Villejuif-Gustave Roussy station on Paris metro Line 14 opened on January 18. Designed by architect Dominique Perrault and overseen by Société des Grands Projets, the station has a circular structure 62 m in diameter and 51 m deep, with nine underground levels including Line 14 at level -7 (36·7 m deep) and the future Line 15 South at level -9 (48·8 m below the surface). The station is managed by the ORA Consortium of RATP Dev, Alstom and ComfortDelGro which will operate the future Line 15 South when it opens in 2026.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has visited construction sites for Guadalajara’s 21·1 km light metro Line 4 which is being developed using the alignment of the Guadalajara – Manzanillo freight line. CRRC Zhuzhou is supplying 16 twin-section trainsets, and opening is planned for later this year.
A 2·6 km three-stop connection between Otogar and Opera on the Eskişehir tram network opened on January 6, served by a new Route 36 which only operates three journeys in each direction in the weekday morning peak and another three each way in the afternoon.
Free travel was introduced f…
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