Infrastructure news – Page 113
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NewsProRail awards rail milling contract
NETHERLANDS: Infrastructure manager ProRail has awarded Vossloh Rail Services a four-year framework contract for corrective rail maintenance, selecting for the first time milling rather than grinding to remove any rail defects. All corrective maintenance on the 7 000 track-km network will be undertaken by VRS subsidiary Alpha ...
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NewsSignalling upgraded to support diverted traffic
GERMANY: An electronic interlocking at Kreiensen in Niedersachsen has been upgraded by Bombardier Transportation to support an increase in traffic through the junction. First installed in 2011 by DB Netz and Bombardier, the EBI Lock 950 computer-based interlocking has seen its software modified to give greater reliability ...
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NewsDB to order more high speed trains as government cuts VAT on fares
Photo: DB AG/Georg Wagner GERMANY: Rail spending is to be increased significantly as part of a €54bn package of measures to mitigate the effects of climate change, which was announced by Chancellor Angela Merkel on September 20. In order to reduce the environmental impact of transport and ...
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NewsCross-border line upgrade funded
GERMANY: The Land of Schleswig-Holstein is to provide a €9·3m grant for a €10·9m project to raise speeds and install ETCS on Norddeutsche Eisenbahngesellschaft Niebüll’s 13 km line from Niebüll to the Danish border. The first phase of the works would see the line speed increased from ...
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NewsDB rejects Audit Office claims
Photo: DB AG/Volker Emersleben GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has strongly rejected concerns raised by the Federal Audit Office that it had failed to manage federal funds effectively and that its finances were in disarray. Reports published by press agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur and subsequently in national media said that ...
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Metro Report InternationalMinneapolis Southwest LRT systems contract awarded
USA: Railway systems for the Southwest LRT extension of the Green Line light rail route in Minneapolis are to be supplied by a joint venture of Aldridge and Parsons under a $194·4m contract awarded by the Metropolitan Council on September 18. The deal covers the supply and ...
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NewsBangkok ETCS contract awarded
THAILAND: State Railway of Thailand has awarded a consortium of Thales and local partner River Engineering a contract to design, supply and install ETCS Level 1 on four sections of the Northern, Northeastern, Eastern and Southern lines radiating from Bangkok. The project is expected to take two ...
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NewsChongqing – Kunming Passenger-Dedicated Line approved
CHINA: The National Development & Reform Commission has given the go-ahead for construction of the 699 km Chongqing – Kunming Passenger-Dedicated Line. This corridor includes 681 km of new route plus 18 km of the Zigong to Yibin PDL which is already under construction. The package also ...
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NewsSection insulator approved
SWITZERLAND: The Federal Office for Transport has provisionally approved a new design of overhead line section insulator from catenary specialist Kummler + Matter. This follows extensive field testing at locations in Switzerland and Finland. First presented at InnoTrans 2018, the KUSEC range includes a rail version suitable ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York MTA proposes ‘largest ever’ capital plan
Photo: Gregory Grice USA: New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced its 2020-24 Capital Plan on September 16. The proposed $51·5bn investment is 70% more than the current five-year plan, making it the largest capital plan in MTA history, according to the authority. The investment is to be ...
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NewsDB Netz orders electrification maintenance vehicles
GERMANY: Infrastructure manager DB Netz has signed a seven-year framework agreement with Harsco Rail covering the supply of up 56 catenary maintenance vehicles worth €250m. There is a firm order for an initial 16 to be delivered from 2022, and seven more are expected to follow two ...
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NewsCzech electric network expands
CZECH REPUBLIC: Infrastructure manager SŽDC has launched works on several long-awaited electrification schemes. Last month a consortium of Subterra, OHL ŽS, Firesta-Fišer and EŽ Praha was awarded a KC1·399bn contract for 25 kV 50 Hz electrification of the 6·8 km regional line from Šakvice to Hustopeče. The ...
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NewsConsortium selected to build Tel Aviv loop line
ISRAEL: The Electra Infrastructures consortium has been selected as preferred bidder to undertake civil engineering works on the planned 30 km line between Rishon Le-Ziyyon and Modi’in, Israel Railways announced on September 10. The electrified east-west line will largely follow the median of Highway 431, forming the ...
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NewsBergen tunnel to be slab track show case
Rheda 2000 slab track in the Hanau-Nantenbach tunnel in Germany NORWAY: Track supplier Rail.One and construction company Azvi are to install 6·9 km of Rheda 2000 slab track in the 7·8 km second tunnel bore which is being built as a part of a double-tracking project to ...
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Metro Report InternationalJurong Region Line station contracts awarded
SINGAPORE: Land Transport Authority has awarded two design-build contracts for civil works on five stations on the future Jurong Region Line, it announced on September 10. Work is due to begin next year and be completed in time for the opening of the first phase of the ...
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In depthCamlin supports Network Rail with large-scale PANTOBOT 3D deployment on Great Western Main Line
Camlin has been contracted by Network Rail Infrastructure Projects Wales & Western to supply and install its award-winning PANTOBOT 3D smart pantograph monitoring system at six locations on the Great Western Main Line.
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NewsUS$5bn ‘Chile On Rails’ strategy unveiled
Chile on Rails CHILE: President Sebastian Piñera has announced an ambitious US$5bn ‘Chile On Rails’ strategy which includes 25 investment projects covering 1 000 km of railway. The aim is to triple ridership to 150 million passengers/year by 2027, double freight to more than 21 ...
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NewsNorthland line renovation funded
NEW ZEALAND: The government has approved the first NZ$94·8m tranche of an expected NZ$300m from the Provincial Growth Fund to fund renovation and upgrading works on KiwiRail’s 181 km North Auckland Line between Swanson and Whangarei. Speaking in Helensville on September 5, Regional Economic Development Minister Shane ...
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NewsBanedanmark awards lidar scanning contract
DENMARK: Infrastructure manager Banedanmark has awarded Fugro a four-year framework agreement for lidar scanning of its 3 100 track-km network. Fugro said its ‘unique’ RILA train-borne survey technology would be used to simultaneously acquire lidar data and imagery of the track and surrounding environment to create an ...
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Metro Report InternationalWuppertal Schwebebahn adopts ETCS Level 3 train control
GERMANY: ETCS Level 3 train control has been successfully commissioned on the Schwebebahn suspension monorail in Wuppertal, which reopened in August following a nine-month closure for infrastructure renewals. Under Level 3, track occupancy is determined solely by the vehicles communicating their positions to the central computer via ...