Metrotranvía of Mendoza
| Metrotranvía of Mendoza | |
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| Background | |
| Owner | Mendoza City |
| Locale | Mendoza, Argentina |
| Transit type | light rail |
| Number of lines | 1 |
| Number of stations | 16 |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | scheduled for 2012 |
| Operator(s) | Empresa Provincial de Transporte de Mendoza (EPTM) |
| Number of vehicles | 11 |
| Technical | |
| System length | 12.5 km (7.8 mi) |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) (standard gauge) |
| Electrification | 600 V DC, overhead lines |
The Metrotranvía of Mendoza (Mendoza Metropolitan-Area Tramway, or Mendoza Light Rail) will be a public light rail transport system for the city of Mendoza, Argentina, served by articulated light rail cars operating on newly relaid tracks in former-Ferrocarril General San Martín mainline right-of-way. The 12.5-km line will run between Mendoza Central Station and General Gutierrez in Maipú, in double-track 1435 mm standard gauge track. Construction began in March 2009,[1] and the system is due to open sometime in 2012.[2]
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[edit] Rolling stock
The service will be provided by eleven Siemens–Duewag U2 light-rail vehicles (LRVs) acquired secondhand from the San Diego Trolley system in San Diego, California.[3] As of November 2011, only about half of these had arrived in Mendoza so far.[2]
[edit] Stations
The Metrotranvía of Mendoza will serve the metropolitan area of Mendoza, which includes the departments of Las Heras, Downtown, Godoy Cruz, Maipú and Luján de Cuyo.
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[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Metrotranvía deal signed". Railway Gazette International. 24 February 2009. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//metrotranvia-deal-signed.html. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
- ^ a b Tramways & Urban Transit, January 2012, p. 27. LRTA Publishing. ISSN 1460-8324.
- ^ Tramways & Urban Transit, November 2010, p. 428. LRTA Publishing. ISSN 1460-8324.
[edit] Related News
- www.sdmts.com San Diego U2 Trolleys successfully operate in Argentina
(The following related news is in Spanish)
- www.rieles.com: Metrotranvía draft presented at the Faculty of Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo
- www.fing.uncu.edu.ar: Presentation of the Metrotranvía Project at the Faculty of Engineering to the public
- es.truveo.com: The Metro Tranvía Urbano is coming precisely
- www.diariouno.com.ar: In a hurry for the Metrotranvía
- www.mendozaeconomico.com: Signing of the contract for the Metro Tram
- puestaenobra.blogspot.com: Commencing labour of the Metrotranvía of Mendoza
- www.diariouno.com.ar: China offers Mendoza trams 25% cheaper
- www.rieles.com: The government clarified that will now only analyze the purchase of Chinese trams
- www.rieles.com: Works of the Metrotranvía began in Gutiérrez
- www.rieles.com: Metrotranvía works for the city of Mendoza
- www.mdzol.com: The building of the Metrotranvía will commence
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