According to Metro Rail, Line D is getting an extension westward towards the Westwood VA Hospital near Santa Monica.
https://www.metro.net/projects/westside/
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Puhung station of the #Pyongyang Metro. The pictured Type D rolling stock was bought second-hand from #Germany in the late 1990ies.
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons/Mario Micklisch/CC BY 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyongyang_Metro_(21560297299).jpg
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Celltower (Nashville). Will cook, Rapid Transit, Sheath
South Bend Commons, Friday, May 1 at 08:00 PM EDT
$10 N.O.T.A.F.L.O.F.
https://atlanta.askapunk.net/event/celltower-nashville-will-cook-rapid-transit-sheath
Silver Lining: New DART rail line revs up North Texas transit, tourism ahead of World Cup 🚋
#DART #SilverLine #Dallas #DFW #FortWorth #Texas #MassTransit #Rail #Metro #RapidTransit
Dallas Area Rapid Transit’s Silver Line — which starts running on Oct. 25 — will bolster regional transportation systems by connecting with TEXRail at two stations at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, officials said. DART will pay Trinity Metro about $6 million annually for that link.
I just watched a very interesting video on the #REM. It discusses some of the technical questions, but more importantly, it also addresses the organisational strategies used to get the project built quickly and (based upon a $9B estimated capital cost) cheaply on a per km basis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlHqqA0onn0
This video has had the best explanation of the financing of the REM that I have come across.
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With up to 116m below the ground, the #Hongyancun station of the Chongqing Rail Transit in #Chongqing, #China is the deepest metro station in the world. It was opened on January 25th, 2022. Prior to that, the #kyiv Metro's #Arsenalna station held the record.
#Paris is fully automating its busy #Metro Line 13, allowing driverless operation. #Siemens Mobility has received the contract, which includes an automation system, a new operations control centre, and equipment for 66 trains. The project should be finished in late 2032. Line 13 is 24km long, serves 32 stations with a daily ridership of ~500,000 passengers.
https://www.railway-technology.com/news/siemens-mobility-automate-paris-metro-line-13
The #TbilisiMetro opened on 11 January 1966, making it the fourth metro system in the former #SovietUnion. It consists two lines, serving 23 stations. Most of its stations are deeply built and vividly decorated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tbilisi_Metro
Photo credit: Tbilisi Transport Company, CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tbilisi_Metro_departing_train_on_State_University_station.jpg
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The #RiyadhMetro in #SaudiArabia is the world's longest driverless #train network. It is 176km long, has six lines and transports 1.2M passengers daily.
https://railway-news.com/yeltech-x-riyadh-metro-powering-the-worlds-longest-driverless-train-network/
Photo credit: Siemens Riyadh Metro Train (self driving) - innoTrans 2016. ubahnverleih/CC0 1.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riyadh_Metro_-_innoTrans_2016.jpg
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