Three extensions have opened on Beijing’s metro, bringing the total length of the system to 879km. The completed projects are: the last section of the Changping Line’s southern extension, a…

A consortium led by French engineer Egis is to offer project management and supervision services on a section of the Orange Line metro scheme in Bangkok. A press release from…

Greece’s second city, Thessaloniki, saw its first metro transit system open for passengers on Saturday, 30 November, after work on it began more than 20 years ago. The 10km-long, east-west…

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman officially inaugurated the Riyadh Metro on Wednesday, ending a 12-year mega project involving dozens of engineering, design and contracting firms from all over the world.

Thai contractor CH Karnchang Plc has picked Aecom as lead designer for the Orange Line West metro project in Bangkok, billed as one of the biggest rail infrastructure projects in…

The bids have been entered for Dubai Metro’s Blue Line, which will add 30km and 14 stations to the emirate’s mass transit system. According to business website Meed, the lowest…

Jacobs is overseeing a $227.5m project to upgrade three stations on the busy Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) for the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The design-build contract involves…

A consortium made up of Egyptian contractor Orascom Construction, Bouygues subsidiary Colas Rail and Japanese engineer Hitachi has been chosen to modernise Cairo’s Metro Line 1. The €800m deal will…

A 15.5km section of the Sydney metro has opened to the public. The line runs from the city’s northwest, under the harbour, through the central business district to the suburb…

The Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) has chosen a team made up of French contractor Vinci and local company Walsh Construction to design and build the extension to the Red Line…

Singapore’s Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded a US$305m contract to a consortium of Siemens Mobility and Concord Corporation for the power supply system for the city state’s eighth transit…

The first section of Hanoi’s second metro line, Line 3, has opened for a free trial period before the official unveiling, due in September 2024. The 8.5km elevated railway built…

The joint venture of Ferrovial and Portuguese contractor Alberto Couto Alves has finished the €99m extension of Porto Metro’s Yellow Line. Portugal’s infrastructure minister Miguel Pinto Luz attended the inauguration…

France’s Egis will be the lead consultant for the Abou Qir Metro line in Alexandria, Egypt. It’s a 22km-long route running from the city’s Misr Station to Abu Qir, a…

UK architect Grimshaw has been chosen to design La Défense metro station for the Grand Paris Express. The station will be located south of the existing station’s forecourt on Place…

Dnipro Metro is hoping to attract companies willing to help restart a 4km metro extension that was suspended after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. The 7km system now consists…

French civil engineer NGE and Italian contractor Webuild have been chosen to build a section of Metro Line 15 – otherwise known as the Grand Paris Express – a circular…

A consortium led by Spanish contractor Obrascón Huarte Lain (OHLA) has won a €96m contract to build a section of Seville’s metro third line. The 1.7km section will involve the…