This week’s global urban transport news brings a mix of fleet deliveries, contactless payment launches, and infrastructure upgrades, according to railwaygazette.com.

In Poland, Modertrans Poznań has completed delivery of all 12 Moderus Gamma trams to Szczecin. These are 100% low-floor, 32-metre-long bidirectional vehicles, supplied under contracts signed in December 2024 and February 2025.

Manila’s light metro line LRT2 has introduced bank card and mobile payments as of July 13. Passengers can now pay fares using Visa and Mastercard debit or credit cards, as well as NFC-enabled mobile devices and wearables.

In India, CRRC Nanjing Puzhen and local partner Titagarh have delivered all 15 six-car metro trainsets for Bengaluru’s Yellow Line. The contract, awarded in December 2019, required at least 75% of the trainsets to be manufactured in India; as a result, only one was produced in China.

Kazakhstan’s Pavlodar city council is set to allocate 3.4 billion tenge for new trams through an increase in the share capital of municipal operator Pavlodar Tram Management. An additional 92 million tenge from the total 3.5 billion tenge capital injection will be raised by issuing 3.5 million ordinary shares, placed in a reserve fund to support future modernisation of the operator’s infrastructure and rolling stock.

Newag has delivered the first two of six Impuls 2 electric multiple-units for Kraków-based regional operator Koleje Małopolskie. These trains were ordered under a September 2024 contract.

In Toronto, an improvement programme has been completed at the Bloor GO/UP Station to support increased capacity on the Kitchener Line and improve pedestrian connections to Randolph Avenue. The work included construction of 2.5 km of tracks for GO Transit commuter trains, bringing the corridor to four tracks between Dupont Street and Lansdowne Avenue. A noise barrier, retaining wall, and a taller fence have also been installed around the Bloor Street West pedestrian bridge to enhance safety.

‘Bloor station is one of Toronto’s most connected transit hubs, bringing together access to GO Transit, UP Express, and the TTC, all in one facility. These upgrades will make it easier for people across the region to get to work, school, and home, strengthening the links that keep our city moving’, said Evan Solomon, Canada’s Minister of Artificial Intelligence & Digital Innovation and the Toronto South MP, on July 30.