Sofia metro operator Metropolitan EAD has announced that CAF and Simetro Sofia consortium, formed of Siemens and Polish rolling stock manufacturer Newag, have submitted bids in the tender for the acquisition of 20 metro train sets and monitoring and traffic control systems, part of Line 3 Sofia Metro Extension Project, Phase I. The project also
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Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, European Commission Vice President Kristalina Georgieva, Sofia Mayor Yordanka Fandakova and Transport Minister Ivaylo Moskovski celebrated on the 8th of May the inauguration of a new section of Sofia’s metro line, connecting Mladost 1 residential district to Sofia Business Park in the Mladost 4. The 3km long new extension
Sofia metro line extension to the airport was inaugurated today. The new section is 5 km long and has 4 stations: Drujba, Iskarsko Shose, Sofia Sveta Gora and Sofia Airport. “We continue to expand the underground network under Operational Program Transport and Transport Infrastructure 2014 – 2020, said Transport Minister Moskovski. “Financing
The Finnish City of Tampere announced that Turkish company Gulermak and three other consortia have prequalified in the tender for the Tampere tramway project: 1. LEMMINKAINEN (Finland) – RAMBOLL (Denmark) – ALSTOM (France) – INSINORRIT SUNNITELU (Finland): 137.75 Point / 160 2. GULERMAK (Turkey) : 134.80 Point / 160 3. DESTIA (Finland)
Construction of Sofia’s 3rd Metro Line is planned to start this year, stated city mayor Yordanka Fandakova. The third metro line will link the city’s southwestern neighborhoods with its eastern parts. Its first section, to stretch from Krasno Selo neighbourhood to the city center, will be seven kilometers long and will have seven stations. Speaking on BNR radio station, Fandakova also
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