Western Meetings

Earlier this month, metro operators from across Europe, Latin America, and North America came together in Montréal for the COMET 2025 Western Meeting. There were 27 attendees from 16 organisations gathered to exchange knowledge and good practices.

During the meeting, participants shared insights and explored key challenges and innovations shaping the future of urban transit, including fiscal resilience, safety and security strategies, service performance drivers, renewal projects, and the evolving impact of automation.

A highlight of the meeting was the behind-the-scenes tour of the Montréal STM network, offering a close-up look at station operations and maintenance facilities.

COMET members and the TSC had a very fruitful meeting in June in Washington, DC. Washington WMATA successfully hosted the COMET 2024 Western Meeting, receiving attendees from 20 metros across all regions. The focussed sessions looked at hot topics for the western world, including safety and security, smooth upgrades to fleet and signalling, resilience and fiscal sustainability, and a metro roundtable on workforce development and retention.

Delegates were invited to the technical visit to the new Metro Integrated Command and Communication Centre, where WMATA showed preparations for the upcoming Fourth of July celebrations.