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Urbos
The CAF Urbos is a family of trams, streetcars, and light rail vehicles built by CAF. The Spanish manufacturer CAF previously made locomotives, passenger cars, regional, and underground trains. In 1993, CAF started building trams for Metrovalencia, with the delivery of 16 trams until 1999. This was a variant of a Siemens design and some components were delivered by Siemens, including bogies and traction motors. This design was also sold to Lisbon Trams in 1995; CAF then decided to design and build the Urbos in-house. There are three generations of the CAF Urbos, namely the Urbos 1, Urbos 2, and Urbos 3. The first generation was ordered by the Bilbao tram operator, who received eight trams between 2002 and 2004. The second generation was sold to other operators in Spain, and the third generation is sold in Spain, elsewhere in Europe, the United States, Australia and in the UK. Manufacturing locations include Beasain, Zaragoza and Linares, Spain; Elmira, New York, USA; Hortolandia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inner West Light Rail
The Inner West Light Rail is a light rail line in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, running from Central railway station, Sydney, Central railway station through the Inner West to Dulwich Hill railway station, Dulwich Hill and serving 23 stops. It was the original line of the Light rail in Sydney, Sydney light rail network. Services on the line are branded as the L1 Dulwich Hill Line since 2014. Most of the Inner West Light Rail is built on the path of a former goods railway line. The first section of light rail opened on 11 August 1997, and the line was extended in 2000 and 2014 along the former goods corridor. Operation and maintenance of the line is contracted to the ALTRAC Light Rail consortium by the New South Wales Government's transport authority, Transport for NSW. Services are operated by Transdev Sydney as a member of ALTRAC Light Rail. Background Most of the alignment of the Dulwich Hill Line had its origins as the Rozelle–Darling Harbour railway line, Rozelle� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Construcciones Y Auxiliar De Ferrocarriles
Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (Grupo CAF, ) is a Spanish publicly listed company which manufactures railway vehicles and equipment and buses through its Solaris Bus & Coach subsidiary. It is based in Beasain, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain. Equipment manufactured by Grupo CAF includes light rail vehicles, rapid transit trains, railroad cars and locomotives, as well as variable gauge axles that can be fitted on any existing truck or bogie. Over the 20 years from the early 1990s, CAF benefited from the rail investment boom in its home market in Spain to become a world player with a broad technical capability, able to manufacture almost any type of rail vehicle. CAF has supplied railway rolling stock to a number of major public transport, urban transit operators around Europe, the US, South America, East Asia, India, Australia and North Africa. History ''CAF'' was an acronym for the earlier name of ''Compañía Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles'', as well as for ''Constr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euskotren Tranbia
Euskotren Tranbia is the brand under which the tramway networks in the cities of Vitoria-Gasteiz and Bilbao (both in the Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country) are run. The system in Bilbao started operations in 2002, and the one in Vitoria-Gasteiz in 2008. It is one of the four commercial divisions under which Euskotren (a public company managed by the Basque Government) operates. The infrastructure is owned by the public entity Euskal Trenbide Sarea (Basque Railway Network) and tracks use Metre gauge#Spain, narrow gauge. Services Euskotren Tranbia operates tram networks in Vitoria-Gasteiz (province of Álava) and Bilbao (province of Biscay). The first network, then named ''EuskoTran'' started operations in Bilbao in 2002 after two years under construction, connecting Bilbao-Atxuri Station with Uribitarte. The line was eventually expanded to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Basurto Hospital and finally La Casilla. The tramway system in Vitoria-Gasteiz opened i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vélez-Málaga Tram
The Vélez-Málaga Tram () was operating between October 2006 and June 2012 connecting the Spanish town Vélez-Málaga with the coastal town Torre del Mar. It is the first modern low-floor tramway system service that has been taken out of service. History Construction and Operation Construction began in 2003, with strong local opposition, with the service opening on 11 October 2006. The tram line was not connected through to the city center of Vélez-Málaga – passengers had to switch in the outskirts to a bus line. At the same time, the direct bus service from Torre del Mar to the city center of Vélez-Málaga was kept. As a consequence, the ridership fell from 890,000 passengers in 2007 to 676,000 in 2011. Extension Construction on an extension of (from the northern terminus, Parque Jurado Lorca station, to Esplanada de la Estaciónto in the Vélez-Málaga city center) began during 2008, but upon its completion the tram operator took its chance to ask for a higher s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seville Metro
The Seville Metro () is an light metro network serving the city of Seville, Spain and its metropolitan area. The system is totally independent of any other rail or street traffic. All stations are provided with platform screen doors. Line 1 was inaugurated on 2 April 2009. Three more lines are planned to be built. Construction of Line 3 began in February 2023 and is expected to be completed in 2030. The Seville Metro fleet consists of 21 articulated low-floor Urbos 2 light rail vehicles (LRVs) manufactured by CAF. The Urbos 2 LRVs are long, wide, and tall, with a total 6 doors on each side. The capacity of each LRV vehicle is of 192 passengers, of which 60 would be seated and 132 standing. The Urbos 2 LRVs have air conditioning. LRVs are powered by an overhead catenary at . It was the sixth Metro system to be built in Spain, after those in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Bilbao and Palma de Mallorca. Currently, it is the fifth biggest Metro company in Spain by number of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilbao Tram
The Bilbao tram (, ) is a tram system in Bilbao, Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain. Operated by Euskotren under the brand Euskotren Tranbia (which also manages the tram system Vitoria-Gasteiz tram, in Vitoria-Gasteiz), it comprises a single line, inaugurated on 18 December 2002 and last extended on 25 March 2022. The factor leading its creation was to improve Bilbao's railway network; the tram serves neighbourhoods that do not have metro or Cercanías stations. Also, the line goes through important tourist and cultural spots, like the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. It offers connections with the Bilbao metro, Euskotren Trena and Cercanías Bilbao. History The ''EuskoTran'' brand (currently known as Euskotren Tranbia) was conceived in order to improve the railway services in Bilbao, and to serve neighborhoods and areas unattended by the Bilbao metro or Cercanías Bilbao. It took 15 years of studies and research to contemplate the need of a tram in the city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitoria-Gasteiz Tram
The Vitoria-Gasteiz tram (, ) is a tram system in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country (autonomous community), Basque Country, Spain. It is operated by Euskotren under the brand Euskotren Tranbia (which also manages the tram system Bilbao tram, in Bilbao). Inaugurated on 23 December 2008, it comprises two lines totaling . System Station design The whole line has twenty-three stations (as of May 2021). All tram stops have Low-floor tram, low platforms, are un-staffed and have automated ticket machines for ticket sales. Once bought, the ticket must be validated on the validation machine located next to the ticket machine. The floors of the stations are virtually level with those of the trams, so this allows wheelchairs, prams, pushchairs and the elderly to board the tram easily with no steps. In 2019, due to the introduction of the longer 600 series trams; all stops had their platforms lengthened, with the exception of Parlamento/Legebiltzarra stop, Parlamento/Legebiltzarra (due t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MetroCentro (Seville)
Metrocentro, popularly known as Tranvía de Sevilla (Spanish for ''Seville Tram''), is a tram system serving the centre of the city Seville, in Andalusia, Spain. It began operating in October 2007. The tram system only has one line, called ''T1''. It is operated by TUSSAM, which is a municipally owned corporation. The tram has connections with the Seville Metro and Cercanías Sevilla (commuter rail). Overview As of 2024, the service consists of eight stops: Plaza Nueva, Archivo de Indias, Puerta de Jerez, Prado de San Sebastián, San Bernardo, San Francisco Javier, Eduardo Dato and Luis de Morales. The service is expected to be extended to Santa Justa Alta Velocidad Española, AVE station, including two new stops: Kansas City and Santa Justa. The project works began in mid-2005 and its first phase was completed by autumn 2007. It covered 1.4 km and is served by four CAF Urbos trams. History Seville had already built a long tram system in 1887, but it was dismantled in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trams In Lisbon
The Lisbon tramway network () is a system of trams that serves Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. In operation since 1873, it presently comprises six lines. The system has a length of 31 km, and 63 trams in operation (45 historic "Remodelados", 8 historic "Ligeiros" and 10 modern articulated trams). The depot is located in Santo Amaro, in Alcântara. History Steam guided-rail In January 1870 the Duke of Saldanha, a Portuguese statesman, opened a guided-rail street tramline between Lisbon and Lumiar, using the Larmanjat system. He built this at his own expense to encourage investment in his ''Lisbon Steam Tramways Company'' venture. He raised enough capital to extend the lines as far as Sintra and Torres Vedras, but the company failed and the lines closed in April 1875. Origin of municipal system Lisbon's municipal government wished to develop urban transit and granted concessions to build and operate various systems that included funiculars and tramways. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streetcar
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or tram networks operated as public transport are called tramways or simply trams/streetcars. Because of their close similarities, trams are commonly included in the wider term '' light rail'', which also includes systems separated from other traffic. Tram vehicles are usually lighter and shorter than main line and rapid transit trains. Most trams use electrical power, usually fed by a pantograph sliding on an overhead line; older systems may use a trolley pole or a bow collector. In some cases, a contact shoe on a third rail is used. If necessary, they may have dual power systems—electricity in city streets and diesel in more rural environments. Occasionally, trams also carry frei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trams In Antalya
Trams form part of the public transport network in Antalya, Turkey. Currently, a three-line system is operated by Antalya Ulaşım A.Ş. AntRay The modern Antray light rail line opened in December 2009 as a double-track 16-stop line connecting the north of the city to the center. It has 16 stops, including two cut-and-cover (underground) stations, and a depot at the northern terminus of Fatih. The tram stations are as follows: ''Fatih - Kepezaltı -Ferrokrom - Vakıf Çiftliği - Otogar - Pil Fabrikası - Dokuma - Çallı - Emniyet - Sigorta - Şarampol - Muratpaşa - İsmetpaşa - Doğu Garajı - Burhanettin Onat - Meydan''. In 2015, a Ministry of Transport, Maritime and Communication (Turkey), Transport Ministry tender for the extension of the line to Antalya Airport, Airport, Aksu, Antalya, Aksu and Expo 2016 was awarded to Makyol. The project was planned to last 450 days, and to be completed by December 2016, but test runs started on 23 April 2016 with a ceremony, about 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seville Metro Line 1
Line 1 of the Seville Metro connects the capital, Seville, with Ciudad Expo (Mairena del Aljarafe), San Juan de Aznalfarache, and Quinto (Dos Hermanas). History Line 1 of the Seville Metro is the only one among those approved by the Junta de Andalucía in the year 2000 that makes use of a significant portion of the infrastructure built during the 1970s and 1980s. Specifically, this new project includes more than 5 km of tunnel running between the stations of Nervión (Seville Metro), Nervión and La Plata (Seville Metro), La Plata, as well as the stations located along this route: Nervión, Gran Plaza (Seville Metro), Gran Plaza, 1º de Mayo (Seville Metro), 1.º de Mayo, Amate (Seville Metro), Amate, and La Plata. Construction of the current line 1 began in the municipality of Mairena del Aljarafe and was later extended to the rest of the route. In August 2005, the tunnel boring machine began operating, but due to setbacks caused by Seville's heterogeneous soil and delays ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
