Central & South America – Page 3
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NewsFIOL-FICO integration proposed
BRAZIL: Formal consultation on a proposal to alter the planned route of the third stage of the Ferrovia de Integração Oeste-Leste project so that it connects directly with the Ferrovia de Integraçao Centro-Oeste scheme is to start at the end of January 2025. Announcing this in ...
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NewsTeresina suburban rail renewal makes progress
BRAZIL: The state of Piauí has reported progress on a series of investments to enhance the metre-gauge diesel suburban line in its capital, Teresina. On November 11, Governor Rafael Fonteles inaugurated a 2·5 km, one-station eastern branch from Boa Esperança to Colorado. The project included the ...
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Metro Report InternationalTrains ordered to increase Medellín metro capacity
COLOMBIA: Metro de Medellín has awarded CAF a contract to supply 13 three-car trainsets, with final assembly and testing to be undertaken at the operator’s own facilities. The additional stock is needed to handle growing ridership on the two-line network, which carries over 1 million passengers/day. ...
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Metro Report InternationalSantiago orders driverless metro trains
CHILE: CAF has been awarded a contract to supply and maintain six five-car trainsets as part of the project to extend Metro de Santiago’s Line 6 at both ends. CAF has previously supplied nearly 80 trainsets for lines 1, 3 and 6. The latest units from ...
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NewsTransnordestina funding deal agreed
BRAZIL: The Brazilian Northeast Development Fund (Fundo de Desenvolvimento do Nordeste) has agreed to lend R$3∙6bn to help finance construction of the Ferrovia Transnordestina project. The deal follows agreement by Superintendência do Desenvolvimento do Nordeste for Banco do Nordeste to sign an addendum with concessionaire Transnordestina ...
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NewsAutonomous track geometry measurement supports iron ore railway
BRAZIL: ENSCO Rail has deployed its Autonomous Track Geometry Measurement System on the metre gauge Vitória a Minas iron ore railway operated by mining company Vale. ATGMS provides continuous autonomous measurement of track geometry, enabling the operator to monitor conditions in real-time and make data-driven maintenance ...
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NewsFirst phase of Brazil’s FICO railway nearly one-third complete
BRAZIL: Following a series of technical site visits in November representatives of national land transportation agency ANTT announced that they expected the Ferrovia de Integraçao Centro-Oeste (Central West Integration Railway) project to be 32% complete by the end of 2024. The team headed by ANTT Director ...
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NewsMinistry backs EF118 rail scheme in Rio state
BRAZIL: Another step has been taken towards construction of the planned EF118 project for a 577 km rail link running inland from the South Atlantic coast at São João da Barra to Nova Iguaçu, northwest of Rio de Janeiro. During a meeting with the Consórcio Publico ...
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Metro Report InternationalLima to launch commuter rail service with withdrawn Caltrain fleet
PERU: Lima municipality is to launch a commuter train service on the railway between Callao on the Pacific coast and Chosica in the capital’s eastern suburbs in 2025, using a fleet of diesel locos and double-deck coaches withdrawn from service by California’s Caltrain. The 19 EMD ...
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Metro Report InternationalAgreement to complete Rio de Janeiro’s unfinished Gávea metro interchange
BRAZIL: A ‘conduct adjustment’ agreement was signed in early October that resolves long-lasting disputes between state transport agency Agetransp, operating concessionaire MetrôRio, and Line 4 project concessionaire Rio Barra over the suspended works for the Gávea metro interchange in Rio de Janeiro. The document was signed ...
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NewsAlstom to equip Chilean network with low-cost ATP and traffic management tool
CHILE: National railway EFE Trenes de Chile has awarded Alstom a €55m contract for the deployment of the Virtual Signalling Control digital traffic management tool. Known locally as CSV, the technology is to be rolled out over 1 800 km of route to provide what Alstom ...
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Metro Report InternationalBelo Horizonte metro Line 2 construction starts
BRAZIL: Construction started on Belo Horizonte’s second metro line on September 16 with a ceremony organised by metro operating concessionaire Metrô BH and the Minas Gerais state government. The 10·5 km metro Line 2 will link Nova Suíça on Line 1 with Barreiro in the ...
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NewsFerrocarril Central financing secured
URUGUAY: An additional US$110m of financing for the Ferrocarril Central project has been secured by PPP concession holder Grupo Vía Central. On October 9 the consortium of NGE Concessions, Sacyr Concesiones, SACEEM, and BERKES said this would consolidate the financial foundations of the project while reinforcing ...
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NewsProduction of Chilean DMUs underway in Brazil
CHILE: Representatives of EFE Trenes de Chile have visited the Caxias do Sul factory of Marcopolo Rail in Brazil to see the production of diesel multiple-units the operator has ordered. EFE signed a contract with Marcopolo Rail in January 2023 for the ...
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News55 companies represented in Brazilian pavilion at InnoTrans
INNOTRANS: No fewer than 55 companies have confirmed their attendance at the upcoming Berlin trade fair, centred on the ‘Brazil on Rails’ pavilion at Stand 220 in Hall 10·2. The delegation will feature 115 people and include component and equipment manufacturers, consultants, construction companies, freight and ...
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NewsFerrovia Centro Atlântica concession to be relet in 2026
BRAZIL: National Land Transport Agency ANTT is to reopen public hearings into the early renewal of the Ferrovia Centro Atlântica operating concession for the 7 857 km Malha Centro-Leste network.
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Metro Report InternationalSão Paulo Line 2 power and telecoms contract let
BRAZIL: Metrô de São Paulo has awarded Agis Construção a R$2bn contract to supply and install power supply and telecommunications systems, as well as platform screen doors for metro Line 2-Green. The contract provides for the installation of equipment on both the 8∙3 km northeastern extension ...
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Metro Report InternationalVirtual Reality for Inclusion initiative helps people to use public transport with confidence
BRAZIL: Virtual reality is being used to help people with intellectual disabilities and autism spectrum disorder develop the skills to use public transport confidently and autonomously. The Virtual Reality for Inclusion initiative is hosted at the headquarters of the Jô Clemente Institute in the Vila Clementino ...
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Metro Report InternationalSão Paulo monorail trainset unveiled
BRAZIL: The first of the 19 seven-car monorail trainsets that CRRC Puzhen Alstom Transportation Systems is supplying for São Paulo’s Line 15-Silver has been unveiled at the manufacturer’s plant in Wuhu, China. It is now being shipped from the port of Shanghai to Santos with scheduled ...
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NewsCRRC Qishuyan delivers hydrogen locomotive to FCAB
CHILE: CRRC Qishuyan has delivered a metre-gauge hydrogen fuelled locomotive to the Ferrocarril de Antofagasta transport subsidiary of mining company Antofagasta that links the Chilean seaport with the same name to Bolivia. The sole locomotive, ordered in November 2022, is designed to be resilient to local ...