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News 2011

Dec 11
- Moscow: metro line 10 extended from Marino to Zyablikovo on 02-12-2011
- Volgograd: LRT line (Metrotram) extended from Pionerskaya to Yelshanka on 01-12-2011
Nov 11
- Bilbao: Line 2 extended from Ariz to Basauri on 11-11-2011
Oct 11
- Aubagne: the French city of Aubagne ordered on 07-10-2011 8 ALSTOM Compact tramcars (22 m long) for its new tramway network (predicted opening: 2014)
Sep 11
- - Bucharest: CAF anounced on 26-09-2011 to be the winner of a contract to supply 16 metro cars to to replace the ASTRA ARAD rolling stock currently used on Line 3
- Bursa: Bursaray LRT line extended from Ozluce to Uludag Universitesi on 19-09-2011
- Barcelona: Santa Rosa stop added to metro Line 9/10 on 19-09-2011
- Lausanne: the Swiss town announced it had granted a concession (50 years) for the construction of a tram line between Lausanne-Flon and Renens-Gare on September (predicted opening: 2018)
- Turin: Porta Susa stop added to Turin APM line on 09-09-2011
Aug 11
- London: DLR line extended from Canning Town to Stratford on 31-08-2011
Jul 11
- Manchester: Metrolink extended from Trafford Bar to St Werburgh's Road on 07-07-2011
- Dublin: Red Line LUAS extended from Belgard to Saggart on 02-07-2011
- Bucharest: metro Line 1 extended from 1 Mai to Parc Bazilescu on 01-07-2011
Jun 11
- Angers: new tramway Line A opened on 25-06-2011
May 11
- Istanbul: metro M2 extended from Darussafaka-Haciosman on 23-05-2011
- Geneve: tram Meyrin extended from Jardin Alpin to CERN on 02-05-2011
Apr 11
- Zaragoza: a new tramway line (Gran Via-Mago de Oz) opened on 19-04-2011
- Reims: a new tramway line (Neufchatel-Bezannes Gare Champagne TGV/Hopital Debrè) opened on 18-04-2011
- Lyon: an order for 10 Altom Citadis (with an option for further 9 vehicles) to be assigned to T3 tramway line announced on 11-04-2011
Mar 11
- Milan: metro Line M3 extended from Maciachini to Comasina on 26-03-2011
- Turin: automated metro Line 1 extended from Porta Nuova to Lingotto on 06-03-2011
Feb 11
- Bilbao: Etxebarri-Ariz extension (Line 1, LRT) opened on 26-02-2011
- Milano: Famagosta-Assago Milanofiori Forum M2 extension opened on 20-02-2011
Jan 11
- Paris: Alstom announced on 28-01-2011 to have won a contract for the delivery of Citadis tramcars to be used by RATP/STIF for T7 and T8 new tram lines (T7: Athis Mons-Villejuif Louis Aragon, 19 vehicles; T8: Saint Denis-Epinay/Villetaneuse, 20 vehicles)
- Porto: Metro do Porto extended from Estadio do Dragao to Fanzeres on 02-01-2011