Infrastructure news – Page 138
-
NewsBattery electric multiple-unit study
GERMANY: Oberlebe transport authority VVO, Bombardier Transportation and Technischen Universität Berlin are to study the feasibility of using battery power instead of diesel multiple-units on four routes around Dresden. Städtebahn Sachsen services are currently operated using Siemens Desiro DMUs, but the transport authority envisages that the start of the next ...
-
Metro Report InternationalHyundai Rotem wins Seoul metro driverless train contract
SOUTH KOREA: Hyundai Rotem has been awarded a 361·5bn won contract to supply driverless rolling stock and railway systems for a metro line being developed in Seoul. Rotem is to supply 50 two-car trainsets to operate the 13·4 km underground line connecting Seongdong-gu and Nowon-gu in northeast Seoul. The ...
-
NewsMernda extension completed
AUSTRALIA: A public open day on August 19 marked the official completion of an 8 km extension of Melbourne’s South Morang Line to Mernda, with around 6 000 local residents invited to sample a shuttle service on the route. Regular services are due to begin running with the introduction of ...
-
NewsElectrification programme gets underway
LATVIA: National railway LDz has invited expressions of interest in a contract to undertake the first phase of its 25 kV 50 Hz electrification programme. Phase 1 covers the routes radiating from Krustpils to Daugavpils (89 km), Rēzekne (95 km) and Riga (129 km), with completion planned by the end ...
-
NewsNYSW selects ARINC RailwayNet technology
USA: New York, Susquehanna & Western Railway has selected Rockwell Collins’ ARINC Railway Net service to support the roll-out of Positive Train Control. NYSW operates a network of more than 600 route-km in the states of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, carrying commodities including lumber, construction materials, chemicals, food ...
-
NewsOptic fibre cable troughing launched
TROUGHING: Groundworks and civil engineering product supplier Scott Parnell has expanded its Arcosystem range with the launch of Arcosizesero glass-reinforced plastic elevated troughing which is designed for the easy installation of lightweight optic fibre cables. The 6 m long pieces can be slid into position without the need for loose ...
-
NewsItalian local railways awarded funding
ITALY: The Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport has announced the allocation of government funding with a total value of €338m towards signalling and safety system upgrading projects on local lines which are not part of national railway holding company FS Group. RecipientRoute/locationAmount, €m Ferrovie della CalabriaCalabria74·9 ATACRoma – ...
-
Metro Report InternationalItalian urban transport funding allocated
ITALY: The Ministry of Infrastructure & Transport has allocated a total of €1·4bn to urban transport projects throughout the country. Roma is the largest recipient, with a total of €425·5m. The larger part of this, €291·1m, would be spent on upgrading metro lines A and B, including the power ...
-
NewsExpert team to review MTR Corp project management
CHINA: Following the discovery of problems with construction methods and documentation on the Shatin – Central Link project, Hong Kong’s Transport & Housing Bureau has appointed three retired senior government officers to review MTR Corp’s project management system and recommend additional management and monitoring measures. The expert adviser team team ...
-
NewsSande bypass contract awarded
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has awarded a consortium of Strabag, Ed Züblin and Strabag Rail a €115m contract to upgrade or replace 5·7 km of the railway from Oldenburg to the JadeWeserPort container terminal at Wilhelmshaven in Niedersachsen. As well as double-tracking 1·7 km of existing line, the 3½ year contract ...
-
Metro Report InternationalLight rail extensions supported in NJ Transit budget
USA: On August 8 New Jersey Transit announced that it would be spending $3·8bn in the 2019 financial year as the operator seeks to address an urgent shortfall in investment. The budget allocates $2·3bn for ongoing operations and $1·5bn for capital spending. As well as operating a large main ...
-
NewsTendering underway for Phase 2 of Macedonia – Bulgaria link
MACEDONIA: Companies have been invited to prequalify for a contract to complete Phase 2 of the planned rail link from Kumanovo to the Bulgarian border, which is being developed as part of Pan-European Corridor VIII from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. Phase 1 covers reinstatement of the 31 km ...
-
NewsStation modernisation programme agreed
GERMANY: Framework agreements for the construction of seven new stations and the modernisation of 41 others over the next seven years were signed by DB Station&Service and Schleswig-Holstein transport authority Nah.SH on August 1. New stations are planned at Bad Oldesloe-Ost, Eckernförde Süd, Lübeck-Moisling, Preetz Krankenhaus, Preetz Nord, Raisdorf Ostseepark ...
-
NewsAlpine impasse as political infighting threatens Lyon – Torino base tunnel
ANALYSIS: Conte says no, but Salvini says yes. This sums up the Italian media’s view of the conflict at the heart of the new ‘yellow and green’ government in Roma over the future of the Lyon – Torino trans-Alpine railway, writes Christian Scasso. A coalition of the radical Five Star ...
-
NewsCatenary renewal fleet ordered
FRANCE: The RC2 consortium of TSO, Mobility, ETF and Setec Ferroviaire has selected Bergamo-based Tesmec Group to develop and supply a fleet of high-performance on-track machines for the replacement of overhead line equipment on Paris RER Line C. Under a €277m design-build contract awarded by infrastructure manager SNCF Réseau in ...
-
NewsMTR Corp management shake-up after construction scandal
CHINA: The Hong Kong government announced on August 7 that it would deploy a team of experts to ensure quality and safety assurance on the Shatin – Central Link, following an MTR Corp special board meeting to discuss issues associated with the faulty construction of a platform slab at Hung ...
-
Metro Report InternationalGRP overhead electrification mast trial
GERMANY: Karlsruhe regional light rail operator AVG is to test glass-reinforced plastic electrification masts supplied by the Powerlines Group at a turning loop in Ettlingen from September. A similar GRP mast has been on test at Oostende on the Belgian coastal tram line since 2013, where it is exposed to ...
-
NewsFrankfurt S-Bahn tunnel resignalling completed
GERMANY: A three-year €100m project to resignal the heavily-used S-Bahn tunnel under central Frankfurt was completed when the new electric interlocking was brought into use on August 6. The 6 km tunnel between the Hauptbahnhof, Lokalbahnhof and Mühlberg stations is used by eight S-Bahn Rhein-Main routes and carries up to ...
-
NewsThai government approves 323 km railway project
THAILAND: Funding of 85·3bn baht for the construction of a 323 km railway from Den Chai in northern Thailand to Chiang Rai and Chiang Khong on the border with Laos was approved by the government on July 31. Three construction contracts are to be let, with work expected to begin ...
-
Metro Report InternationalSydney light rail depot energised
AUSTRALIA: Randwick Stabling Yard, the depot for Sydney’s CBD & South East Light Rail line, has been energised. Daytime testing of trams on the route is expected to begin in the coming months; night testing started in February. As well as facilities for light maintenance and tram washing, the ...