Amsterdam tram extension | Naples re-opens subway line | High-speed rail in Portugal | Urban News 26

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Welcome to UrbanNews #26. In this episode -
00:00 - Intro
00:14 - New subway line in Bangkok, Thailand
01:12 - France to finance new tram line in Lviv, Ukraine
02:10 - Tram extension in Amsterdam, Netherlands
02:37 - High-speed rail plans in Portugal
03:13 - Subway lined reopening in Naples, Italy

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[wteff]

I have some news from Hamburg, germany ( you may need to research this): The public-owned Hochbahn will not reach their goal of replacing all of their buses with electric models by 2030 because apparently they won't be able to build the necessary infrastructure quickly enough. They are also currently tearing down and rebuilding the Harburg bus port (I may have already commented about this) and there are major closures on the U-Bahn system to provide step-free access at more stations. Great video as always and wishing you a speedy recovery :)

[pizzaipinya]

Yesterday they announced 2 new things for Barcelona!!!

The project for the second phase of the connection of the 2 Tram networks through av. Diagonal has finally been finished. If the Catalan Government gets to approve their annual budget for 2025, they'll start working next summer.


On the other hand, the old Model prison finally has a plan on what to do with it (years ago it was substituted by more modern prisons, and was now resting with no purpose, waiting for this project).

They'll build a school, a public gym, a kindergarten, space for neighbourhood associations (the youth association mainly), green areas, social housing, a third age residency, and a small memorial about the old prison. All that while maintaining the structure of the old iconic building of the prison!

Oh, and a bonus, it's next to Barcelona's main train station too :)

[forestfeller]

SETPA in Philadelphia has just announced new Hitachi metro trains for the Market-Frankford line! In addition to to the new Alstom light rail vehicles announced last year to replace the old trolleys.

[MrBrick]

Great episode as usual! Btw the tender for phase 1B (Oiã-Soure) of the HSR between Lisbon and Porto was oficially launched this past monday, so, between this and last weeks episode heheh.
Also, in Porto, the second phase of the Porto Metrobus/BRT was ajudicated 2 days ago, while the first phase is gonna be completed and operational by the end of August.

[Sayitlikitiz]

Thank you for making the time to create content even when you are not feeling well. We appreciate it and wish you get better. ♥

[o_s-]

Some news from Beirut, Lebanon (no, not war news): a bus line started operating! This doesn't seem that important, but this is the first time in DECADES Beirut got a proper public transport line. It has decent buses, designated stops and all that stuff. They're planning to open several more lines (they have 96 vehicles at the moment)

[nyxw]

Great video as usual :D It was said by many "specialists" that Europe would probably end up refusing to give us funds partly because of the gauge we will be using for the project. Guess those people didn't see their dreams realised. This is quite an interesting project, and the biggest rail project in the country, ever since we started building railways. I want to see this project succeed ^^

[InternetLoser-rcvs]

Sydney Metro extension from Chatswood to the city and Sydenham opening on sunday

[jorgea]

Thank you for the videos!. There has been a new ruling by the EU mandating member counties to connect airport to High Speed Rails if they have more than 12M yearly passengers, and regional rail if they have more than 4M.

[nicolasblume]

You missed the 90 new trains from Alstom for the S-Bahn Cologne!

Will this be included in next weeks episode?

[Hogtownboy]

Extensive flooding of Union Station caused the Toronto Subway/Metro to needed extensive repairs after historic rainfall overwhelmed the city storm sewer system

[alexisdespland]

e to exproprate land mrans you do not pat for it but are taking it for a public good.

[dddcd]

There are NO subway in Bangkok and Naples!! Your title is wrong! We call them metro! It's not the US !