News Egypt chooses consultants to design 34km Cairo metro line The Egyptian Ministry of Transport has chosen a joint venture of French consulting engineers Egis and Setec to work on the design of the second phase of Cairo Metro Line…
News Four consortiums in race for $3.6bn Bogotá metro line Four consortiums, three containing Chinese firms, are competing to win work on the Bogotá metro’s second line. Altogether, there is about $3.6bn of work on offer, covering construction, operation, and…
News Indonesia promises to fix teething problems with Jakarta metro line President Joko Widodo of Indonesia has pledged to fix the Greater Jakarta Light Rail Transit line after technical issues came to light following its inauguration on Monday 28 August. Local…
News Team picked to deliver Ireland’s first metro UK-headquartered Turner & Townsend will lead a team of WSP, Mace and PwC in delivering Ireland’s first metro in Dublin.
News L&T wins large metro project in Kolkata Indian construction giant Larson & Toubro (L&T) has won a contract to design and build part of the new Line 3 in Kolkata’s metro system. Also called the Purple Line,…
News Ferrovial lands role on €300m underground rail project in Barcelona A consortium of Ferrovial, Sacyr, Copisa, and Copcisa has won a €300m contract to extend the Llobregat-Anoia line of Barcelona’s FGC commuter rail system. They are tasked with building a…
News New stations open on Milan’s M4 metro line San Babila and Tricolore Stations have opened to the public on Milan’s M4 metro Line, bringing the total number of stations on the line to eight and allowing for passengers…
News Rome’s big new metro station to display unearthed artefacts Work has begun on a huge metro station in Rome that is set to become one of the city’s main transport hubs. Venezia Station is being built on Line C…
News Cowi and Arup picked for Copenhagen’s new low-carbon metro line Copenhagen’s metro operator Metroselskabet has appointed a joint venture of Cowi and Arup to provide design, environmental impact assessment and utility relocations for the planned new M5 low-carbon metro line.…
News Honolulu metro to open next month The first phase of Honolulu’s metro system, a 17.7km line connecting Kualaka`i Station in east Kapolei and the Hālawa Station near Aloha Stadium is due to open to the public…
News Bogotá tenders for second metro line Bogotá, capital of Colombia, has begun the tender process for the city’s second metro line, according to a tweet by the city’s mayor, Claudia López Hernández. Hernández said: “We did…
News Delhi Metro operator in race to deliver $2bn Bahrain Metro The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) says it has qualified to bid as the main consultant for the first phase of Bahrain’s forthcoming metro project. If it wins the tender,…
News Singapore starts work on first phase of $30bn Cross Island Line Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has announced the beginning of work on phase one of the Cross Island Line (CRL), the island’s eighth and longest fully underground metro route. When…
News Work starts, again, on Manila’s first underground metro line Work began this week on Manila Metro’s first underground line when President Ferdinand Marcos Jr started up one of the six tunnel boring machines that will be used on the…
News Japan lends Egypt $306m towards cost of Line 4 of Cairo’s metro Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has agreed a loan worth up to $306m to fund part of Line 4 of the Cairo metro. The money will go towards the first…
News CPB, John Holland consortium wins Sydney Metro West tunnelling contract A consortium led by John Holland, CPB Contractors and Italian civil engineer Ghella has won a US$1.1bn contract to dig the final tunnel of Sydney Metro West under the city’s…
News Webuild team completes Milan metro section Italian contractor Webuild has handed over six stations on Line 4 of the Milan Metro (M4). The 5.4km section links the stations of Linate Airport and Dateo in the east…
News France agrees €250m loan to build Ivory Coast metro The government of France has agreed a loan of €250m to fund the construction of a 37km metro in Abidjan, the capital of the Ivory Coast. The €1.4bn initial phases,…