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News 2008

Dec 08
- Kazan: Gorki-Prospekt Pobedy metro extension opened on 26-12-2008
- Vitoria Gasteiz: the first segment (Landaberde-Plaza de america Latina) of the new LRT line opened on 23 December 2008
- Saint Petersburg: metro line 5 opened on 20 December 2008
- Krakow: Fast Tram LRT line opened on 11 December 2008
- Milan: metrotranvia (LRT) line Milan-Cinisello Balsamo opened on 7 December 2008
Nov 08
- Bucharest: metro M3 Nicolae Grigorescu-Linia de Centura section opened on 20 November 2008 (initially operated as shuttle service)
Oct 08
- Lausanne: driverless light metro M2 (Metro Ouchy) opened on 27 October 2008
- Warsaw: metro Line 1 extension (Slodowiec-Dworzec Gdanski) opened on 25 October 2008
Sep 08
- Marseille: T1 and T2 tramway lines extended on 26 September 2008
Jun 08
- Nurnberg: driverless metro U3 (Gustav Adolf Strasse-Maxfeld) opened on 15 June 2008
May 08
- Kiew: metro Line 3 extension from Borispolkaya to Krasny Khutor opened on 23 May 2008
- Wien: U2 extension from Schottenring to the stadium (Stadion) opened on 10 May 2008
Apr 08
- Warsaw: metro Line 1 extension from Plac Wilsona to Slodowiec opened on 23 April 2008
- Bursa: LRT extension from Sehrekustu to Araba Yatagi opened on 6 April 2008
Mar 08
- London: TTS-Tracked Transit System APM opened on 27 March 2008 at the new Heathrow Airport T5 Terminal
- Cagliari: Light Metro Line 1 (Repubblica-Gottardo) opened on 17 March 2008
Jan 08
- Perugia: Leitner Minimetro cable-system opened on 29 January 2008
- Bruxelles: STIB/MIVB operator ordered 102 Bombardier Flexity trams (to be delivered in 2009-2013)
- Bergen: contract signed with Stadler for the delivery of 12 Variotram tramcars (with an option for further 20 vehicles) to be used on the new LRT line (under construction)