croydon town centre up from eight to 12 at and scope of the proposed Luas peak times by running four trams per hour between operations and maintenance con- Therapia lane and elmers end. In the interim the tracts – and to seek feedback that new trams had been operated on other services. Above: London Tramlink route 4 began services on will help the RpA develop its Tramlink’s new service is intended to relieve 25 June; this colourful promotional tram for Croydon understanding of how the market overcrowding and provide new direct journey op- carried London Mayor Boris Johnson on that day. TfL might receive the procurement portunities between Elmers End and stations from competition. Sandilands to the Wandle park/Waddon Marsh resi- Re-elected london Mayor Boris Johnson has The RpA will place a contract dential and retail growth area. said the projects to extend Tramlink to Crystal Pal- notice in the Official Journal The contract to supply the new trams was ace and Sutton will be in Transport for London’s of the European Union in due worth GBp16.3m (euR20.2m), with a GBp3m work programme and that feasibility studies are be- course. (euR3.7m) contribution from Croydon council. ing drawn up.

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288-292_TAUT1208_News.indd 5 2/7/12 17:18:36 Advertorial

Fund for the enhancement of competition in the French public transport sector: Operators bidding for certain urban transport contracts in France over the 2012-2016 period should be entitled, under certain conditions, to the compensation of all or part of their bidding costs.

n the context of the French Competition to contribute to the payment of all or part of number of bidders and enhance competition Authority’s decision no. 10-DCC-198 of outside consulting costs) between them). 30 December 2010, a fund has been put . To contribute to the compensation, by the The above mentioned fund relates to the Iin place to enhance competition in the urban PTAs concerned, of bidding costs incurred by contracts which will be put to tender between transport services sector, with a view: players challenging the incumbent operator 2012 and 2016 for the operation of 44 urban To finance consulting services purchased by (grant of lump sums to the PTAs concerned transport networks, which are currently public. transport authorities (‘PTA’) concerned, in order to contribute to the compensation by operated by VEOLIA TRANSDEV and/or its so as to strengthen the role of such PTAs in the such PTAs of all or part of the bidding costs affiliates/subsidiaries.1 effectiveness of the tender procedures (grant incurred by unsuccessful bidders other than For the end of 2012 to 2014, the contracts of lump sums to the PTAs concerned in order the incumbent operator, so as to increase the concerned are listed below:

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Looking back in Angers Angers’ restructured and newly-branded public transport operation was launched in June 2011. Neil Pulling visits western France to assess the new tramway’s central role in the Irigo network and plans for the future.

ell outside the top ten list of France’s largest Above: Ralliement as the basis of integrated networks. With just over three- cities, Angers has around 150 000 residents. It in central Angers is quarters of residents in a sample survey in favour of the is part of the wider Angers Loire Métropole area one of two entirely scheme, Angers Loire Métropole envisaged its first new withW 33 communes, an authority constituted in January wire-free stops: tramline being operational by 2009 at a cost of EUR238m. 2001, now with an approximate population of 283 000. Molière at the ‘La Mission Tramway’ was created in its first year to foot of the hill is Location and background promote and co-ordinate light rail as the future core of public an APS/overhead Angers is 264km (164 miles) south-west of Paris. Partly transport. Angers exemplifies LRT applied successfully to changeover point. using the LGV Atlantique high-speed line, it takes around relatively small communities, but equally of an application one hour 40 minutes to reach the capital. Angers Saint Laud fashioned to help preserve what is considered precious. is a principal stop on the state-owned carrier SNCF’s TGV As the original tramway had closed in April 1949, for service that also includes and Nantes. most people in Angers the tram would be an entirely new This western reach of France has a cluster of modern urban mode of transport in their midst. In the decade up to 1998, rail networks in operation, being expanded or in advanced a 4% rise to 60% in car use was identified, with the bus development. Leading the way in the area and for France, network share falling by a quarter to 9%; pedestrians were Nantes brought back trams in 1985. There followed Rennes’ also clearly a diminishing species. VAL metro (2002) and the Le Mans tramway (2007), with From studies and consultations, the Angers PDU Brest due to open in June 2012 and in 2013. transport plan, a 15-year projection, was fully approved in Substantially later than planned, Angers in the Pays de la January 2007. Not least because parking space was not at a Loire region joined the second-generation tramway club on premium, the PDU acknowledged that the number of cars 25 June 2011 with an adjusted price tag at EUR287m. The might not be reduced, but that it should however be possible project had attracted extra attention due to its utilisation of to contain it and reduce the more damaging implications, at Alstom’s APS ground-supply system; it had been intended least making life less hazardous for pedestrians and cyclists. as the second tramway to do so after , but delays By 2007 there was enough evidence from across France meant Reims assumed that position in April 2011. that public transport could only regain market share by Following the French norm, the municipal authority route restructuring, higher frequencies and better quality contracts out transport operation, in this case to a local vehicles. By then fixed links were also proving their worth Keolis subsidiary. Keolis Angers presided over re-branding

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294-298_TAUT1207_Angers.indd 1 2/7/12 17:20:39 Above: City-bound the former bus-only Compagnie des Transports Angevins, Route and infrastructure Citadis 1012 crosses operating as COTRA. The new arc-en-ciel (rainbow) livery The first new tram route was agreed in 2004 and it showed the impressive Pont came with a new network name, Irigo. that common thread amongst new French tramways, the Confluences bridge Bus restructuring included creating an orbital line and connection of the main railway station, university, principal on 24 April 2012. four high-frequency ‘Lignes Métropoles’ to complement hospital and peripheral housing blocks via the city centre. the tram service designated as line A. The Irigo network For Angers this also meant joining its two distinct, if contract renewal is due in 2012. unequally sized, parts. In spite of being only 12km (7.5 miles) long – The Maine was historically deployed as a defensive coincidentally the same length as the Angers tramway – the feature, but the more peaceful business of bridging this Maine river’s south-westerly flow through Angers towards wide, fast-flowing river has been a challenge across the the Loire is the city’s principal natural feature. Most of centuries. With existing bridge capacity already restricting the settlement is on the eastern bank where the huge 13th road traffic, there was no spare crossing on which to Century castle of banded black stone, Château D’Angers, superimpose tram tracks. The new Pont Confluences indicates the site’s early strategic position. Tall church bridge was built between 2008 and 2010 upstream from the towers also betoken ecclesiastical importance. existing central crossings. It is the largest single engineering Angers is perhaps best known for a rich pre-industrial work in the tramway project and one which contributed to history, being the cradle of the House of Plantagenet which the delayed opening. provided over 300 years of English monarchs. With a fine A distinctive arched section spans the main river channel, collection of buildings yet with an intimate atmosphere that although the need to also cross the floodplain and main retains a human scale, Angers’ decision to incorporate wire- road on the eastern bank takes the structure length to 390m. free equipment on the tramway is easy to understand. Berges de Maine stop is built on this elevated ramp which Economic activity embraces education, horticulture, IT and also incorporates steps to ground level and the Gaumont manufacturing. Commerical vehicle manufacturer Scania has multiplex cinema. a factory in the eastern suburbs: the brand is well represented The 17m-wide bridge deck centrally accommodates the in Irigo’s bus fleet of over 170 vehicles. Cointreau liqueur is double tram tracks, flanked by pedestrian and cycle paths. perhaps Angers most internationally-renowned product and Access is possible for emergency vehicles and modification it is also part of a substantial tourist trade. for future bus use is an option.

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Impressive and elegant though Pont Confluences is, The tramway crosses at right-angles above the station, to Below left: The it was Angers wire-free installations that attracted wider which there is separate direct access to the concourse and tramway passes attention. Totalling 1.5km (0.9 miles) in length, it is the platforms. Not one of the four designated park-and-ride through the however a sparing application with only two brief sections sites (free with a valid Irigo ticket), Les Gares also has an residential area installed on revenue tracks. Each has one intermediate stop adjacent car park. Trams serve the central commercial area under development between those where the changeover is enacted between on a raised grass alignment down the centre of Boulevard west of the Maine. overhead (signed LAC for Lignes Aériennes de Contact) du Maréchal Foch before turning along the shop-lined Rue and ground supply (APS: Alimentation Par le Sol). d’ Alsace to Ralliement. Place du Ralliement is the main open space for events From the bottom of the Rue de la Roë hill, the tramway and is the core of the shopping district. It was turned into a takes a prominent central path through the university pedestrian zone and had underground parking installed with district before rising to the river bridge. After the main the tramway project. Ralliement, the simplified name used for University Hospital stop, tracks climb steeply away through the tram stop, and track to stops on either side are APS. This the hospital grounds, which can be sealed off by gates section follows the pronounced slope of the ground towards across the tracks. Once on the higher ground, especially by the river. The lower more westerly part is single track through the expanse around the depot, the tramway can clearly be the narrow Rue de la Roë. Trams pause at either Ralliement seen in a role that will grow in coming years. or Molière stops for oncoming services to clear this street. This is the main area currently zoned for Angers’ housing Very different in ambience, the other APS installation developments such as the Plateau de la Mayenne scheme. was one of the measures enacted to bring back a village-like Collectively there is a target of adding around 10 000 calm to the centre of Avrillé commune where Saint Gilles is homes over 20 years. Sales and project offices are close to the wholly wire-free stop. the tracks, complete with signs portraying future buildings Below: A flood The river divide also marks out two distinct aspects of the being within a short walk of trams, which put central plain below Pont tramway’s remit. The more populous eastern bank is already Angers within a 15-minute journey. More established Confluences’ main well developed, albeit with marked variations. The outer housing lines much of the remaining distance towards span creates a edge between Bamako and Angers-Roseraie features high- Avrillé-Ardenne terminus. deceptively rural rise housing with neighbourhood centres. The tramway fits Like Angers-Roseraie at the other end of line A, track scene. into the long-term improvement programme for Roseraie extends beyond the platforms, used by trams before turning whose rose garden name relates to former land use. back for the return service. Overall there are a claimed 21 000 Bottom: Over two Designated for urbanisation in 1965, Roseraie became prone jobs and 57 000 people resident within 400m of a tram stop. years before it to the unemployment and social unrest often associated with Even in the context of French tramways palpably French suburbs. Nearer the centre is older housing with street improving the look of cities, the detailing and quality of would carry patterns where trams and traffic share restricted space. Here finishing mark out the Angers installation. About two-thirds revenue passengers, are some of the many roads with 30km/h (19mph) restrictions. of the track length is grassed, and most stops have rails set the first Angers in the textured black stone associated with buildings in the Citadis was under Route description locality. Presumably with an eye on costs and criticism of construction at The main transport interchange includes Les Gares tram water use, an experimental section of assorted less thirsty Alstom’s stop, the plural name taking account of the regional bus perennial plants is being assessed until spring 2013 near Aytré factory in terminus adjoining the modern SNCF structure. Angers-Roseraie. Tapered, fluted masts are unlikely to have October 2008. ‘Preparations have been made for the 32-stop, 16km (10-mile) line B with the 2012 Métropole budget identifying EUR1m for continuing studies.’

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294-298_TAUT1207_Angers.indd 3 2/7/12 17:21:43 been the cheapest option, but they offset the harshness that Above: The green is brought by a concentration of vertical lines. Although the strip beyond tram stops would otherwise hardly go unnoticed, they are topped 1017 occupies the off by delicate and attractive metal-circled T symbols. route of future line B near the main Future plans railway station. Preparations have been made for the 32-stop, 16km (10-mile) line B as identified in the Angers PDU. Taking Right: Surrounding in another university campus, it will broadly connect Jean XIII stop is Beaucouzé in the west and Monplaisir north from central the heart of the Angers. It is currently most tangible at two points on the present line, between which the two will share tracks. Roseraie urban Nearest the centre is Foch-Maison Bleue, an APS improvement changeover point where points are installed on a main scheme. boulevard for trams to turn towards Ralliement. For the second line there is a brief straight-ahead extension of track Below right: The and APS pickup. Its counterpart to allow the line to go large glass area south is near the main railway station; here the tram tracks of the Citadis will diverge in direction and height. and Irigo’s livery The schedule for adding line B is uncertain, although contribute to a very the 2012 Métropole budget’s increased transport allocation bright interior. identifies EUR1m for continuing studies. The Angers Citadis Amongst the Alstom Citadis family that dominates French tramways, the bi-directional five-section 100% low-floor 302 as supplied to Angers is the most prominent type; 17 of the 2.4m-wide variant numbered 1001-1017 constitute the

ANGERS TRAMWAY IN BRIEF Owner: Angers Loire Power: 750V dc Peak frequency: Métropole (www. overhead/APS ground 6 minutes angersloiremetropole.fr) supply End-to-end timing: Operator: Keolis Angers Routes: 1 line (A), 39 minutes (http://bustram.irigo.fr) 25 stops Trams: 17 Alstom Gauge: 1435mm Length: 12.3 km Citadis 302 Opened: 25 June 2011 (7.7 miles)

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Above left: The maintenance centre and depot begins to re-populate with trams after the evening peak. Above: Trams pass through the centre of the university’s city campus. Left: With the University Hospital in the background, fleet. All are APS-equipped. Modular construction and the 1014 heads across Irigo’s main office for information and administrative infrastructure allows for extension from 32.4 to 42m lengths. Pont Confluences aspects is at the bus station on Place Lorraine, nearest tram They were built at Alstom’s Aytré, La Rochelle towards Berges de stop Foch-Maison Bleue. That the printed tariff guide has 16 factory, with 1001 delivered in December 2009 and Maine stop built on pages indicates the diverse permutations being catered for. 1017 completing the order by February 2011. They have the approach ramp. Les Abonnements (subscription) tickets are priced to 56 seats in a capacity of 203, are air-conditioned and encourage buying longer validity, for example, all network have CCTV surveillance. Paired overhead screens give Above right: for over 26-year-olds: seven days EUR11.20; one month journey and interchange information to supplement audio Provision is made EUR38; one year EUR400, which can be paid monthly. announcements, plus network and event promotions. for future line B to The many tickets issued by machines at stops (which can One Citadis selling point has been the opportunity leave the present also re-charge tickets) includes one covering 24 hours after for buyers to choose their own ‘face’ for their vehicles, installation on the first validation, EUR3.60. Under theNouveaux Angevins something seized upon by Angers Loire Métropole and its Boulevard du promotion, new settlers in Angers Loire Métropole can designer RCP. The Tours-based company was already well Maréchal Foch. register for a free ticket, to explore the area but also to be a represented in the transport field with its work on the Paris sampler of the network’s service. and Le Mans tramways and for SNCF’s TGV refurbishment. The scale of Irigo’s student market is represented by the The trams’ angled ‘snout’ ends evoke a boat’s prow colleges and schools booklet running to 40 pages. Line A according to Angers Loire Métropole; to others they are more and the four premium bus routes operate 06.00-00.30 on shield-like. More nature-based aspects are apparent in the bold weekdays with up to six-minute frequencies in the central rainbow splash across the vehicles; interior ceiling panels area. There is a similar Saturday service, with Sunday nearer are decorated with plant outlines and upholstery is lined a 30-minute frequency over approximately 07.45-22.45. green. This broad styling is replicated on the Irigo bus fleet. Onboard contactless ticket readers that give immediate Storage and maintenance is at a single six-hectare site, feedback on validity should be used for all journeys, a point the Raymond Perron Centre Technique des Transports. This strongly made by network signage. EUR23m facility has taken over as the network control The other major campaign in early 2012 concerns centre and also handles part of the bus fleet. It stands on pedestrian safety. It centres on the premise that to live high ground west of the Maine, near the cutting and tunnel safely with the tramway, you cannot forget about it being for the A11 motorway. The depot has track access and a there. Straplines reinforce the near-silent presence of staff-only halt between Terra Botanica and Verneau stops. vehicles travelling the streets at over 30km/h (19mph), Construction began in 2007 on this facility which has a taking over 20 metres to stop, and that trams have priority high environmental emphasis, most visually represented by over road traffic, cyclists and pedestrians. the compact wind turbines. There are also photovoltaic roof By January 2012 line A had a daily average of 31 000 panels, 50% water recycling and a heating system intended passenger journeys, with peak days at 37 000. Overall to be shared with a nearby housing development. this was below the 35 000 daily projection, but this had assumed (but not realised) completion of one of the west The service bank’s main housing projects. Those using trams without a Nine days of free travel and a team to educate the public validated ticket was put at 10% of the total passengers. in using the new network followed the official opening. Overall the Irigo network appeared on course for an Having registered over 61 000 visitors, the ‘La Maison du increase to 30 million journeys in 2012 over the 27.5 Tramway’ information centre closed in September 2011. million of 2008. TAUT

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294-298_TAUT1207_Angers.indd 5 2/7/12 17:22:56 Advertorial

CAF merges specialist subsidiaries into one focused organisation: CAF Power & Automation

hanks to the merger between three are traction convertors, energy storage of its enterprises, the CAF Group systems, control, supervision and recording T has announced a strengthening of its systems, passenger information systems, resources and technological capabilites into multimedia platforms, communications a single new business unit: CAF Power & solutions, embedded systems and industrial Automation. electronic control systems for the entire The merger of the three CAF Group rail industry. organisations, Traintic, Trainelec and The aim of the recently-announced DTQ4, into one new organisation will merger is to become a highly innovative, allow the new company to dedicate its dynamic alternative which above all offers energies to the design and manufacture of custom-made solutions with IRIS, CMMI electric power distribution systems and and ISO 9000 certifications. communication and control systems for all The new company offers a full range of kinds of railway rolling stock. services worldwide, with particularly strong CAF Power & Automation draws upon market presence in India, China, USA, the strengths of each company to take a CAF traction and energy storage systems are seen in LRT Brazil, Poland and Asia-Pacific. major step forward in the service provision applications around the world, including the ACR catenary- for the international railway sector. The less system currently being used in Sevilla, Spain. CAF company offers its own specially-developed has been made possible by the company For further information on CAF technologies, paired with high levels of thanks to its management methodology of Power & Automation, see reliability and an experienced, adaptable focusing on each client’s individual needs and highly-qualified team of engineers. and response time. www.cafpower.com or email The key feature of activity at CAF Power The major areas of focus and [email protected] & Automation is adaptability. This concept development at CAF Power & Automation AD TRAM URBAN.pdf 2 27/06/12 11:18

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CMY CAF Group promoted the merger of three of its companies (Traintic, Trainelec and DTQ4) K to form a single company: CAF Power & Automation. A new company dedicated to the design and production of onboard power units as well as control and communication systems for any type of rolling stock.

CAF Power & Automation is an evolution in the solution suppliers market for the international rail sector, providing its own technology and human team, which is both adaptable and highly qualified.

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299_TAUT1208_CAFAdvertorial.indd1 1 4/7/12 10:36:51 Tram Zürich West Tram Zürich West unlocks regeneration As the latest addition to the extensive network in Switzerland’s largest city, Tram Zürich West links developing areas crucial to the region’s growth. Andrew Moglestue reports.

‘Due to competitive bidding and the economic downturn, Tram Zürich West cost EUR58.3m less than its budgeted EUR250m’

ürich may be famous for its banks, its lakeshore or Above: The Tram residents and 20 000 jobs will have risen to 7000 and 30 000 the shops on Bahnhofstrasse. However, a visitor does Zürich West area by 2015, reaching 8000 and 40 000 in the longer run. not need to travel far afield to discover a different is undergoing a Most of the neighbourhood’s early success stories are faceZ of the city. West of Hardstrasse lies what was once the located around Hardbrücke and Altstetten railway stations, rapid transition, city’s largest contiguous area of industrial land. Although with underutilised or along the tramline that skirts the area to the north. industrial production continues in parts of it, many Development in the other areas is notably slower. From industries have downsized, moved overseas, or even simply industrial land an early point in the planning, it was proposed that trams shifted to more affordable greenfield sites in the extended making way for should run through the middle of the neighbourhood, Zürich area. modern housing creating a visible backbone. Rather than allowing ad hoc redevelopment as sites and companies. Planning of Tram Zürich West began in earnest in 2004. became available, starting in the early 1990s, the city Progress was catalysed by Austria and Switzerland jointly began actively planning an extensive new neighbourhood. Above right: winning the bid to host the 2008 UEFA European Football Planners sought to create an urban environment with a mix Construction work Championship, with Zürich hosting three matches. The of residential and commercial activity, open spaces, and a is in progress at old Hardturm Stadium, located on the edge of the Zürich recognisable architectural identity. numerous locations West area, was not considered fit for purpose, and planning One early investment was Zürich’s Technopark, along the line. immediately began for a larger stadium on its site to be a campus-like environment for technological start- named Stadion Zürich. The tramline was an integral part up companies. Today 250 companies focusing on the of the project, with the objective being to have the tram Information Technology, bioscience and environmental operational in time for the championship. engineering sectors are based there. Another important The 3km (1.86-mile) project was estimated to cost development was the theatre, Schiffbau, which opened in CHF150m (EUR125m), of which around CHF20m was 2000. The late 19th Century factory that once produced to be borne by the city of Zürich with the rest shared in boilers for marine steam engines was transformed to one of approximately equal parts by the canton of Zürich and federal Zürich’s most atmospheric venues. funds. With a total of seven stops, the spacing of around These early investments raised the area’s profile and 300m between them makes the line as inclusive as possible, transformed it from what was perceived as industrial signalling its important role in the growth of the areas it serves. wasteland in to a highly sought-after area in which to live A further CHF150m was earmarked for related and do business. It is projected that the 2005 figures of 3000 work in the corridor, most notably the re-building of

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300-301_TAUT1207_Zurich.indd 1 2/7/12 17:24:28 Right: A Cobra running along the new tramway at Technopark. The track is set in gravel of different grades creating patterns along the line. Far right: A Cobra tram in front of the now disused Hardturm stadium. It will ultimately make way for a modern football venue. Pfingstweidstrasse. This major thoroughfare, which The line opened with festivities on 10 December 2011; the tram follows between the stadium and Schiffbau, is regular operation commenced the following day. The effectively a continuation of the motorway and is the city’s new line is served by route 4, diverted from its previous main western approach. As part of the tram project it was terminus at Werdhölzli. To serve the Werdhölzli line, a new to be transformed from a virtually impermeable barrier route 17 was created linking Werdhölzli to Hauptbahnhof. of asphalt to a friendlier, more urban and slower-moving Whereas the eastern end of the line serves such hubs of thoroughfare featuring trees and pedestrian crossings. activity as Schiffbau and Technopark, further west it still All did not go to plan, however. Differences between passes building sites and empty or under-utilised plots. As local residents, the city and the stadium’s sponsors caused such, a trip on the tram today is also a fascinating journey the city to switch plans and instead rebuild Zürich’s other through the different phases of the area’s rebirth. With the stadium, Letzigrund. The urgency of the new tramline tram complete before new residents and employees move was somewhat lessened. As the stadium’s promoters went in, they are able to use it from their arrival and be spared back to the drawing board with a revised plan for a smaller the upheavals of construction and changing habits later. capacity venue at a lower cost, the city decided to realise Tram Zürich West is not the last tram project in the the tramline independently (a wise decision in retrospect, Zürich West area. Planning for a tram link from Schiffbau as plans for the new Stadion Zürich have still not been via Bahnhof Hardbrücke to Hardplatz is making good finalised although it is hoped to have a 19 000-capacity progress and is scheduled to open in 2016. In the longer stadium operational by 2015). term the Wipkingerplatz – Hardplatz line will be extended Meanwhile, opposition had formed to various aspects at both ends as part of an orbital tram route. of the downgrading of Pfingstweidstrasse, with opponents As the city develops its tramway, the next major project successfully demanding a referendum. A majority of 69.3% will be a CHF100m (EUR83m) link from Hardplatz to of city voters upheld the project in June 2007. The decision Escher-Wyss-Platz over an existing road bridge, enabling was confirmed by 69.8% in a cantonal referendum in to reach Werdhölzli. This will reduce the need for November. interchange and relieve pressure on the tramlines around Construction began in August 2008 and was completed in Hauptbahhof, and provide a tram service to Hardbrücke late 2011. Thanks to competitive bidding and the economic S-Bahn station. downturn, the project had cost CHF70m (EUR58.3m) less Construction of this short link is expected to begin in than the budgeted CHF300m (EUR250m). early 2015, with opening in 2016. TAUT

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KUSTTRAM No. 59 Kusttram, Belgium

BELGIUM Belgium’s coastal tramway in the Dutch-speaking West province is increasing patronage-contrary to recent reductions elsewhere in the public transport network.

WORDS AND PICTURES BY NEIL PULLING

he name Kusttram () has commendable Above: In spite of 68km (43-mile) stretch. Severe function often squeezed out simplicity and accuracy. The twin-track, metre-gauge sunshine, strong aesthetic form for such buildings, but travelling the length route designated as line 0 [zero] immediately borders winds meant of Kusttram reveals communities still sufficiently varied to Tthe shore for only a short distance, yet it serves almost the relatively few meet most tastes. Even summer weather can be brisk, but entire Belgian coastal strip. people made Belgium has excellent beaches and although much reduced, Local convention distinguishes the North Sea coast by journeys to the areas of sand dune remain. This combination is exemplified eastern (also more northerly, towards the Netherlands) and beaches between between and where tracks open onto the western (towards France) ends. The approximate centre- Ostend and sea wall promenade and wind gusts can be felt aboard trams. point is – mildly confusing as it means East End – Oostende, Middelkerke on 13 Still used by some to identify the service, the term Vicinal anglicised as Ostend. At around 70 000 population, this is June 2012. derives from the French name of the body created in 1885 the main Kusttram operations centre and the largest single to promote inter-urban passenger and freight light rail. settlement on a coastline otherwise mainly characterised by Dissolution in 1991 saw its depleted assets dispersed to small towns, villages and ribbon developments. new linguistically-based regions. With Antwerp and Gent, With rapid road and rail access from the populous Kusttram is one of three tram systems operated by , interior, high-rise developments proliferated to meet holiday the Flanders regional transport operator with province- and retirement demand along much of the approximate based management. They share a common livery, ticketing ➤

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Above: The extravagance at Nieuwpoort Stad is not representative of Kusttram stops.

Above: is Above right: Marie-Joséplein Right: ’s dock often crowded with tourists, shelter near Ostend town area has several nautical but nothing interrupts the centre is a rare survivor attractions near the progress of eastbound 6047 from earlier times. West-Hinder 2 light vessel. through the resort on a cold March morning.

THE FLEET Kusttram’s mainstay is briefly worked on the coast cab, extending at the roof 83 seats with a small in a peeling livery, 6102 is the originally two-section following delivery in the to shield AC equipment. designated wheelchair in departmental use. articulated LRV ordered in early 1980s. Original exposed couplings area. Newer on-board Peculiar to De Lijn, the 1978 for use on the coast Replacing all earlier types were removed as a safety information screens are Siemens/Bombardier 70% and with Charleroi Metro. on the coast, De Lijn’s measure. being introduced, although low-floor Hermelijn vehicles Combining resources of uni-directional versions Comfortable over long the four long panels that are built in Bautzen, Charleroi-based ACEC and with single-sided doors distances and with good needed to display all the Germany, have a small BN, just inland at Brugge gained a low-floor centre visibility from the outer stops remain with sporadic year-round coastal presence (Bruges), the appearance of car, the longer of the two sections, vehicles operate backlighting. for extra services and driver the two fleets has diverged types used creating an singly in passenger service, Withdrawals and training. with rebuilds. Now with overall 31m length. Other but may be moved as accident repairs have Kusttram draws upon a francophone Belgium’s TEC changes from 2002 include pairs. Capacity for the reduced availability in the pool of bi-directional Gent authority, some Charleroi a nose continuing the line slightly longer type is 279 fleet numbered 6000- and uni-directional Antwerp bi-directional vehicles of the screen on the driver’s passengers including 6049. Non-standard and Hermelijns in the summer.

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303-306_TAUT1207_Kusstram_SF.ind2 2 2/7/12 18:12:59 system and, to a small extent, vehicles. Summer seasonal NETWORK FACTS peaks see stock moved by road from the inland cities to Kusttram. Also the principal bus operator, De Lijn’s . Opened: 1885 low fares reflect the national policy of building public . Routes: 1 transport’s market share. . Route distance: Approx. 68km (43 miles) Today’s long distance service is based upon originally separate ventures, the first opening in 1885, and much of it . Stops: 69 is not on original alignments. Essentially unchanged in route . Depots: 3 since a return to in 1998, Kusttram’s modern . Approximate weekday hours: 05.00-23.30 effectiveness underpinned extension studies in De Lijn’s . Main frequency: 15 minutes (10 minutes summer peak) Neptune Plan. This is now integrated with the Flanders regional Mobility Vision 2020 policy, with consideration . Gauge: 1 000mm given to heading inland to and Brugge, or across the . Power: 600V dc overhead supply French border to Dunkerque (). . Core fleet: Approximately 50 De Lijn’s overall ridership declined by . Operator: De Lijn one million from 2010 to 2011, but Kusttram continued an upward trend with a best-ever 13 million passengers. .INFORMATION The SNCB/NMBS national rail network reaches the coast Network: www.delijn.be/dekusttram with termini at , slightly inland in Adinkerke; Ostend, . Civic information: www.west-vlaanderen.be Blankenberge and . Kusttram thus has a feeder role . Tourist information (multi-lingual gateway): as well as for journeys between coastal settlements. Although www.belgium.be individual town services no longer exist, there is an evident market for short journeys wholly within bigger towns such as ‘Te Koop’ (For Sale) signs on business premises now Blankenberge, Ostend and Knokke-Heist. suggest some economic distress, but Belgian resorts have De Lijn classifies about 80% of Kusttram as being in not moved downmarket or experienced the falling demand Above: Kusttram’s dedicated space, a mixture of roadway reservations and to the extent apparent in many British counterparts. main road crossings some short stretches of free-standing right of way, as in Reflecting seasonal demand, Kusttram’s peak timetable have many Adinkerke and Knokke. To prevent ships that use the inland with mainly ten-minute intervals only covers July and quays at Zeebrugge from disrupting Kusttram, track is August, with the six months of ‘shoulder’ seasons dropping warning devices: installed across both ends of two sets of locks. Road traffic to 15 minutes. 6039 approaches interaction has become more problematic in recent years Kusttram’s most enthusiastic year-round users appear Plopsaland theme however, with a rise in serious collisions. to be pensioners and students. Peak seasons bring a more park on 12 June 2012. Although few traffic barriers are installed and audio mixed clientele, but the coast hosts many events around the warnings are not universal, crossings are very well year and localised demand can surge. Most services cover Below: Kusttram indicated, not least by approaching services triggering signs the complete route, taking around two-and-a-half hours, maintenance centre that flash ‘TRAM’. There have also been recent derailments or run between the outer termini and Ostend. Kusttram is in western Ostend. independent of intervention beyond the tramway. a request system and, except for a few limited-stop X-tra

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KUSTTRAM: ESSENTIAL FACTS

Local travel: Fares generally 20% lower from outlets other than onboard. Zone-based from EUR1.20 (advanced) /2 or all-network single and multiple- day passes. One-day (Dagpas), EUR5 (advanced) /7; seven days EUR18, for two people EUR30. These tickets are also valid on the Gent and Antwerp tramways, with potential day trips possible from the coast by separately priced rail services. Buses to and around Brugge with De Lijn passes. What is there to see? Belgium is a complex and fascinating country and over a few hours or days, Kusttram is ideal for sampling multiple diverse attractions. Blankenberge is the most overt , De Haan the most picturesque. Zeebrugge or Ostend for boat tours. Nieuwpoort for quayside and war memorials and Ganzenpoot sluice installation; Domein Raversijde for World War Two Atlantic Wall defences. Knokke, Ostend and Blankenberge are each within a short distance by rail of Brugge. Above: The former station at De Haan (right) is now the elegant resort’s information centre. Nieuwpoort-Ostend commuter services, all potentially call Below left: De Panne lattice arches like a climbing frame run riot at De Panne at every stop. Station gives the Station and the curved metal with stretched fabric above Most stops have minimal facilities and not all have the closest connections Nieuwpoort Stad. For all the elaboration, each manages raised platform section to improve central access. A new amongst the to offer minimal protection against any element that is not generation of real-time screens is being installed although Kusttram/railway from directly overhead. two earlier types remain that provide varying levels of interchanges. In the most refined of the resorts, De Haan’s landmark information. Railings with an arrowhead shape are installed station building is now an excellent information centre: in accordance with the direction of travel from that platform. a suitably elegant if atypical Lijnwinkel is on the Some stops have a Lijnwinkel, a ticket and information Below: Low-floor opposite platform. kiosk, many of which have limited opening, but all identify centre sections The largest stock maintenance facility is well away from the nearest outlets such as shops and bars for buying tickets have been the most revenue tracks behind Ostend’s Hippodrome racetrack, at the discounted, not bought onboard, rate. substantial of many west of the centre. It has a turning loop as well as being an Notable structures along the line include Ostend Station modifications of the administrative centre and bus depot. More operationally in the middle of the future interchange redevelopment site; BN/ACEC LRV fleet. convenient is a fenced area near Ostend Station bordering the ramp that raises track for crossing the inner harbour lock gates. A circuit around local streets is used to turn stock. Kusttram termini have arrangements from different eras. Adinkerke’s compact modern multi-use compound has through tram sidings, whereas Knokke’s aged counterpart is in a less intensively used yard. Its buildings are fittingly used for heritage stock, as is the old depot connected from a delta junction at De Panne Esplanade. TAUT

FURTHER READING

For detailed coverage of the Belgian coastal tramway’s evolution and predecessors of the current fleet, see the excellent Trams Through The Dunes, by Geoffrey Skelsey and Yves-Laurent Hansart (Light Rail Transit Association and available at www.lrta.info/shop, GBP13.50 + P&P)

SPECIAL EVENTS IN 2012

De Panne depot will open to visitors free of charge, 10.30-16.30 Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays from 30 June until 9 September 2012. These days will also have a historic tram operation between De Panne depot (near De Panne Esplanade) and Adinkerke. Depart De Panne 11.30 13.30 14.30 15.30 16.30. Special fare applies: EUR2. The Trammelant festival celebrating the early 20th Century ‘Belle Epoque’ in De Haan is on Saturday 4 August. A special service is also due to operate for Open Monumentendag (a celebration of Flanders heritage) on 9 September. Above: Hermelijn 6335 in use for driving training in March 2010.

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Warsaw: Joining the European metro league Poland’s capital is changing virtually every day and expansion of the metro system is considered crucial to the city’s development; construction of a second line is well underway and new rolling stock should arrive by the end of 2012.

arsaw (Warszawa) has a population of 1.7 million – REPORT AND between Poland and other nations in Europe. No wonder a figure that doesn’t include unregistered inhabitants IMAGES BY then that the metro, along with a proper city ring road, is or those commuting in from the suburbs – and it WITOLD high on the list of demands of Varsovians. Few even dare Whas to cope with the typical problems of cities of this size. URBANOWICZ reject this point. New streets don’t seem to be a solution for ever-growing Yet don’t be fooled that metro development is purely traffic – critical points still being junctions and inadequate driven by emotion. The current sole underground line is parking. The well-patronised street-running public transport well patronised and drives investment to surrounding areas. doesn’t have much reserve capacity, with buses and trams Neither are other forms of transport neglected. Tramway packed during peak periods. routes have been modernised in recent years, new tracks Poland’s capital is changing every day. Also the largest Above: This aerial are under construction and the delivery of 186 new PESA city in Poland, Warsaw is becoming a new financial centre shot of central 120Na Swing trams is underway. for the region and the need for new office space seems Warsaw shows The bus fleet is also being renewed, with new rights-of- never-ending. New skyscrapers are under construction, one of the first way introduced. Last but not least, the city-owned railway slowly lessening the domination of the Palace of Culture construction sites operator is expanding its services (with a new route to the and Science – a gift from the (much-detested) Joseph on of the underground station at the airport opened from start of June Stalin and still the highest building in the country. Such a this year), placing Warsaw among few cities in the country developing city clearly needs efficient transport. Hopes and Warsaw Metro. This where the railway is used in inter-urban transport. expectations are laid in metro construction. major city-building However, expanding the metro is not only a case of project is budgeted A long history addressing a need, but also desire. Poles tend to compare to cost nearly The history of Warsaw’s metro is long and complex. their capital with other European cities and a single EUR16bn and will Initial attempts to construct an underground system were underground line is not a reason for pride; growing the open to passengers made a few years after Poland gained independence as system is perceived as one way to minimise the gaps in 2014. a consequence of World War One. However, these were

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hampered first by the world economic crisis and then by TRANSPORT STRUCTURE the outbreak of World War Two. Some 85% of Warsaw was destroyed during the war; fortunately the old town was Public transport in Warsaw is organised and controlled by ZTM (Municipal Transport subsequently rebuilt by the communist government, the Authority), a city agency. The transport network includes bus, tramway, metro effort being recognised by UNESCO. and railway lines. These are run by the city-owned operators Miejskie Zakłady However, a new urban layout was created during post-war Autobusowe (Urban Bus Works); Tramwaje Warszawskie (Warsaw Tramways); reconstruction and with a new centre away from the old town. Metro Warszawskie (Warsaw Metro); and Szybka Kolej Miejska (Fast City Railway). A metro was integral to reconstruction plans, but in the 1950s Additionally, ZTM has contracts with several private bus companies. Apart from this, strategic reasons were deemed most important and emphasis holders of the short- and long-term tickets (starting from one-day tickets) can use other local public railway operators – KM and the light rail WKD. was put on developing a deep-level tube on the south-east The metro network is constructed and owned by the city. Warsaw Metro acts as a axis under the Vistula river. Due to harsh geological ‘substitute investor’ on behalf of ZTM. As such, all tunnels and stations are owned by conditions (quicksand and water flooding the tunnel front) the city, with Warsaw Metro administering the infrastructure. and high cost nothing came out of these attempts except for short tunnels on the eastern side of the city. Discussions resumed in the 1970s. A four-line plan was station, Kabaty, was literally opened under a field and now adopted and current lines are a derivative of these schemes. the area is tightly built up. This sole underground line now It’s ironic that the construction of the sole current line transports around 500 000 passengers every working day, started in 1983 on the order of the head of the communist with growing ridership each year. party, General Jaruzelski; the long-awaited metro was Rolling stock consists of 42 trains (different types of supposed to be an award for the martial law he enforced. Soviet/Russian produced series 81 delivered from the early Construction was slow, as the centrally planned market was 1990s until 2009 and Alstom Metropolis trains, with final already in severe crisis, deepened by international isolation. deliveries in 2005). Some 32 trains serve the line daily, Yet despite the cuts, all stations were fitted with lifts and the giving headways of two minutes 50 seconds in morning rush first seven stations have civil defence installations, now used hours. Trains operate 05.00-0.00, with services extended mainly as protection from water during heavy rain. (from 2007 onwards) on Friday and Saturday nights to 03.00. The transformation to a free market didn’t help either, Nearly 95% of passengers consider Warsaw Metro services the biggest challenge being insufficient funds as attention to be good or very good and overseas visitors will certainly focused on the rapid reconstruction of political and notice that the system is well maintained and very clean. economic systems. Some experts even advised abandoning construction – in their view Warsaw didn’t need a metro. The second line Nonetheless, the first section, with 11 stations, opened in Below left: The Warsaw’s city centre is currently witnessing major 1995; alongside Sofia, Warsaw is one of few Eastern Bloc first day of TBM disruption, with many streets closed by the construction of capitals that didn’t receive a metro during communist rule. operation for line 2 the central section of line 2 between stations C-9 Rondo Further metro development didn’t receive a great deal of – 16 May. Daszyńskiego and C-15 Dworzec Wileński. This 6km central support, probably due to negative connotations with (3.7-mile) span, linking both sides of the river on a west-east the communist slogan ‘The whole nation builds its capital’. Below right: The axis and consisting of seven stations, is intended to open in Warsaw had to finance construction itself, draining the local mermaid, symbol of 2014 after just over three years of construction work. budget, and the line was developed on a station-by-station Warsaw, in a cage The planned alignment has changed several times over basis. Everything changed in 2004, when Poland joined the used to secure this the years, however decisions had to be taken if the city EU and external structural funds became available. significant historical wanted to apply for European funds from the 2007-2013 The last three stations of the first line, with a large monument in budget. The route was approved in 2006, though a few interchange hub, opened in October 2008 – a grand finale connection with minor changes to further segments followed. The line after 27 years of construction and 14 years after the date set links the eastern boroughs of Bemowo and Wola with the in the original schedule. construction of interchange station at C-11 Świętokrzyska. After passing The completely underground 23km (14-mile) line from C-13 Powiśle station under the river Vistula to the Praga district, the line turns Kabaty to Młociny has 21 stations, excluding two omitted and the TBM shaft. towards the north-eastern borough of Targówek. after the start of works. The line, located on the western The new National The city decided to start construction with the central river bank, leads from south to north, linking big residential Stadium is seen on section of the new line: this choice was natural, as the districts with the city centre. the other side of the planned route will offer connections with the existing line Previous concerns about potentially insufficient river Vistula on 4 and attract the largest passenger volumes. New offices and passenger numbers proved wrong from the start; the first July 2011. skyscrapers are located on the route and the central section ‘The city began construction with the central section of line 2: this was natural, as the planned route will offer connections with the existing line.’

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307-312_TAUT1208_Warsaw_6pp.indd2 2 2/7/12 18:19:23 can be served by expanding the first line’s depot. Following Above left: The to start construction of the stations, which raised concerns this decision, the city authorities commissioned a feasibility first Herrenknecht among the general public, disappointed with the pace of study and conceptual design of the central section. TBM for the second works. The consortium had to deal with a vast number of These documents formed the basis for a tender for line of the Warsaw utilities belonging to several companies. planning and construction, announced in 2007. Metro with Mayor, By May 2012, hundreds of kilometres of installations As Poland was named as co-host of the Euro 2012 football Hanna Gronkiewicz- were rebuilt, including 121km (75 miles) of electric cables championships and the line passed by the stadium, the line Waltz in September of low, medium and high voltage, over 446km (277 miles) was initially expected to be ready for the championship. 2011. This TBM has of telecommunication cables, nearly 5km (3.1 miles) of However, the initial bids received were at least twice as been named ‘Maria’ heating conduits, over 3km (1.9 miles) of gas network, expensive as the PLN2.82bn (EUR660m) envisaged by the after the world nearly 6km (3.7 miles) of water supply and nearly 7km city, prompting a retender process and the delay in receiving (4.3 miles) of sewage. A further challenge was the the required investment to make line 2 ready in time for famous Warsaw- discovery of more than 400 World War Two bombs and Euro 2012. This relaxed a certain pressure on construction born scientist Maria explosives that required careful removal. and the delivery time was slightly extended to 48 months. Skłodowska-Curie. Stations and ventilation shafts are being built using Those factors, as well as expected competition from Chinese The 95m-long, the cut-and-cover method. First the diaphragm walls are companies, brought construction prices down. 500-tonne TBM is constructed, followed the by station’s ceiling; the soil is In October 2009 a PLN4.15bn (EUR0.97bn) contract was expected to bore then removed from under the ceiling and work continues signed with a consortium of Italy’s Astaldi (with metros in 15m of tunnel per through the intermediate levels – all the way to the platform Rome, Milan, Genoa, Caracas and Copenhagen), Turkey’s day. Four in total and the lowest floor. This causes severe disruption, with Gülermak (metros in and Ankara) and Poland’s will be used on the several streets closed for traffic-leading to special treatment PBDiM (road constructor). Of this around PLN2.77bn line 2 project. of public transport, with cars banned from one of the bridges. (EUR700m) is from EU funds. The consortium, under the The second line will be deeper than the first with name AGP Metro Polska has contracted the preparation Above right: The railheads located 12.5m-27m below ground. Each station of the construction to ILF Consulting Engineers (recently first section of the will have one island platform, and an additional platform involved on metros in Caracas, Venezuela and Mexico City). gargantuan TBM will be constructed at C-14 Stadion station for the planned New signalling will be provided by Bombardier. named ‘Anna’ third line. However construction of the third line is a fairly Completion is set for 27 October 2013, followed is lowered into distant prospect and the space will initially be used for train by mandatory inspections. These are expected to last position on the stabling and maintenance. some time due to the scale of the project, the use of new most advanced Stations will be constructed according to the design technology, new signalling and new trains. This will be construction site concept of Andrzej Chołdzyński, the architect of three the first investment commissioned in compliance with new stations on the first line, one of which is internationally regulations dedicated specially to metros (previously the of C-9 Rondo acclaimed. Features include the use of bare painted railway and building law was in force). Daszyńskiego station concrete, waved ceilings and characteristic ‘chalices’ on 4 May. – columns that expand at the top. Each station will have Building the new line its own, dominant colour and glass panels with colourful, Work on the first construction site began in October 2010 geometric shapes designed by the world famous Wojciech and others by mid-2011. Following this it took some time Fangor. Passenger area floors will be clad in granite. Two parallel tunnels will be created using four INSPIRO TECHNICAL DATA automated Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs), produced by Herrenknecht. Each boring machine is 95m long and 6.3m Train length . 117.76mm in diameter. Their pace of work ranges from 10-30m per . Width 2.74m day, with the average speed expected to be around 12-15m per day. The first TBM began tunnelling in May 2012. . Net weight Under 186t Work is now clearly visible on all construction sites and . Nominal load 267t city officials still claim that the October 2013 delivery date is realistic. However, some observers are less optimistic and . Train formation Mc-T1-M-M-T1-Mc (Mc – drive car with talk about a six-month delay. Although that wouldn’t be a driver’s cab, T – trailer car, M – middle drive car) great deal in comparison with other European systems and . Capacity 1450 passengers, 256 seated investments, it would surely cause tensions among local politicians. . Doors Four pairs per car, each of 1400mm width Further development . Noise level 67dB in driver’s cab and 75dB in passenger compartment In October 2011 Warsaw Metro announced a competition for architectural and construction concepts for a western . Max speed 90km/h (56mph) extension towards Wola and a north-eastern extension towards Targówek, each having three stations.

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The contest gained international attention, with 23 Other investments consortia bidding to take part. By the end of June, just The investment in the Warsaw metro doesn’t end with before the press date, the competition results were new lines and stations. Kabaty depot, located on the announced. It is likely that the west section will be awarded southernmost end of the fi rst line, is being expanded to to Metroprojekt, who previously worked on several projects accommodate the additional trains that will serve the fi rst for the fi rst line, as well as the conceptual design of the line and the central section of the second (as well as its central section of the second line. short future extensions). The best offer for the concept of the north-eastern Apart from new structures (trainwash, paint works, a extension was prepared by ILF Consulting Engineers, garage for emergency vehicles), the main shed is being who – as previously mentioned – is responsible for the rebuilt. Previously it had dead end tracks, so trains left the construction project of the central section of the second same way as they entered; now a-through passage of trains line. A separate tender for construction works will be will be possible. announced. The timeline of the project depends on Introducing additional trains on the fi rst line – a clear obtaining EU funding from the 2013-19 budget. need in the face of growing passenger volumes, especially Apart from these extensions, a further fi ve stations with a after the opening of the new line – requires changes in depot are planned on the western section towards Bemowo signalling to allow closer and more frequent running and Chrzanów and three stations on the north-eastern of trains. section towards Bródno. After completion, the whole Train operation is to be based solely on cab signalling, line will cover around 22km (14 miles) with 21 stations. being part of ATP devices, with the fi xed signalling being However, these plans may change, as surrounding boroughs turned off. Although ATP systems already support the want the underground extended into their neighbourhood. driver, stopping the train at the station or preventing over- Offi cial plans also include the south-eastern section of speeding or passing red signals, the cab signalling serves as line II towards Gocław (7.3km/4.5 miles and six stations) an auxiliary indicator. with an additional depot. However, services on that branch Secondly, the maximum speed is to be raised from will be self-contained with passengers needing to change 60km/h (37mph) to 80km/h (50mph). The headway is at Stadion. to improve in morning peak times from two minutes 50 Technically speaking, this section is part of the Below: The Warsaw seconds to two minutes. additional, third metro line planned on the west-east Metro – showing Warsaw Metro is also modernising existing stations, corridor, south to the second line; it is still not clear both the existing with lighting, loudspeaker, passenger information, CCTV whether the Gocław branch will be built at all, despite the line and the under- and other safety devices being gradually replaced. Section construction of an additional platform at Stadion. construction line 2. dispatchers’ operating desks are being fully computerised,

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307-312_TAUT1208_Warsaw_6pp.indd4 4 2/7/12 18:34:42 with traditional switch control panels replaced by VDUs. Above: Building line Last year, during July and August, all stations were fitted 2 is going to cause with metal tactile safety stripes. major disruption to city streets around Inspiro for Warsaw the new line with As previously stated, rolling stock currently consists of workers continuing 42 passenger trains, each of six carriages. This includes construction works 15 trains of the virtually identical 81-71 and 81-57 series, around the clock to produced respectively by Metrovagonmash in Mytischci meet the deadlines and Vagonmash in Sankt Petersburg, and delivered – the residents of 1990-2007 (the first ten cars being a gift from the Soviet Union; trains of 81 series can be found on almost all metro these streets have systems of the former Eastern Bloc). no option but to get Also here are 18 trains of Metropolis ’98 trains produced used to their new by Alstom, delivered 2000-05, and seven trains of the noisy neighbours! upgraded 81-57 series of Sankt Petersburg, delivered 2008- 09. Yet the developing metro still needs new rolling stock to Right: Hundreds cope with new projects. of kilometres of In February 2012 the first carbody of theInspiro for utilities apparatus Warsaw was presented at the Siemens factory in Vienna are to be relocated (Wien). Warsaw has bought 210 cars (with the possibility or replaced as part of extending the contract by 50%), which will form 35 of the monumental articulated trains, for the price of just over PLN1bn net construction (EUR240m net). The Polish capital is the first city to order process for line. trains from this new generation. These include It is intended that 20 will serve the central section of the electrical, gas and second line, whilst the other 15 will augment services on water conduits, the first line. sewerage and Siemens has announced that the first train will be ready telecommunication for testing at its centre in Wildenrath Wegberg in Germany cables. this autumn. The train is expected to arrive in Warsaw in December, where further tests and commissioning towards Polish homologation will be carried out. The first ten trains will be produced in Vienna, whilst the remainder will be assembled in the Polish Newag works

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in Nowy Sącz. All trains – each under 36-month warranty “Secondly, the train offers [a] single space: there will be – are to be delivered by the end of December 2013. no doors or any other barriers between the cars. However with plans towards extending the second line now “Thirdly, the train will be extremely friendly for the advanced, officials have made it clear that the possibility of environment: long intervals between inspections, usage extending the contract by 50% is very likely. of biodegradable materials, minimal energy consumption. The new cars are to be environmentally-friendly and What is more, the train will be light. Those aspects make energy efficient, as well as visually attractive. By using this delivery a state-of-art purchase...” aluminium components, the weight of the carbody is reduced Is such a long interval between inspections achievable? by 20% in comparison to other similar products, which of “The long period between inspections of three months… course impacts on operating costs and energy consumption. is the effect of the assumed parameters in the tender In order to increase passenger space, all the technical specifications,” said Mr Lejk. “When announcing a tender equipment will be placed on the outside of the carbody’s for rolling stock, we’ve clearly put forward and assessed main structure. Part of the appeal of the Inspiro is its the criteria associated with the operation, which in turn promised long intervals between safety inspections, have an impact on operating costs. In the operation criteria, extending to three months; 81-series trains have to be among other things, we’ve considered inspection intervals inspected every 20 hours and Alstom trains every 14 and awarded points depending whether we can perform the days. This is to be achieved through the use of computer inspections with the computer software or if we need to diagnostic systems. involve more people and effort…” Jerzy Lejk, president of the management board of Metro “The contract provides the right to use the option of Warszawskie, said: “The most important thing, from the increasing the order by 50%. Mathematics show that for passenger’s point of view, is that this train is completely serving the ‘3+3’ extensions… with a headway of 120 friendly for the disabled. seconds, we need at least nine trains.” TAUT

INTERVIEW: JOSEF FELKEL-HÖGLER, HEAD OF METRO AND COACHES, SIEMENS What marks the Inspiro out So this is the idea – not to waste Q from other products? time on checking the train but only We have developed a new invest time when something is really generation of metro vehicles and wrong and you have to repair it. at the end there are two or three major improvements. One is energy The train has to work with the consumption through lightweight Q new signalling system that and energy-optimised traction doesn’t yet exist. Did you contact equipment. the consortium that constructs the Secondly, we really invested second line? time and expert resource to reduce We have the requirement from the the maintenance costs. We will customer that the train can drive definitively reduce maintenance cost on both lines. The first trains will by 20% in comparison to existing operate on the existing line. We series of trains. are already in close negotiations We try to go new ways. We with people from the infrastructure co-operated with BMW’s design side (Bombardier), which is department and started creating a delivering the new signalling This model gives Varsovians a glimpse at the future rolling stock for the metro new design. devices to make this vehicle from 2014 – the all-new Siemens Inspiro, designed by BMW Designworks. compatible. The construction is very light, Q but is it still very strong? Are the external details Yes, that’s the strength of aluminium. Q definite? You can see that the aluminium We are still in some discussions. extruded profiles were done on the Today we concentrate on the whole length in one go by Swiss carbody structure – for example the company Alcan (formerly Alusuisse). lights around the doors: we are still We do all the milling and welding in discussion how to realise this. It’s here in Wien. a general feature we offer to our customers and then it’s a detailed Alstom metro trains in discussion about the regulations for Q Warsaw need to be inspected each country. every 14 days, the Russian trains every 20 hours. How are Can you say more about you going to achieve such long Q the test procedure you will periods between inspections? perform on the car structure? You have to have equipment Out of the regulations you have to onboard that detects faults by prove that the car is properly built. itself. What we do normally and They will press with 800kN, for The exposed aluminium carbody of the first Warsaw Inspiro at Siemens’ what Alstom does is preventive this test we will add 40t of weight facility in Wien (Vienna), Austria. The first ten trains will be produced here, maintenance. There is nothing to this carbody, because we have with subsequent vehicles being assembled by Newag in Nowy Sącz. wrong [with that], but you have to to simulate the equipment that will check whether everything is still OK. be put inside and also we have to coach and it will be ready, done How many other cities have If you have electronic sensors… simulate the maximum crash load, and proofed, before we start the Q chosen the Inspiro so far? checking the most critical parts, and so that means seven passengers per homologation. We have an order for 126 cars for we have some experience where square metre. With the first train we will go to Munich, it’s around three months the critical parts are, if you check Then there are some electronic our test centre in the autumn behind Warsaw. this, you can maintain this distance. measurements and it is only where we will complete the We have offers for Helsinki, we If something happens there will allowed that the carbody moves a dynamic testing and by the end are optimistic there, and there is be an alarm on the trainset and few portions of a millimetre. This of the year the first trains will arrive an upcoming tender for . the driver will know and he can procedure we will not do on the in Warsaw for further tests and We are also in negotiations with start actions. first, but with [the] fourth or fifth homologation. Moscow.

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BATNA. The Algiers metro company will project manage a tramway scheme in this city of 300 000. On 14 May tenders were issued for engineering studies for the first line, connecting Bouzourane and the new town of Hamla via the city centre (15km, 9.3 miles). A. Senut CONSTANTINE. Alstom has delivered all 27 Citadis trams, but public service will now start in the first quarter of 2013, according to the mayor. Engineering studies have been carried out for a 9.1km (5.6-mile) extension from the southern terminus of the new line at Zouaghi west to Universitée Ali Mendjeli. A. Senut

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BUENOS AIRES. The government has revoked the Sarmiento and Mitre network commuter rail concession held by Trenes de after an investigation into a February accident The Czech city of Plzen is gradually replacing its Tatra T3 trams with these rebodied examples featuring a that saw 51 passengers lose their lives revealed low-floor centre entrance.P. Haseldine inadequate maintenance. The government intends to transfer operations to a new unit in Vorchdorf than the first car (320) was involved BULGARIA formed by Metrovias/Ferrovias. RGI in an accident involving a fallen tree and overhead on the Gmunden line. A third Flexity is due to SOFIA. Construction tenders have been invited AUSTRALIA arrive for use on Vöcklamarkt – Attersee. EB for the 2.8km (1.7-mile) metro extension linking WIEN (VIENNA). The 150th B type low-floor Mladost 1 and Sofia Business Park, hoped to BROADREACH – SOUTHPORT. 2800t of tram, 750, was delivered in April. EB be complete by the end of 2015. A. Bailey rail (representing 55km, 34.1 miles, of single track) for the Gold Coast light rail project has BELGIUM CANADA been delivered from the port of Brisbane after shipping from Austria. J. Chuang ANTWERPEN. Tenders have been invited for TORONTO. The Toronto Transit Commission CANBERRA. Though 70% of residents the 4.3km (2.6-mile) extension of route 3 from has challenged provincial transportation would prefer light rail to bus rapid transit in the Zwijndrecht to Beveren. T-2000 authority Metrolinx to provide a “more Gungahlin – Civic corridor, there is concern the BRUXELLES/BRUSSEL. The rebuilt realistic” deadline for completion of the 13km (8.1-mile) line could be stymied by a price terminus Parking Stalle and relaid junction CAD4.9bn (EUR3.8bn) Eglinton Crosstown tag of up to AUD846m (EUR677m) anticipated Carrefour Stalle/Neerstalle should re-open on 2 LRT route, claiming the 2020 deadline cannot by consultants URS Australia, twice the price of September. trams up to 3107 be met without massive disruption. Adelaide’s latest extension. E. B. Havens had been delivered by the end of May while This announcement follows Metrolinx’s . The Green Party election PCCs 77/34 are being stripped for spares. decision to use provincial procurement agency campaign included proposals for a tramline The Flemish government’s Mobility Plan 2020 Infrastructure Ontario to manage construction of across the inner-north suburbs, facilitated by envisages 33km (20.5 miles) of light rail in the the 19km (11.8-mile) project. 2km (1.2 miles) of new track along Victoria St outer suburbs (of which 3km, 1.8 miles, would be Waterfront Toronto has begun track laying on to link routes 55 and 24. shared with STIB): Jette–Vilvoorde – Zaventeam the northern portion of Cherry St, the first section An AUD14 (EUR11) Myki visitor pack is on – Roodebeek – Tervuren; Hest-op-den-Berg of Queens Quay East line is due to open in 2015. sale at 300 locations offering a ticket valid for – Zaventem – Bordet – Meiser – Gare du Nord; Only CAD90m (EUR70m) of the CAD300m one day’s unlimited travel in zone 1 plus 10-20% Boom – Heysel – Gare du Nord; Ninove – Dilbeek (EUR233m) needed has been identified so far. discounts at 15 tourist attractions. The ticket – Gare du Nord. Discussions are taking place on The CAD110m (EUR85m) project to transform can be topped up for further travel. J. Chuang integration of De Lijn and STIB services. T-2000 1.5km (0.93 miles) of Queens Quay between SYDNEY. Construction of tram tracks along CHARLEROI. The first part of the relaid Spadina and Bay into a tram and pedestrian George St between Central Station and Circular tramway to Gosselies was electrified from 31 promenade has been agreed for implementation in Quay is expected to start in 2015. May, but there is still no official date for the re- 2013/14. Route 510 Spadina will be bus operated Parramatta Council is commissioning an introduction of passenger service. T-2000 from 19 June to permit track renewal and stop AUD1m (EUR800 000) feasibility study for a LIEGE. Public consultation on the route reconstruction in readiness for low-floor cars. western Sydney LRT network linking suburban of the new tramway started on 30 May, GO Transit has ordered 60 more double-deck employment and residential communities. The and engineering studies are in progress so commuter rail cars from Bombardier for delivery NSW Government’s transport masterplan includes a public inquiry can be held in February/ from spring 2015. E. B. Havens a second harbour crossing, linked to the North March 2013. Subject to results, a public- West Rail Link (Epping – Chatswood). J. Chuang private partnership will be formed in May CHINA 2014. Public service may start in June 2017. AUSTRIA www.keskistram.be has been set up. T-2000 GENERAL. Siemens has been awarded three metro signalling contracts, covering Suzhou line LINZ. Studies have begun for a Regiotram BRAZIL 2, Qingdao and Chongqing . All will project to link Linz with developing suburbs in use Trainguard ATC and ATP. Siemens the north (Mühlviertal). The line would be about FORTALEZA. The 24.1km (14.9-mile) metre- KUNMING. Metro operation on the first line, 23km (14.2 miles). It is hoped to define the route gauge metro, converted from former suburban rail 18.2km (11.3 miles) from East Bus Station to by summer 2013 and carry out construction lines, opened from Parangaba to Carlito Benevides Airport Center, started on 28 June, forming part work in 2021-25. EB on 15 June. AnsaldoBreda is supplying 20 of the 25.7km (15.9-mile) line 6. urbanrail.net STERN & HAFFERL. No sooner had the Metrostar EMUs. Work on the 24.1km (14.9-mile) MACAU. Mitsubishi has sub-contracted Hitachi second hired Innsbruck Flexity tram (307) arrived line should be completed by October. A. Bailey to supply 15 sets of traction equipment with

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regenerative braking for the rubber-tyred transit BIELEFELD. The eleventh Heiterblick Vamos ISLE OF MAN cars being built for the automated light metro. car was delivered on 19 June. DS Delivery should permit commercial operation to COTTBUS. Operation to Alt Schmellwitz DOUGLAS. ‘Royal tram’ 44 carried the London start in April 2015. A. Bailey (route 3) resumed on 4 June after completed 2012 Olympic Flame on 2 June; the flame was infrastructure works. The undertaking is planning later transported to Laxey by Manx Electric CZECH REPUBLIC to buy five new trams by 2017, part of a joint order Railway tram 1 plus ‘Royal Saloon’ trailer 59. with Brandenburg and Frankfurt-an-der-Oder. DS Plans to acquire a new GBP750 000 (EUR934 PRAHA (PRAGUE). The proposed metro DARMSTADT. The transfer of preserved trams 000) diesel locomotive for the Isle of Man extension to Ruzyny Airport is threatened by the to the new museum at Kranichstein started on Railway have been shelved due to cost. Ministers withdrawal of EU funding, and completion is 16 June. Most were towed, but articulated tram have requested an allocation of GBP350 000 guaranteed only to Motol in 2014. E. B. Havens 7608 with trailer 7154 travelled under its own (EUR436 000) to acquire and and recondition of power. There will be a special open day on 1 a second-hand locomotive from Romania. FRANCE September to mark the centenary of HEAG. Restoration at the Groudle Glen Railway DÜSSELDORF. 3234, the first of 32 1970s has been celebrated with an official opening by AUBAGNE. Work on the new 9km (5.5-mile) GT8SU trams to be modernised by FWM Chief Minister Allan Bell of the refurbished Sea two-line tramway, expected to cost EUR166m, Hennigsdorf for a further five years service, was Lion Rocks terminus. The new terminus features should start in 2014. The local finance will come presented on 3 June. It carries a new livery of a tearoom, visitor centre and museum. from an increase in the versement transport grey with a red vertical block behind the front employment tax from 1.05% to 1.8%. A. Senut door, and is now in use on route 719. DS ISRAEL LE HAVRE. The first powered trials on the new FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN. After 26 years tramway took place on 29 May, when six of the of Pt car operation, line U6 was turned over . Ridership on the new tramway 29 Alstom Citadis had been delivered. A. Senut to three-car sets of U2 cars in June (in turn is less than half the predicted number, with . The RhônExpress service, operated by displaced from lines U1-3 by the arrival of more an average of 70 000/day recorded. The state six Stadler Tango trams, needs an additional car, new U5 sets). Further Pt trams sold to Ganziatep will have to re-imburse the Citypass consortium but an order for one LRV to the unique design in Turkey are 663/5/74/7/8/86/9/90 and 700/3. NIS80m (EUR16m) for the first year. E. B. Havens (100km/h bogies) would be expensive. Other They left on railway wagons in June. DS TEL AVIV. Tenders have been received for the options are modifying one of the SYTRAL GERA. KT4D trams 346/7 were withdrawn construction of the light rail subway. Work aims Alstom Citadis (856) for use on the airport line, after operation on 8 June, and are for sale. DS to start before the end of 2013. A. Bailey or ordering six more Tango, one for immediate KASSEL. Seven new Bombardier Flexity trams delivery and five on option, to introduce multiple (651-7) have been delivered; Stadtbahn-N cars ITALY unit operation. SYSTRAL is taking delivery a 402/4/5/8/9 have been put into reserve. DS further 12 43m Citadis trams this year. T-2000 KÖLN (COLOGNE). 111 years of electric ROMA. The metro line B branch from Bologna MARSEILLE. Bombardier has been awarded tramways were marked on 16 June by a display to Conca d’Oro opened on 13 June. Further a EUR238m contract to build a further six of museum cars at Neumarkt, including 407 extension to Ionio is under construction. urbanrail.net Flexity Outlook trams to cope with the expected (1902), 1285+1257+1286 (1911), 1019 (1957), traffic on the completed system, and to provide 1321+1363 (1956) and 3764 (1965). DS LATVIA maintenance for the total fleet of 32 cars. RGI MÜLHEIM/RUHR. Five Bombardier Flexity NANCY. On 27 April the urban district of 70% low-floor trams have been ordered under RIGA. After taking delivery of 20 eight-axle greater Nancy (CUGN) launched negotiations the option for 27 already placed by Essen. They 31.6m Skoda ForCity low-floor trams, the with Bombardier to secure the future of the TVR will be delivered in 2015 and cost EUR13m. DS undertaking is taking delivery of six ten-axle rubber-tyred guided trolleybus until 2022. A. Senut MÜNCHEN (MUNICH). Work to extend 41.2m trams from the manufacturer. DS PARIS. The first Translohr rubber-tyred tram, tramline 19 on a 900m single-track loop from 501, was delivered on 30 March, with testing Marienplatz in Pasing to Bahnhof Pasing started MALAYSIA starting on an adjacent section of future line T6. on 4 June. The project is costing EUR12m and Public service is planned for spring 2013. should open in December 2013. DS JOHOR BAHRU – SINGAPORE. The On 6 June a package costing EUR630m was SCHÖNEICHE. 25-26 August will be a special Malaysian and Singaporean land transport approved to improve capacity and reliability Tramwayfest to mark the centenary of the line authorities have awarded AECOM a USD42m on RER Line A, while EUR240m has been to Kalkberge. This section closed in 1977, but contract for engineering studies for the planned earmarked for 70 MI09 EMUs in 2014-17. RATP some track remains and Naumburg horse tram international rapid transit line. RGI and SNCF drivers will work through rather than 133 will be brought in to run on it. M. J. Russell KUALA LUMPUR. A consortium formed of changing over at Nanterre Prefecture. T-2000 George Kent Bhd, China Railway Construction PUY-DE-DÔME. The new 5.2km (3.2-mile) INDIA Corporation and Tewet GmbH has been awarded rack railway from La-Font-de-l’Abre to the the MRM960m (EUR240m) contract for the summit opened on 26 May. A violent hailstorm AHMEDABAD. Expressions of interest have Ampang LRT extension. E. B. Havens later damaged the infrastructure at the lower been invited for the creation of a Special Purpose terminus, and 450 passengers stranded at the Vehicle to create a wind farm supplying 20MW to MOROCCO summit were rescued by road vehicles. The the future 44km (27.3-mile) metro line. A. Bailey washed-out track took two days to repair. An CHENNAI (MADRAS). Bombardier, Hitachi . Work on the depot for the new official opening is planned for 23 June. G. Fayet and a joint venture of Scomi Engineering and tramway was to be completed in mid-August, by IL&FS Transportation are shortlisted to build which time eight of the 30 Alstom Citadis trams GERMANY the 57km (35.4-mile) monorail line. A. Bailey should be delivered for testing on the first 7km JAIPUR. The first trial on the new metro, (4.3-mile) between Zefzaf and Oqba. A. Senut BERLIN. On 22 June BVG ordered 39 more scheduled for January 2013, has been postponed FÉS. A new municipal plan includes a vision for Bombardier Flexity Berlin (totalling 138 cars) due to delays with the infrastructure. A. Bailey urban transport featuring a tramway line. A. Senut trams for delivery in 2015-17, confirming MUMBAI (BOMBAY). The first 9km (5.5 -SALÉ. The first extension of the replacement of the last Tatra trams in 2017. The miles) of the 19.5km (12.1 mile) monorail, under tramway is likely to be a line from Avenue order is worth approximately EUR134m. construction by Scomi Engineering, should Mohammed VI to the airport. A. Senut Tenders have been invited for two prototype open in January 2013. Two months later the small-profileU-Bahn trains for delivery in 2015, 12km (7.4-mile) Versova – – Ghatkopar NETHERLANDS with option for series delivery from 2017. section of metro line 1 will open. A. Bailey The Senate voted on 19 June to split the S-Bahn DEN HAAG. The first rails for the extension of network into three separate businesses when IRAN line 19 to the technical university at Delft were tenders are issued for the next set of operating laid on 16 June. concessions (effective in 2017). Concessions TEHRAN. Niroo Havael, a new intermediate Trams 3069 and 3083 are the first with rebuilt will be awarded for Rings and Branches, North– station on the eastern section of metro line 4, front ends to receive all-over advertising livery: South, and East–West. RGI opened on 16 June. urbanrail.net blue, white and orange for Rabobank. digitaltram.nl

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STOCKHOLM. Storstockholms Lokaltrafik has ordered 46 Coradia Nordic suburban EMUs from Alstom Salzgitter for EUR440m for delivery in 2016. The total on order is now 129. When the Djurgårdslinjen held its annual Tram Day on 3 June, the star attraction on the heritage tramway was newly restored SSB A2 One of the Stadler-built diesel LRVs on the Denton – Carrollton line in suburban Dallas (US) in August. L. Henry tram 24 (ASEA 1907), which operated with freshly-painted trailer 182. RGI, D-E. Göransson GENERAL. Four main political parties have lines: ul. Tuwima to Kortowo and the University introduced a parliamentary motion to overturn and a short single-track line ul. Piłsudskiego to SWITZERLAND the policy that is forcing the four large cities the medieval Highgate. No turning loops are at (Amsterdam, Den Haag, and Utrecht) the stub ends, so tramcars will be double-ended BASEL. SBB, SNCF, the region of Alsace and to privatise their public transport operators and double-sided. A contract has been signed the cantons of Aargau, Basel Stadt and Basel Land through a process of competitive tendering. The with a consortium of Newag+Modertrans for have signed an agreement for construction of a cities have been fighting the move since it was 15 100% low-floor trams to be delivered from 6km (3.7-mile) link from the existing rail line to first proposed in 2000. The Dutch cabinet is due March to August 2014. L. Pohoryles EuroAirport Basel , costing EUR220m. to decide whether to press ahead. OR POZNAN. Delivery of the 45 Solaris Tramino It should be operating by 2018. A. Bailey ROTTERDAM. A special tour on 2 June trams has been completed. L. Pohoryles BASEL (BLT). With ten new Stadler Tango marked the withdrawal of the last 800-series WARSZAWA (WARSAW). Friday 1 June saw trams available, just 123 and 133 of the seven trams, rebodied Düwag trams of the mid-1980s. the opening of the suburban rail link between the Düwag trams from BVB remain in service. EA The remaining 700-series trams are used on city centre and Chopin airport. A. Bailey ST GALLEN. A study has suggested the weekdays on route 2. Drivers are no longer creation of a tramway linking Stephanshorn and being trained on this type, with the last two ROMANIA Winkeln via the city centre. The estimated cost is Citadis joining the fleet this summer. OR CHF500m (EUR416m). A. Moglestue ARAD. The European Bank for Reconstruction NEW ZEALAND & Development has made available a loan THAILAND of EUR20.4m to buy five new trams and WELLINGTON. The final duty of the 74-year-old modernise the depot infrastructure. E. B. Havens INDUSTRY. Siemens and Cho Thavee Dollasien English Electric suburban EMUs was the 14.17 CLUJ-NAPOCA. The first PESA low-floor have signed a joint venture for production of Wellington to Melling return on 25 June. A. Bailey tram arrived in May with five more due this year. rolling stock from the CTD factory at Khon The EUR18m contract for 12 trams was signed Kaen. CTD already builds passenger cars for the NIGERIA earlier this year, meaning the first cars should state railway, and the joint venture will enable it have come from the Warszawa production line. to bid for orders in the Far East, with Siemens ABA – UMUAHIA. The Canadian Globim providing bogies and electrical equipment. RGI Corporation has signed a memorandum of SOUTH AFRICA understanding with the Abia state government UNITED KINGDOM for a USD1.6bn transit line. A monorail is being DURBAN. A north-south LRT link from Ballito studied. A. Bailey to Moses Mabhida Stadium has been accorded BLACKPOOL. The Fleetwood Heritage priority status for the period 2017-19. The Leisure Trust has prepared 627, under its original PERU SAR15bn (EUR3bn) scheme will be the city’s number 290, as a heritage tram for the Queen’s largest-ever public transport investment. A. Bailey Diamond Jubilee. The vehicle is expected to be LIMA. A consortium led by Italian firm Geodata focal point of this year’s Blackpool Illuminations has been named preferred bidder for the project SOUTH KOREA season, which starts on 31 August. management contract for the 35km (21.7-mile) Centenary 648 operated on heritage services east-west metro line 2. A. Bailey UIJEONGBU. Sunday 1 July saw the for the first time on 10 June. AllCentenary class inauguration of the 11.1km (6.8-mile) VAL transit except 642 have been secured for preservation POLAND line installed by Siemens under a USD469m or further use. Open Boat 604 also joined the project approved in 2007; 57 000 passengers/day heritage fleet after a refurbishment funded by the CZESTOCHOWA. The first of the seven new were forecast, but this has been scaled back to George Formby Society, but includes naming PESA 129Nb Twist trams entered service on 28 31 000, meaning the city (population 450 000) the tram and displaying pictures of the star. April. Construction of the new tramway branch will have to pay a revenue guarantee to the The main fleet of Flexity 2 trams was almost for route 3 to Bleszno in the southern suburbs private operating company. complete in June with only 002 away for door is almost complete, with opening planned for 1 repairs. Tram frequencies were increased from 1 September. L. Pohoryles SPAIN July, using more Flexity 2 trams and seeing daily JAWORZNO. This city of 95 000 in south-east operation of the modifiedBalloon cars. Silesia is planning a new tramline for construction ALACANT (ALICANTE). FGV and Subus A judicial review of the decision to close the in 2014-20. It is hoped to attract EU funding have resolved their differences over the light rail Lauderdale Avenue crossing at Anchorsholme by featuring solar power generation. L. Pohoryles line 2 and are forming a joint subsidiary to start has been heard by a judge who ruled there OLSZTYN. Construction of the new tramline is operations this summer. The stopping patterns of was no case to answer. He awarded costs of proceeding (main station to the new housing area lines 1 and 3 has changed, with all line 3 trams GBP2000 (EUR2490) against applicants who Jaroty in the south). Foreseen are two branch now terminating at El Campello and line 1 cars have, nonetheless, vowed to ‘fight on’.

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CAMBRIDGESHIRE GUIDED BUSWAY. parked at the Royal Centre stop during the visit, tracks with freight trains. It is hoped the 11 Further park-and-ride capacity is required by the entering normal service after the Queen’s visit. cars will start running on 18 August, replacing busway, so a GBP2m (EUR2.49m) Department Construction work on the extensions to Chilwell borrowed railcars from Trinity Rail Express. for Transport grant has been obtained to allow and Wilford is evident. Oberbürgermeister Heinz The line carried 386 230 passengers in its first the Meadow Lane, St Ives, parking site to be Fenrich from Nottingham’s twin city Karlsruhe year of operation. E. B. Havens increased from 500 to 1000 spaces. has officially named the bridge carrying the line DETROIT, MI. The US DoT is still unsure it Land adjoining the railway line from from the existing terminus at Station Street across should back the city centre tramway proposed Cambridge station to the site of a proposed Nottingham station and Queen’s Road. It has by the M-1 Group, but has granted 60 days station at Chesterton has been suggested as a been named the Karlsruhe Friendship Bridge. from 3 June to refine the proposal. Recently the possible additional route along with the linking Work started in June on depot extensions at M-1 Group was have been turned down for a of the two branches in the city. Objections Wilkinson Street needed to handle the additional USD25m grant under Tiger IV funding, although have come from residents concerned that open 22 Alstom Citadis trams ordered for the new Transport Secretary Ray LaHood has promised space areas at Stourbridge Common and Ditton extensions. The adjoining park-and-ride site will funding if it presents credible plans. Meadows would be affected. be reduced in size to enable depot expansion. M-1 Rail proposes building the USD137m line GLASGOW (SUBWAY). Strathclyde TYNE & WEAR METRO. No services with a mixture of federal and private funding, Partnership for Transport has concluded a deal operated on 7 June when industrial action by the paying 80% of any operating deficit until 2025. with unions to extend operating hours once the RMT, ASLEF and UNITE unions took place. E. B. Havens GBP289m (EUR360m) upgrade is completed. A further strike called for 21 June was called DURHAM – RALEIGH, NC. The Wake The modernisation is expected to see the loss off after agreement over pay arrangements for County Commission has decided not to put LRT through natural wastage of 65 of the current 319 drivers was made with DBTW, the company that funding to a November referendum. E. B. Havens jobs, through changes to working practices. operates the metro on behalf of Nexus (the Tyne EL PASO, TX. The city council has approved The line is expected to have longer operating & Wear Passenger Transport Executive). the 8.3km (5.1-mile) route selected for the re- hours in the run-up to Christmas as a precursor introduction of trams, linking the city and Glory to more regular late night operation. USA Road Transfer Center. E. B. Havens Children accompanied by an adult paying full FORT LAUDERDALE, FL. The FTA has fare can travel free during the summer holiday ALEXANDRIA – CRYSTAL CITY, VA. awarded a USD18m Tiger IV grant for the 4.3km period between 25 June and 17 August. Arlington County and the city of Alexandria (2.6-mile) central area tramway project. E. B. Havens The proposal to issue fines for photography have signed an agreement to proceed with the HONOLULU, HI. The city council has agreed on the Subway is being re-examined. An SPT construction of a modern tramway by 2019-21, to provide up to USD450m in low-interest loans spokesperson indicated that the regulation had and the relevant environmental and engineering for the rapid transit project. E. B. Havens been drawn up following terrorist attacks but studies will be carried out in 2014. E. B. Havens HUDSON-BERGEN, NJ. NJ Transit and NY may no longer be appropriate. ANAHEIM, CA. The Disneyland California Waterways have launched a new joint pass LONDON (CABLE CAR). The ‘Emirates Air Adventure opened on 15 June with the replica covering the light rail line and the ferry service Line’ across the Thames between Greenwich tramway on Buena Vista St worked by two to New York 39th St, with interchange at Port and Royal Docks opened on 28 June. The line Brookville-built cars, 623 and 717 (based on Imperial. E. B. Havens can carry up to 2500 passengers/hour in each former Pacific Electric interurban cars of these KANSAS CITY, MO. Tiger IV funding for a direction, operating 07.00-21.00 Mondays- numbers). E. B. Havens modern tramway circulator has been turned down, Fridays, 08.00-21.00 on Saturdays and 09.00- ATLANTA, GA. Voters will go to the polls on but a ballot to establish a Transportation Develop- 21.00 on Sundays. Extra hours will apply during 31 July to decide on a one-cent sales tax to fund ment District was due on 31 July. E. B. Havens the Olympics. The line also carries bicycles. USD8.5bn in transportation improvements that LOS ANGELES, CA. The two-station Oyster card singles are to be GBP3.20 (EUR4) could include a tramline. E. B. Havens extension of the Expo light rail line to Culver single, the cash fare GBP4.30 (EUR5.40). A BETHESDA – NEW CARROLLTON, MD. City and Farmdale opened on 20 June, bringing ten-journey card will be GBP16 (EUR20). The planned USD1.93bn suburb-to-suburb light the line to 13.8km (8.5 miles). LUTON – DUNSTABLE BUSWAY. Main rail Purple line is competing for state funding The FTA has upheld the award of the new LRV contractor BAM Nuttall says costs have risen with Baltimore’s planned USD2.2bn Red line contract to Kinkisharyo, confirming it meets Buy to GBP62m (EUR77m) – GBP11m (EUR13m) LRT, after the decision of the Maryland General America requirements; CAF and Siemens had more than forecast at tender stage – although Assembly not to prop up the state’s transportation filed protests that climate testing of the new cars Luton Borough Council says it is still confident fund with an increase in fuel tax. Work on both would take place in Japan rather than the US. the busway will be delivered within its budgeted lines should start in 2015. E. B. Havens Utility relocation to permit construction of the cost of GBP89.25m (EUR111m). BOSTON, MA. Alstom has been awarded a Crenshaw light rail line started on 4 June. Delays from snow and frost in February, USD105m contract to overhaul 86 Kinkisharyo The Los Angeles MTA has approved the full rainfall in April, poor ground conditions and type 7 LRVs; the work will be carried out at route of the Purple line subway from Western treatment of Japanese knotweed, are blamed for Alstom’s Hornell, NY, works. MBTA has issued Avenue to Westwood, including an alignment the increase. There have also been issues with a request for qualification of a commuter rail under the Beverly Hills High School, which relocating various utility services. operations and maintenance contract. E. B. Havens is threatening a lawsuit on the basis that The busway should still open in April 2013 and CHARLOTTE, NC. An 11 June vote rejected scientific data in the final Environmental Impact Central Bedfordshire Council is investigating the city council’s proposed USD1.97bn capital Statement is invalid. E. B. Havens a possible extension to Leighton Buzzard and budget, threatening to derail the USD119m MIAMI, FL. The metro branch from Luton Airport. extension of the central area tramway. A USD62m Earlington Heights to the Airport was expected MERSEYSIDE. Former Liverpool council project for phase 1, already approved, is due to open on 28 July. urbanrail.net leader Lord Storey has asked Merseytravel to to open in 2015. A USD20.2bn state budget, MILWAUKEE, WI. The city’s request for drop Compulsory Purchase Orders (never taken including funding for the CATS extension to Tiger IV grant funding to help fund a central area forward to the acquisition stage), which are still University City, has been approved. E. B. Havens tramway circulator has been refused. E. B. Havens in place covering premises that would have been CHICAGO, IL. Morgan station, west of the NEW YORK, NY. The USD599m contract affected by the aborted Merseytram proposals. central area on the Green/Pink lines opened on with Bombardier for 300 R-179 subway cars was Merseytravel has indicated that it does not 18 May. In Spring 2013 the CTA will rebuild signed on 4 June. The new fleet will be built at believe the orders are blighting land to be used tracks along the south Red line (Dan Ryan); the Plattsburg, NY, and the first ten should arrive for other purposes and says the powers expire line will be closed for five months. urbanrail.net in September 2014. In order to maintain a in 2013, enabling it to consider whether there is CINCINNATI, OH. The city council has serviceable fleet until delivery is completed in a real prospect of financing Merseytram in the resolved to use compulsory purchase to acquire 2017, 222 R-32 cars are going through a life- current economic climate. land near Findlay Market to provide a depot for extension programme to be used on lines C and J/Z NOTTINGHAM. The Queen, accompanied by its modern tramline. Casino Tax proceeds will be (where they will replace R-42 cars). E. B. Havens the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, started her used to help pay for the tramway. E. B. Havens NORFOLK, VA. Virginia Beach city council Diamond Jubilee tour with a visit to Nottingham DENTON – CARROLLTON, TX. The has approved the purchase of land for a light on 13 June; Tramlink Nottingham prepared a Federal Railroad Administration has granted rail station at Town Center. City voters will take special tram (211) in a red Jubilee livery. It was a waiver for Stadler-built diesel LRVs to share part in a November referendum on whether

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313-317_TAUT1208_WWR.indd 4 2/7/12 18:01:15 WASHINGTON, DC. Metro fares were increased from 1 July, with a day ticket valid at any time costing USD14. The new Yellow line service from Franconia-Springfield to Greenbelt started on 18 June, resourced by eliminating every third train on the Blue line. E. B. Havens

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HO CHI MINH CITY (SAIGON). Japanese contractor Sumitomo and its Vietnamese partner Cienco have been awarded a USD2.25bn contract to build 19.7km (12.2 miles) of metro, 17.2km (10.6 miles) elevated and the rest underground, plus a depot. The 11-station line should be ready to open in 2018. A. Bailey

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BRUSSEL/BRUXELLES (BE). 30 years of MTUB will be marked on 6/7 October, with a PCC day on the Saturday and a works car day on the Sunday (when hopefully 15 different trams Following the delivery of Bombardier Flexity 2 016, the UK’s rebuilt now almost has its will be displayed in the morning and operated to full compliment of new trams – 002 has been returned to Germany for door repairs. Tony Stevenson Tervuren in the afternoon). M. J. Russell SKJOLDENAESHOLM (DK). The Danish Norfolk’s LRT line should be extended into A private group has raised USD200 000 Tramway Museum has sent Hamburg trailer Virginia Beach. E. B. Havens towards a feasibility study for a city centre 4384 to the workshops of the Gera undertaking PHOENIX, AZ. The ground-breaking for the modern tramway. This is a separate project to the in Germany for restoration. The trailer that took Mesa extension was held on 30 May; the 5km Delmar Loop heritage tramway. E. B. Havens the tram to Gera also returned Flensburg motor (3.1-mile) USD200m project will open in 2015. ST PAUL, MN. The Minnesota legislature car 36 to Skjoldenaesholm. DS The city council has approved a plan to accelerate adjourned on 19 May without approving ARNHEM (NL). Preserved Amsterdam motor the 5.1km (3.2-mile) extension along 19th Avenue USD25m in state bond funds for the proposed tram 72 and open trailer 600 arrived at the to Dunlop Rd so it can open in 2016. E. B. Havens 25km (15.5-mile) South-West Corridor light Nederlands Openluchtmuseum on 1 June, and PHILADELPHIA, PA (SEPTA). The surface rail line. Supporters of the USD1.25bn project have entered service on the tramway loop from portion of tram route 34 is replaced by buses from to Eden Prairie are now looking at an alternate 16 June. digitaltram.nl 17 June to 1 September permitting track renewal. funding source, the state economic development UTRECHT. Former GVBA two-axle tram 1 A shuttle service provided in the subway, will agency. It is hoped to start work in 2014 and (ex-301), delivered to Utrecht as GTU 75 in turn at the 40th St portal. E. B. Havens open the line in 2018. E. B. Havens 1927, is in the SUN depot at Nieuwegein, where PITTSBURGH, PA. PAT has decided to SAN ANTONIO, TX. The Advanced a group will restore it to Utrecht condition. OR eliminate the 11 least-used stops on the Red and Transportation District board has voted to EAST HAVEN, CT (US). The Shore Line Blue South Hills light rail lines from 25 June in shift USD10m in discretionary funding to the (Branford) Trolley Museum re-opened on 9 June order to speed up the service. E. B. Havens proposed central tramway circulator. E. B. Havens following repairs caused by last year’s flooding PORTLAND, OR. On 11 June Vancouver City SAN FRANCISCO, CA. The ten-day during Tropical Storm Irene. E. B. Havens Council endorsed a 0.1% sales tax increase to shutdown of Muni lines N and J to permit PORTLAND, OR (US). The Willamette Shore help pay for light rail extension from Portland track relaying at Church and Duboce streets Trolley remains suspended, with no substitute to Vancouver, planned as part of the EUR3.5bn was completed on 4 June. Excavation work for tram yet acquired, and is unlikely to resume Columbia River Crossing project. The funding the Central Subway light rail project started on before 2013. On 2 June the defective car, Portland package will now appear on the November ballot. 12 June. E. B. Havens Brill Master Unit 813, was moved to the Oregon United Streetcar prototype 15 made its first run SAN JOSE, CA. Santa Clara Valley Electric Railway Museum, at Brooks, leaving the over the new East Side tramway on 12 June. On 13 Transportation Authority is proposing a 3.7km Lake Oswego car barn empty. S.J. Morgan June TriMet adopted a new budget that eliminates (2.2-mile) USD310m light rail extension from ROCKHILL FURNACE, PA (US). Although the city fare free zone from 1 September. A Alum Rock to Eastridge Transit Center along the East Broad Top railway is not running this two-hour flat fare of USD2.50 now covers all the Capitol Expressway. E. B. Havens year, tram rides are still available at the Rockhill zones; a day ticket is USD5. E. B. Havens SEATTLE, WA. Sound Transit expects to Trolley Museum. E. B. Havens SACRAMENTO, CA. The first 1.8km (1.1- spend USD2.1bn extending light rail in subway mile) section of the future 20.5km (12.7-mile) 6.9km (4.2 miles) beyond the University of CONTRIBUTORS North LRT line to the airport, built at a cost of Washington to Northgate by 2021. USD44m, opened on 15 June, linking the city Seven years after temporary closure of the Worldwide items should be sent to Michael and 7th St/Richards Blvd in the River District. Waterfront Streetcar the five ex-Melbourne Taplin at Flat 1, 10 Hope Road, Shanklin, Wednesday 23 May saw the ground-breaking W2 trams remain in store at Safeco Field bus Isle of Wight PO37 6EA, UK – Fax +44 for the 7km (4.3-mile), USD270m, Blue line depot. The waterfront is being redeveloped as a (0)1983 862810 or [email protected]. extension from Meadowview Rd to Cosumnes parkway, which could incorporate the tramway, UK and Ireland items are welcomed by the River College. Service is due to start in 2015. but not until 2019 according to the city planning Home News Editor, John Symons, 17 Whitmore RTD will pay Siemens USD19.7m to refurbish director. One report suggests the cars might find Avenue, Werrington, Stoke-on-Trent, ST9 0LW, 21 UTDC-built LRVs that have stood idle since a temporary home on St Louis’ Delmar Loop UK. E-mail [email protected] acquisition from Santa Clara. Caltrans has heritage tramway. E. B. Havens Contributors include Mike Ballinger, awarded RTD USD9.3m to fund refurbishment TAMPA, FL. HART suggested asking voters Paul Gooderson and Mike Haddon. of its original Siemens U2 LRVs. E. B. Havens to approve a new sales tax to provide funding Acknowledgements are also due to BS ST LOUIS, MO. Work has started to rehabilitate for the TECO-Line heritage tramway, including Blickpunkt Strassenbahn, Birmingham Mail, the 138-year old Eades Bridge across the expansion and additional cars. E. B. Havens Centro, Croydon Guardian, DS Drehscheibe Mississippi River, built for main line trains but TUCSON, AZ. United Streetcar has begun Strassenbahn, Liverpool Echo, Manchester now used by the city’s LRT line. The USD36m construction of the eight trams ordered for the Evening News, MTMS, Nexus, Nottingham project is funded by a federal grant of USD34m Sun Link line and has advised that the first will Evening Post, OR Op De Rails, RGI Railway and USD2m in local funds. Light rail will arrive in February 2013, with all available by the Gazette International, RPA (Ireland), ‘tram’, continue to operate during the three-year project. October 2013 opening date. T-2000, The Scotsman and urbanrail.net.

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Wireless LRT: Further dimensions to the story Previous letters have covered many of with recharging points along the stations and the periodic replacement the points that I would have raised in route costly connections to the local of the battery. There may be marginal response to Bill Kleppinger’s article electricity supply will be required, cost savings in being able to recharge in the April edition of TAUT (892), but or the system will have to have its overnight with off-peak energy, but there are further issues that deserve own ring-main to feed the recharging the inefficiency of charging, battery exploration. Bill conflates issues in his points. This can wipe out the claimed storage and supplying the current to article: capital investment, disabled cost savings. the motors will wipe some of that out. accessibility, aesthetic objections to His claim that “as the battery- The demand for surface contact overhead wire and energy efficiency. powered streetcar consumes less systems and ‘wireless’ tramways The result fails to convince and has electricity, it significantly reduces arises from the ghastly visual impact more assertions than proven facts. overall harmful greenhouse gas of modern OHLE systems, usually The investment in local public emissions” is pure greenwash. Yes, designed by railway engineers. The transport in the US as part of the there will be a saving arising from obsession with using catenary, rather TIGER programmes is welcome; brake energy reduction, but the than trolley wire, in the street is a would that such a programme was battery will add 2-3 tonnes to the visual disaster. It need not be like this available in the UK. We could help weight of the car and will have to and experts have advocated simple kick-start the economy, improve be replaced (consuming energy and trolley wire systems in built-up areas. urban life and leave a legacy value. materials) more frequently than The keys to increasing energy Level boarding benefits all sections Bill’s claimed ten years and the basic savings are to reduce car weight, of society, reducing stop dwell time traction demand will not be reduced. reduce auxiliary load and store energy and boarding and alighting accidents, Claims of operating cost reductions dissipated during braking – only one however to claim it will reduce because of simplification ignores the of which Bill addresses. overall power consumption, decrease complexity and cost of the recharging Robert Davidson, by e-mail greenhouse emissions and lower energy costs is fanciful. The same amount of energy will be required to accelerate and move the car in both situations, the only saving will be in ‘hotel load’ while the car is standing at the stop for a slightly shorter time. This is a marginal saving and is easily cancelled out by higher energy demands in moving a heavier car or in powering add-ons such as air conditioning. The author makes the startling claim that hybrid wireless streetcars “…are more cost-efficient, claming that the capital and maintenance costs of the are saved”. He goes on to advocate surface contact systems, despite the fact that these are 3-10 times more costly to install than overhead wire and have a higher maintenance cost. In systems Wire-free can offer cost benefits, as long as we are clear what they are, argues Mr Davidson. Kinkisharyo

The UK must embrace Europe rails and vehicles. In those days the idea of The first time I mentioned the EU there was After reading the letters in the May 2012 ‘buying foreign’ was completely taboo. a shocked intake of breath followed by silence. edition of TAUT (893), I felt the need to reply However my dad remained a tram fan Decades of the sneering, jeering venom to the subject matter of the letters from Michael and kept up with developments in Belgium against all things European produced by much Fielding and Caspar Lucas on European Union and Germany. In the 1960s some ticketing of the English media, had its intended effect. funding and the UK’s High Speed 2 project. innovations on the Leeds bus network were On that occasion the chair of the meeting My dad (born in 1897) was a railwayman inspired by his visits to Belgium. replied that, years earlier, they’d had some and at one time drove steam-hauled expresses I myself was able to get close to the Leeds EU money for a little scheme and that really it on the St Pancras – Leeds – Carlisle – trams working as a conductor in the 1950s “wasn’t worth the effort”. Glasgow (St Enoch) line. He was also a Leeds during several summer university vacations. Personally, I’m convinced that by City Councillor (UK) for 20 years. Later I taught French and Latin in Leeds. determination in following the right courses For many years he was Deputy Chairman of Much more recently, since 2005 I have something can be done. The incident that the Transport Committee at the time when the been a Public Representative on the Leeds follows gives me hope. decision was made – much more reluctantly area Passenger Consultative Committee of In April 2011, during a visit to it that commentators would believe – to close the West Yorkshire Integrated Transport was convenient to pop into the EU’s Regional the Leeds tram system. There really did Authority. Several times during the general Development Offices (near Merode). In the seem to be no way forward, especially after quarterly meeting I have mentioned the foyer I picked up some leaflets and on the a huge rise in the cost of electricity, and the possibility of European Union funding, point of leaving a man entered the building, increasing difficulty and expense in sourcing including for the failed Supertram scheme. no doubt on his way to his office. From his

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Westminster Watch Though the original plan was to convert UK Light Rail Conference in Manchester PAUL ROWEN, FORMER MP FOR the Oldham Loop line to LRT, the project was the agreement of the utilities companies ROCHDALE AND FIRST CHAIR OF – along with schemes in Liverpool, Leeds to work with UKTram to agree common THE ALL-PARTY PARLIAMENTARY LIGHT RAIL GROUP and Southampton – was cancelled in 2004 protocols and ways of working. Those of us by then UK Transport Secretary Alistair who took the opportunity to view the East Manchester has been very much in the news Darling. Citing high costs, he said future LRT Manchester extension at the conference could recently. This year marks the 20th anniversary schemes could only be approved if they were not fail to appreciate the cost of the main sewer of the Bury – Altrincham line on Manchester more cost effective. Only a cross party/whole diversion ordered on one of the main roads. Metrolink. That signalled the rebirth of community campaign succeeded in forcing This is totally unnecessary on the continent, trams in the UK and a few weeks ago I was the then Labour Government to reverse this but part and parcel of what is expected in the privileged to travel on one of the first trams decision. Other areas were less successful. UK. Let’s hope the promised talks bring about from Manchester Victoria to Oldham Mumps. As we look forward to the next UK Tram a resolution to this thorny issue. This is all part of the Manchester Phase 3 Summit, we need to reflect on what needs to Before my next column it is likely that the ‘Big Bang’ and is (outside of London) the be done to generate the next batch of light rail Coalition Government will have undertaken biggest single local transport infrastructure schemes. There is no doubt that once operating its first Ministerial reshuffle. Word currently project in the UK. Next year the line reaches they are popular with commuters, but bad is that Norman Baker is likely to remain in Rochdale and in 2014 Oldham and Rochdale publicity like that coming out of Edinburgh his post. Let’s hope so as he remains the most town centres. It is, however, something some continues to dominate the mass media. enthusiastic light rail minister since the UK’s of us never believed would happen. One very positive outcome from the recent modern LRT era began in 1992.

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July . Thursday 26. Manchester 19.00. Heaton . Sunday 19. Nailsea 14.00. Tea and Park visit and rides. £2.00 suggested donation. trams at Keith Walton’s house. (Taunton TLRS) . Tuesday 17. London 19.00. Alan Meet at depot, from 18.30. . Monday 20. Wickham 19:30. Martin Pearce: Chicago Electric Traction 2011. August 2012 Jenkins: Glasgow in colour. (TLRS) . Wednesday 18. Bristol 19.30. Brian . Tuesday 21. London 19.00 Alan Pearce: Lomas: Blackpool 2012. . Thursday 2. Blackpool/Cleveleys 19.30. Annual General Meeting. . Thursday 19. Dartford 19.30. Brian Mark Green: Anniversary Special (London and . Tuesday 21. London 19.15. Members’ Boddy and Peter Williams: Swiss wanderings, Glasgow). (Fylde Tramway Society) Evening Part 1 (Trams, trains and trolleybuses) (TLRS). . Wednesday 8. Brighton (Southwick) 19.40. . Saturday 25. Beeston 14.00: Members . Saturday 21. Garstang Festival of Model Derek Redmond: Slides from the 1970s. (TLRS) Meeting: Your recent activities (TLRS) Tramways. Informal afternoon meeting. (TLRS) . Wednesday 18. Bristol 19.30. TBA. . Thursday 30. Manchester 19.00. . Sat/Sun 21-22. Manchester 10.00- . Thursday 16. Dartford 19.30. Geoff Lomas: Provisional: New Metrolink line rides, if 17.00. Festival of Modern Tramways. (TLRS) Wheels on Reels: Cine camera travels (TLRS). they have opened. Meet St Peter’s Square stop.

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Long-lived interurban lines PART TWO In the second part of his spotlight on the last two Łódź interurban tramlines in Poland, Mike Russell reviews their operation and history in words and pictures.

ith the changes to Polish transport law and 1 administration in the 1990s, a move developed amongst several municipal authorities outside the ŁódźW city limits but served by the Vicinal tram routes to own the tracks within their own areas – a move reminiscent of the era of municipal socialism in Britain a century earlier. Łódź was eager to divest itself of the remaining Vicinal lines and two passed to newly-formed independent companies: TP (Tramwaje Podmiejskie), which took over the Lutomiersk line (43) and its depot at Brus; and MKT (Międzygminną Komunikację Tramwajową), to which went the long northern lines to Zgierz and Ozorków (45/46) along with Helenówek depot. The third ex-ŁWEKD depot at Chocianowice had by then assumed a much bigger role in supplying cars for the city lines and was retained by MPK Łódź. This left the problem of the original ŁWEKD line to Pabianice. The MKT was persuaded to takeover its Ozorków line was rerouted in Łódź to travel via Zgierska and 1 During the last operation from 1 December 1993, and until 31 May 1995 plac Wolności and continue south to Chocianowice by way of afternoon of line part of the car allocation was housed at Chocianowice depot; Gdanska and Żeromskiego. This already long route thereby 43 operation by thereafter, the entire allocation was worked from Helenówek became even longer and with an end-to-end running-time of TP, 31 March 2012, depot, incurring huge amounts of un-remunerative mileage 118 minutes was amongst Europe’s longest tram routes. 803N no. 10, itself to reach a line several miles remote from its operating base. Łódź takes over again in its last hours of The level and quality of service on the Pabianice line service, progresses declined markedly, as did passenger numbers. An outer-end Given that cities that operate urban networks have to along the private shuttle service (Duży Skręt – Pabianice, 41bis), introduced underwrite operating costs despite receiving revenue from right-of-way that in 1969, was discontinued at the end of 1997. The Pabianice large passenger numbers, there was scant likelihood that local authority was always a reluctant contributor towards either of the hived-off interurban companies could pay their takes the line the upkeep of the tramway within its area, and eventually own way. On the Konstantynów line it has been evident for across the river Ner the line was handed back by MKT, operation being resumed some time that the tramway had become a financial liability; into the centre of by MPK Łódź from 1 January 2004. nevertheless, funding was provided for a complete relay of the Lutomiersk village. A fascinating aspect of the resultant timetabling was the street track through the village, maintaining the same single- linking of the Pabianice and Zgierz sections to form service track centre-of-the-road layout with attractive block-paving. 2 The carriageway 11, with regular short-workings between Chocianowice and The 2011 stand-off between Łódź city council and the may be closed for Helenówek as 11A, thereby for the first time joining the two two independent tramways was recorded in TAUT 890 and track reconstruction, original ŁWEKD lines as a through cross-city route. This is not repeated here, save to say that in the case of TP, its but in time- was later discontinued and the Pabianice section reverted to owners probably saw the city’s ultimatum as release and honoured tradition an outer shuttle operation as line P. required no second bidding to sell the undertaking back to the tram service With the opening in 2009 of a new retail complex at Łódź. After protracted negotiations and missed deadlines, runs throughout. Chocianowice, 41 became a separate service between there the transfer took place from 1 April 2012. Here, no. 47, one and Pabianice, and more recently has been re-extended to On the previous day, TP trams operated lines 43 and its traditional city terminus at Plac Niepodległości. It thus 43bis for the last time and this was also the last day of of two ex-Bielefeld connects with the main /11A route to Zgierz, so the regular operation in Poland by Konstal 803N articulated Düwag cars two original ŁWEKD interurban routes have survived, cars built in the 1970s, which Łódź did not require under inherited from albeit now integrated into the main city system. the terms of the sale. The rolling stock taken over included MPK that remained With the major route rationalisation scheme from 1 January the German cars ex-Mannheim, Bielefeld and Grudziądz, until the end of TP 2001, the two independent interurban lines surrendered their whilst Brus depot, originally opened by ŁKWED in 1910 to operation of line 43, traditional termini at Plac Północna and Niepodległości serve its Konstantynów line, ceased operations. heads out to Stoki in respectively and were linked across the city. Line 43 from The route pattern also changed from 1 April; interurban ul. Pomorska on 22 Lutomiersk continued on its east-west axis to Stoki and cars no longer working to Stoki but terminating at May 2007. acquired regular short-workings (43bis) to Zdrowie (Zoo) Telefoniczna, close to the depot opened in 1965 that will as well as the traditional shorts to Konstantynów, whilst the henceforth provide the tramcar requirement for line 43. 3 Signals 2 3 controlling the single-track sections on the Lutomiersk line had latterly failed in this shot from September 2011. The motorman of TP car 72 leaves his cab to look out for the oncoming car from Konstantynow during the evening peak.

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320-321_TAUT1208_Classic.indd 1 2/7/12 17:56:52 4 4 No. 74, one of 5 the TP Düwag cars acquired from Grudziadz in 2010, received a special livery to mark the centenary of service between Lodzm Brus and Konstantynow, and is here seen in ul. Legionow, central Lodz, on 20 September 2011. 6 5 An illustration 7 of the roadside character of line 46, north of Zgierz is this view of MKT rebuilt 803N no. 22, seen on 5 August 2004 heading Ozorkow- bound at Stowik. 6 On 23 May 2007, one of MKT’s last unrebuilt 803N articulated cars, no. 8 23, negotiates Plac 9 Wolnosci in central Lodz on its long journey south from Ozorkow on line 46. 7 The acquisition of six Düwag articulated cars with low-floor centres from Mannheim in 2007 was something of a coup for MKT. The regular short-working service to Konstantynów No. 513 (retaining ribbon development has sprung up to complement older- (43bis) has been replaced by an extension of urban route 9 its German fleet established agricultural enterprises. Even so, there are still from its terminus at Zdrowie. There was debate in the period number) is seen glimpses of open country and stop spacing is quite wide. leading up to the sale as to whether the long rural section on 10 August 2008 The terminal arrangement at Ozorków is the only beyond Konstantynów to Lutomiersk would survive, but in in Plac Wolnosci in instance on the entire former interurban network where the end interventions by local representatives in Lutomiersk central Lodz. the original terminal has been altered. Until 1986, trams saved the day. Traffic on this section remains very light, terminated in the main street at a stub terminal. In order to however, with only ribbon development for the line’s last 8 MKT’s first permit operation of single-ended cars, a 1.2km (0.75-mile) 7km (4.3 miles) putting its long-term future in doubt. bulk acquisition diversion was built along ul. Południowa and ul. Konstytucji Although the Ozorków line is much longer than that to to modernise 3 Maja to a new turning-loop at ul. Narutowicza, better Lutomiersk, passenger traffic levels have kept up well and line 46 was the serving the housing development to the west of the town a basic 20-minute weekday service can still be justified. four Freiburg-im- centre and in anticipation of an unfulfilled proposal to extend MKT’s owners (the of Ozorków and Zgierz) Breisgau Düwag the line to the local railway station. Part of the original have invested in German rolling stock to increase the articulated cars. On terminus was retained as an emergency reversing point. attractiveness of the tramway and were understandably 30 September 2011, reluctant to see the fruits of their good husbandry taken over no. 202 leaves Unique operations from a bygone era by big-brother Łódź. After a protracted negotiation, during Helenowek depot There are short street-running sections in Zgierz, Ozorków, which both workforce and travelling public were mobilised on weekday short Konstantynów and Lutomiersk (as well as more substantial against the takeover, terms were eventually agreed and the working route 46a sections in Łódź), and although outside the villages transfer of undertaking again took effect from 1 April. to Chocianowice. roadside single-track is the norm, occasional stretches of One of the most important conditions secured by MKT’s private right-of-way can be found, most notably on the owning authorities was a guarantee to continue tramway 9 Since 1 April approaches to the Lutomiersk and Ozorków termini. operation and not to replace services with motorbuses. One of 2012, the new Readers attracted to the German Kleinbahn or Belgian MPK Łódź’s intentions was to replace the existing MKT fleet, southern terminus tramways, should consider visiting Łódź. These lines are including those with low-floor sections, by members of its of the Ozorkow now unique in Europe – survivors from another age, when own high-floor fleet of Konstal 805N bogie cars; but nocturnal line (46) has been the tramway was the prime link between outlying settlements test runs proved the power supply system could not cope with and a regional centre – and although some of the charm has their increased consumption and so operation will continue for Zdrowie loop, been lost with the harmonisation of rolling stock, the lines the foreseeable future with the ex-German rolling stock. where ex-Bochum- themselves still exude a wonderfully bucolic character. The Ozorków route is also laid as roadside single- Gelsenkichen West of Konstantynów, a tramcar is just as likely to be track, with occasional passing loops north of Zgierz, Stadtbahn-M car 301 preceded by a horse-and-cart as a motorcar, and the personal but the parallel road sees much greater traffic than on is seen on the first service on this line, where the motormen know regular the Lutomiersk line and in recent years light industrial day of operation. passengers by name, is something from a lost age. TAUT

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