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News 2009

Dec 09
- Wuppertal: Schwebebahn monorail service suspended on 15 December 2009 due to security reasons (heavy maintenance works) until spring 2010
- Barcelona: driverless metro L9/10 opened on 13 December 2009 (Can Peixauet-Can Zam section)
- Dublin: Busaras-The Point stretch (tram Red Line) opened on 8 December 2009
Nov 09
- Sevilla: Condequinto-Olivar de Quinto section (LRT Line 1) opened on 23 December 2009
Sep 09
- Sevilla: Puerta Jerez stop (LRT Line 1) opened on 16 September 2009
- Brest: contract signed with Alstom for the delivery of 20 Citadis vehicles for the new tram line
- Dijon: contract signed with Alstom for the delivery of 32 Citadis vehicles for the new tram line
- Sheffield: tram-train trial service (along an existing freight railway from Meadowhall to Rothenham, with a connection to the Supertam network) announced on 16 September 2009
- Karlsruhe: contract signed with Bombardier for the delivery of 30 Flexity Swift dual vehicles (2011-2013, 129 M Euro)
- Athens: Nomismatokopio (metro Line 3) opened on 02 September 2009
Aug 09
- Lisbon: Alameda-Sao Sebastiao extension of Linha do Oriente (Vermelha) opened on 29 August 2009
Jul 09
- Bilbao: Portugalete-Santurtzi extension of LRT Line 2 opened on 4 July 2009
- Mulhouse: Rattachement-Chataignier extension of tram Line 1 opened on 4 July 2009
May 09
- Sofia: Vasil Levski Stadium-Mladost 1 section of metro Line 1 opened on 08-05-2009
Apr 09
- Bologna: assigned on 28 April 2009 the project financing for the automated monorail connecting Marconi Airport to the railway station
- Sevilla: the new LRT Line 1 (first section Ciudad Expo-Condequinto) opened on 02 April 2009
Jan 09
- Istanbul: 4 Levent - Ataturk Oto Sanayi and Taksim - Sishane metro extensions opened on 30 January 2009