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[NEW BOOK] TRAM ATLAS BENELUX - now available! robert-schwandl.de/benelux/

MAURITIUS: First 13 km section of new light rail system in commercial service as of 10 Jan 2020:

[NEW BOOK] The last volume in our series about individual Berlin U-Bahn lines: U4 - Die Schöneberger U-Bahn now available! robert-schwandl.de/berlin/u4/

MADRID: A new book has been published on the occasion of the #metro's 100th birthday - even if you can't read Spanish, it includes numerous photos, tables, and maps - strongly recommended: edicioneslalibreria.es/tienda/home/19…

[NEW BOOK]: Tram Atlas Deutschland 5 - now available! robert-schwandl.de/tram-atlas/tra…

URBAN TRANSPORT MAGAZINE - Check out this online news portal which has just been launched: urban-transport-magazine.com/en/

[NEW BOOK] U-BAHNEN IN DEUTSCHLAND (Metros in Germany - feat. U-Stadtbahn) now available in our online store: robert-schwandl.de/germany/

SINGAPORE: VIsit my line-by-line Singapore metro gallery: urbanrail.net/as/sing/pix/ga…

BERLIN: The next volume in our series about all Berlin U-Bahn lines, this time line U3, is now available in our online store: schwandl.com/epages/6403111…

[NEW BOOK] The third volume of our trilogy "Metros & Trams in Japan" is now available, this time covering everything from Kyoto & Osaka via Hiroshima and Fukuoka down to Nagasaki and Kagoshima: robert-schwandl.de/jp/

SEOUL: The suburban metro Seohae Line opened today between Sosa and Wonsi (22 km, mostly underground): urbanrail.net/as/kr/seoul/se…

NIZHNIY NOVGOROD: Right in time for the FIFA World Cup, a new metro station, Strelka, opened right outside the soccer stadium today (with regular service starting tomorrow, June 13th): ntv.ru/novosti/203122…

[NEW BOOK] VIENNA: My new book about urban rail in Vienna is now available in our online shop (will be in other major online bookshops within a few days): robert-schwandl.de/vienna/index.h…

@mikkosarela Oh, I see, a kind of western gateway to Helsinki, so the northern half of the island needs to be built!

@mikkosarela Hi Mikko, I'm Robert from UrbanRail.Net - in 2013, you left a note in my blog about Helsinki "If you decide to come to Helsinki again at some point later on, it would be great to go out for a coffee or a ride" - will be there Fri-Sun (SMS me +4915787676304

PARIS: It's participation time - anybody can vote to choose the names of the future stations on the southern M4 extension: prolongement-m4.fr/vote-pour-nom-…

@mikkosarela Hi Mikko, nice to meet you! Hope you like my new Länsimetro Gallery: urbanrail.net/eu/fi/helsinki…

HELSINKI: Full station-by-station gallery for Länsimetro extension, which opened last November, now available at urbanrail.net/eu/fi/helsinki…

SHANGHAI: 6.7 km automatic people mover, now called the Pujiang Line, opens today. This line is a logical southern extension of metro line 8: urbanrail.net/as/cn/shan/sha…