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Urban transport industry news round-up

MPK Poznań has taken delivery of the first of 24 secondhand 75% low-floor Duewag NGT6D trams acquired from Bonn.

On January 3 Madrid municipality awarded FCC, Sacyr and BECSA a €181m 36-month contract to built the 1·7 km extension of metro Line 5 from Alameda de Osuma to Barajas airport.

The Toshkent metro has taken delivery of three four-car Moskva-2020 trainsets from Metrowagonmash, with three more expected by the end of February.

On January 20, Catalan operator FGC invited tenders to supply and maintain seven trams for use between Vila-Seca and Cambrils on the future Tram de Tarragona network. The trams are to be 33 m long, with at least 50 seats, a capacity of 210 passengers and equipped with technology for operation on sections of line without catenary. The budget is €73m.

Rania Al-Mashat, Egypt’s Minister of Planning, Economic Development & International Cooperation, and Eduardo Soriano, Spain’s Economic & Commercial representative in Egypt, have signed a €1·4m grant agreement to fund feasibility studies for an extension of Cairo metro Line 1 from New El-Marg to Shebin Al-Qana…

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