Infrastructure news – Page 137
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Metro Report InternationalVancouver light rail and metro funding announced
CANADA: Federal and provincial funding for the Surrey – Newton – Guildford Light Rail Transit and Broadway Subway projects in Vancouver was announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier of British Columbia John Horgan Federal on September 4. The national government is to contribute C$1·37bn towards ...
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NewsKuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed rail project officially postponed
ASIA: An agreement to delay construction of the planned 350 km Kuala Lumpur – Singapore high speed rail line by up to five years was signed by representatives of the governments of Malaysia and Singapore on September 5. The project is one of several approved by the previous Malaysian government ...
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Rail Business UKNetwork Rail seeks East Coast Main Line ETCS partner
UK: Infrastructure manager Network Rail has begun the process of appointing a train control partner to act as its ‘complete delivery agent’ for the roll-out of ETCS Level 2 on the East Coast Main Line. Deployment would start with the southern 160 km between London King’s Cross and Grantham, which ...
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NewsElectrification of Mol - Neerpelt line begins
BELGIUM: Infrabel has started work on the 3 kV DC electrification of the single-track Line 19 from Mol to Neerpelt and the Dutch border at Hamont. Wiring of the 33 km route is expected to cost €47·5m, of which 40% will be financed by the European Union. The line will ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York seeks funding to build Brooklyn light rail
USA: Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio has confirmed the city’s intention to develop a modern light rail route serving districts of Brooklyn and Queens which are poorly served by the Subway network. Issuing a statement on August 30, De Blasio said that an environmental impact study would begin ...
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Repairs to begin as Hudson Bay Railway sold
CANADA: Arctic Gateway Group has bought the 1 300 km Hudson Bay Railway and associated port facilities in Churchill from OmniTRAX, the government announced on August 31. This is expected to allow repairs to the flood-damaged infrastructure to get underway with the aim of restoring train services by the winter. ...
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NewsOświęcim funding agreement signed
POLAND: Infrastructure manager PKP PLK signed an agreement with Deputy Prime Minister Beata Szydło and Infrastructure Minister Andrzej Adamczyk on August 27 for 500m złoty towards the modernisation of the Oświęcim – Czechowice Dziedzice route. Work is due to take place in 2020-21 and will include the modernisation of ...
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Metro Report InternationalBrussels tram extension inaugurated
BELGIUM: A new tram route serving the northwest suburbs of Brussels was formally inaugurated by King Philippe on September 1. Having taken a short ride on the line, he participated in ceremonies at Place Reine Astrid, which has been remodelled as part of the project. Revenue services began the following ...
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Metro Report InternationalHitachi to supply Panamá City monorail trains
PANAMA: Metro de Panamá has signed a memorandum of understanding with Hitachi, Ansaldo STS and Mitsubishi Corp for the supply of vehicles and railway systems for Panamá City metro Line 3, the consortium announced on August 30. Hitachi will supply 28 six-car monorail trainsets, with Ansaldo STS to supply ...
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NewsNorthern Latitudinal Railway concession to be signed
RUSSIA: The concession agreement for the construction of the Northern Latitudinal Railway is scheduled to be signed by September 8, after Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree on August 15 giving government approval. The SShKh consortium will be responsible for financing, building and operating the 113bn rouble line, which ...
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Metro Report InternationalCrossrail opening delayed
UK: The opening of the Crossrail tunnels under London has been delayed from December 2018 until ‘autumn 2019’, project promoter Crossrail Ltd announced on August 31. The Paddington – Abbey Wood section of the future Elizabeth Line will open later than scheduled because the contractors need more time to ...
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NewsFurka Base Tunnel modernisation gets underway
SWITZERLAND: Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn has begun work on a major project to modernise the 15·4 km Furka Base Tunnel, which opened in 1982. The main contractor is the Arge Furka 1618 consortium of Pizzarotti and Luigi Notari. New cabling and electrification equipment are to be installed, and changes to ...
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NewsEU funding for Łódź tunnel
POLAND: The European Commission announced on August 28 that it is providing €411m in cohesion funding towards a project to build a tunnel between three stations in Łódź. The Y-shaped underground route linking Fabryczna, Kaliska and Żabieniec stations is due to be completed in January 2022. Two new stations ...
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NewsBLS opens Rosshäuser Tunnel
SWITZERLAND: BLS celebrated the completion of the Rosshäuser Tunnel on the Bern – Neuchâtel line on August 25, ahead of the planned start of regular services on September 3. The 1 910 m long single bore tunnel with two tracks on a new 2·4 km alignment will replace a winding ...
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NewsAnti-trespass panels approved
ANTI-TRESPASS: Prime Rail Solutions’ GRP anti-trespass panels designed for use at level crossings, stations, bridges and other locations where an access deterrent is required have been approved for use on the ProRail network in the Netherlands and by Network Rail in the UK, and trials are to be undertaken by ...
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NewsNorrbotniabanan construction launched
SWEDEN: Construction of the initial section of the Norrbotniabanan was launched by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven with a groundbreaking ceremony at on August 23. The planned 270 km Norrbotniabanan between Umeå and Luleå is to expected be built in three phases at total cost of SKr30bn, starting with the short ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market - August 2018
Australia: The South Australian government has approved an extension to Lendlease’s Phase I contract for the electrification of Adelaide’s 40 km Gawler Line to include the second phase from Salisbury to Gawler, due to be completed by the end of 2020 at a cost of A$462·5m. PTA has awarded ...
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NewsBanja Luka – Doboj upgrade
BOSNIA: AŽD Praha has completed installation of ESA 44-BH electronic interlockings at six stations on ŽRS’s Banja Luka – Doboj line. The €19·1m contract involved the installation of a DOZ-1 remote control system, upgrading 11 level crossings and the supply of telecoms equipment including GSM-R onboard units. The project ...
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NewsFRA awards $204m of PTC implementation grants
USA: The Federal Railroad Administration announced the award of grants totalling $204m to support 28 Positive Train Control deployment projects in 15 states on August 24. The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 provided $250m for PTC implementation. FRA invited applications in May and the selection process was completed in just ...
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NewsPlasser looks to smarter maintenance of track machines
PLASSER & THEURER: The Austrian infrastructure maintenance machine specialist will look to the broader needs of infrastructure managers and contractors at InnoTrans 2018, with two machines on display in the outdoor area. The EM100VT recording car features an inertial track geometry measurement system combined with a novel optical fixed-point procedure ...