Rail
| Athens Metro Project | ||
The inauguration ceremony for the Athens Metro extension. |
One of the Athens Metro tunnels during construction. |
Some of the rolling stock used on the Athens Metro. |
Part of the Athens Metro under construction. |
Much of the Athens project was built using the cut and cover method. |
The Athens tunnels were also excavated with a tunnel boring machine (TBM) |
| Bristol Tramway | ||
An artist's impression of a tram going through Bristol. |
The trams along Bristol docks have now closed. |
A view of Bristol; the tramway is designed to solve Bristol's traffic congestion. |
Proposed route map. The new line will run from a car park beside the M5 at Almondsbury, through Bradley Stoke before joining existing rail tracks leading to Temple Meads. |
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| Budapest Metro Four | ||
The route of the new Budapest Metro line. |
A Budapest station on the new route with the platform according to DBR Metro's virtual reality projection. |
Construction at the Budapest site. |
Budapest has an extensive tram network. |
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| Crossrail Cross London Rail Link | ||
The new "Crossrail" rail section would run between Liverpool Street and Paddington. |
The Crossrail underground rail link project would be a major step forward for transport in London in that it would dramatically improve the city's east-west links. |
Sir Christopher Benson (Chairman of Crossrail) reviewing the plans for the Crossrail link. |
| Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) | ||
The DART expansion will involve a new subway (underground) station. |
The DART expansion also involves changes to the overland stations at Park Lane, Walnut Hill, Forrest Lane (pictured here) and LBJ/Central. |
Park Lane station will be entirely new and raised 24 feet above ground level. |
Like Park Lane, Walnut Hill will also be raised. |
Since it is close to Texas Instruments, the LBJ station will have (according to the authority) real circuit boards imbedded in acrylic insets. |
Cutaway diagram of LBJ/Central station. |
| Edmonton South Light Rail | ||
The aim of the Edmonton South light rail extension is to extend the current light rail system from University Station, with it eventually terminating at Heritage Station. |
3-D concept of Health Sciences Station. |
The Health Sciences Station will be an at-grade, centre-loading platform located in front of the existing EDC building to serve the institutions in the Health Sciences precinct. |
The construction impact on parking in the Jubilee Parking Lot will be tackled. |
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| Houston Light Rail System | ||
The Downtown to Astrodomain light rail route in Houston. |
The Astrodomain and Herman Park. |
Downtown and Midtown views of rail system. |
Texas Medical Centre and Museum district. |
Metro Park and Ride location map. |
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| Krakow Fast Tramline | ||
Krakow already has a number of trams such as this low floor Bombardier tram. |
Unlike the UK, trams are a common form of transport in Poland. The project will extend the Krakow tram system by more than 10km. |
Map of Poland showing the location of Krakow. Krakow is the third largest city in the country. |
| Largo Blue Line | ||
Overview of the Largo station in an artist's impression. |
The platform at Largo as it is hoped it will look. The rail extension involves building two new railway stations. |
The station entrance at Largo. The whole project is expected to cost in excess of $400 million. |
The station at Summerfield. Summerfield railway station is the middle station along the extended line. |
The mezzanine at Largo. Largo is at the end of the line. |
The station entrance at Summerfield railway station. |
The ground breaking ceremony. This took place in 2001. |
The concourse at Summerfield. |
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| Las Vegas Monorail | ||
Map of the monorail project in Las Vegas. |
Beginning demolition work at a Sahara hotel parking lot, the future site of the Strip monorail maintenance facility. |
Bombardier will be supplying rolling stock similar to that which it supplied for the New York Skytrain. |
These are drawings of Bombardier's MVI monorail trains. |
Artist's impression of the interior of the monorail carriage. |
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| London Jubilee Line | ||
One of the new six car trains on the existing Jubilee line. |
Two interactive CORYS TESS virtual reality cab simulators have been installed at the Neasden control centre, a driver using the simulator. |
Electrically operated platform edge doors featured on the line. |
The exit from Canary Wharf station. |
Tests being undertaken on the Jubilee Line Extension. |
Computer generated image of the ticket hall at Canning Town station. |
The new trains being maintained. |
The Neasden control centre. |
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| Los Angeles/Pasadena Blue Line | ||
Work on the light system extension requires not only tracks, signalling, stations, cut-and cover tunnels, and a maintenance facility, but also rolling stock. |
Light rail service will be provided by trains of up to three coupled cars operating on a conventional, double track, electrified line with 13 stations spaced between 0.75 and 2.2 miles apart. |
The budget to complete Phase 1 is $438.8 million, of which $369 million is committed from previous rail construction funds. |
The Pasadena Blue Line Authority has suggested 1 July 2003 as the proposed opening date for Phase 1. |
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| Manchester Metrolink | ||
Map of the Oldham/Rochdale link. |
Public transport in Manchester. |
Airport extension route. |
The Ashton route expansion. |
Diagram of Manchester Airport showing alterations. |
Diagram of the Oldham/Rochdale route. |
| Montpellier Tramway System | ||
Alstom Citadis 301-series double-ended 75% low-floor cars, built at Aytré (La Rochelle). |
One of the stations in the Montpellier network. |
Map of the Montpellier project. |
The Citadis rolling stock is supplied by Alstom. |
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| Montréal | ||
Montreal already has an extensive metro system. The main alterations to the system over the next decade will be the $203 million extension of line 5 of the metro and the $214 million extension of line 4 of the metro. |
The modern train cars on the Montreal metro have LEDS to display ads or destinations. |
The Montreal/Orange line extension has been promised for many years. |
The rail extension will also lead to the purchase of more rolling stock. The contracts for this have yet to be awarded. |
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| San Juan Tren Urbano | ||
Map of the proposed rail link in Puerto Rico. |
Much of the rolling stock for the project is being supplied by Siemens Transportation Systems. |
The project involves extensive track construction. |
These are some of the workshops on the site. |
This is one of the stations along the Tren Urbano line. |
Building work at one of the stations. |
| Sao Paolo | ||
The system uses modern control panels supplied by ALSTOM. |
The Sao Paulo metro is an extensive one. |
The new Sao Paulo line will use Metropolis™ rolling stock supplied by Alstom. |
This is the Metropolis 700, a smaller version of the same ALSTOM rolling stock family. |
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| Seattle | ||
Map of proposed Seattle light rail link. |
Workers active in constructing the new Seattle light rail link. |
Lowering a pile into place for the Seattle light rail link. |
The construction site in February 2001 |
A digger doing preliminary work on the light rail link. |
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| South Hampshire | ||
Interior of a tram such as the one to be used on the new line. |
Artist's impression of the new South Hants line. |
An artist's impression of Gillespies. |
Another view of the new line, showing the sea. |
Plan of proposed changes in South Hampshire. |
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| South Sacramento Corridor | ||
The new light rail line will go into virgin territory. Looking north from Meadowview Road, the new station and park and ride lot will be located on the left of the tracks. |
The northern end of the line will start in Broadway. Looking north towards the AutoZone on Broadway, the station will be to the left of the tracks. |
There will be several stations on the route. This view of Wayne Hultgren Station looks south from the 21st Street crossing showing where street access to the new station will be provided. |
The new City College station will be located directly behind the student parking lot and Hughes Stadium left of the tracks. |
This view from the Fruitridge Road intersection looks north towards City College. The new station will be located to the left of the Union Pacific tracks and will be a middle-platform station. |
Looking south towards 47th Street, another new station and park-and-ride lot will be located to the right of the tracks. |
| Sydney Metro | ||
One of the light rail train carriages approaching Central Station in Sydney. |
The Sydney light rail extension was opened in August 2000. |
Two trains crossing on the Sydney light rail route. |
The length of the light rail extension is 6.7km. |
Lilyfield station from above. |
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| Tasman East | ||
The Tasman East Light Rail extension. |
Concrete formwork construction at the elevated guideway. |
The Tasman East Light Rail extension will need more stations, including one at Hostetter. |
The project will be completed by 2004. |
Installation of Overhead Catenary System (OCS) near the I-880/Milpitas Station. |
Test loading indicator piles for the aerial guideway structure in Milpitas. |
| Willesden | ||
Willesden Junction is at the heart of the rail network in North West London. |
The work on the West Coast mainline goes well beyond Willesden Junction. |
The signalling equipment on the line is greatly in need of replacement. |
Part of the intention is for the new line to be able to use tilting trains. |
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