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Metro stations renaming

12.05.2022

Metro stations to be renamed in Kyiv

Kyiv will rename metro stations, informs the railway magazine Railway Supply.According to the survey, the results of which were published on the metro website, the following stations should be called like this:▪️Station "Beresteyska" (named after city of Brest, Belarus) ► "Buchanskaya" (named after cityof Bucha, which suffered badly from Russian occupation);▪️Station "Lev Tolstoy Square" (named after Russian writer) ► "Vasily Stus" (named after Ukrainian poet who spent 13 years in detention, until his death, in Soviet forced labor camp for political prisoners);▪️Station "Heroiv Dnipra" ► "Heroes of Ukraine"▪️Station "Minska" (named after city of Minsk, Belarus) ► "Warsawska" (named after city of Warsaw, Poland)▪️ Station "Druzhby Narodiv" (named after the friendship between Russian and Ukrainian peoples) ► "Botanicheskaya" (named after the nearby Hryshko National Botanical Garden) Railway news you may have missed:PKP informs about the possibility of improving the transportation of Ukrainian goods.
Kharkiv metro

10.05.2022

Kharkiv metro cannot be launched yet

So far, the subway in Kharkov cannot be launched, since the subway today works as a shelter due to the constant shelling of the Russian occupiers.
Kharkiv metro

18.02.2022

Kharkiv metro received more than UAH 200 million in losses last year

According to the results of work in 2021, the utility company Kharkiv Metro received UAH 205 million in losses.This is reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply with reference to the website of the public organization "Kharkiv Anti-Corruption Center".
Metro station will be completed

15.02.2022

Metro station “Lvivska Brama” will be completed in Kyiv

Currently, Kyiv wants to order design work for the construction of a metro station worth UAH 73. 4 million.
Tbilisi Metro will receive new trains

13.01.2022

Tbilisi Metro will receive new trains

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has determined the winner of the tender for the supply of 11 metro trains in a 4-car configuration.
new metro lines

28.12.2021

Three new metro lines to be built in Moscow

The number of stations in the Moscow metro will increase by 50-60.This is reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply.
Škoda Transportation metro train

22.12.2021

The first Škoda Transportation metro train for Warsaw is preparing for tests

Pilsen, 21 December 2021 – The Polish capital is looking forward to new metro trains manufactured in the Czech Republic. Today the manufacturer - the Škoda Transportation group - officially unveiled the first complete train.
smart subway train

14.12.2021

New “smart subway train” presented in Hangzhou

The new smart subway train was unveiled in Hangzhou, the site of the 2022 Asian Games.This is reported by the railway magazine Railway Supply with reference to the CRRC.
purchase of trolleybuses and subway cars

10.12.2021

The EIB will allocate 100 million euros to Kyiv for the purchase of trolleybuses and subway cars

The project will be implemented by Kyiv Metro and Kyivpastrans. In November, the European Investment Bank approved a 100 million euro loan to Kyiv to purchase public electric vehicles, including trolleybuses and subway cars.
new metro station

30.11.2021

The new metro station in Baku will consist of four levels

In Baku, on the purple branch of the capital metro on Jalila Mammadguluzade Street, there will be a 170-meter complex of B-04 station, which will consist of four levels, said Bakhtiyar Mammadov, head of the press service of Baku Metro.
construction of the Belgrade metro

29.11.2021

Work begins on the construction of the Belgrade metro

The Belgrade City Council approved a master plan for the development of the metro, as well as the expansion of suburban rail and tram networks, and preliminary work has begun to clear the area for the future metro depot.
It is planned to update the rolling stock and introduce digital systems in the metro of the Uzbek capital.

22.11.2021

An agreement on the modernization of Tashkent metro signed

It is planned to update the rolling stock and introduce digital systems in the metro of the Uzbek capital.TMH and the Tashkent Metro signed a 10-year Memorandum of Cooperation on the development of the Metro, which will be in effect during 2022-2032, reports Railway Supply magazine with reference to ТMH.