Infrastructure news – Page 143
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NewsLagos – Kano standard gauge contract signed
NIGERIA: China Civil Engineering Construction Corp is to complete the long-planned 1 435 mm gauge railway linking Lagos and Kano, under a U$6·68bn contract signed in Abuja on May 15. During the signing ceremony Transport Minister Rotimi Amaechi said the line should be completed in two to three years, ‘depending ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market - May 2018
Argentina: Under an order worth a total of 650m pesos, Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura has taken delivery of an initial batch of track maintenance machines from China, including one tamper, a dynamic track stabiliser and a ballast profiler. Subsequent shipments are expected to include a track recording vehicle and a ...
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NewsBy Coradia to Batna
ALGERIA: National operator SNTF has introduced a direct passenger service between Alger and the eastern part of the High Plateau line, with the launch of a daily Alger – M’Sila – Batna round trip. Introduced on May 3, the service is operated by one of SNTF’s new Alstom Coradia El ...
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Metro Report InternationalRebuilt Kirkdale depot to maintain Merseyrail fleet
UK: Metro Mayor of the Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram buried a time capsule on May 16 to mark the ongoing construction of new depot facilities on an existing site at Kirkdale, where Stadler is to maintain the 52 electric multiple-units which it is to supply for ...
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NewsCompetition is key as high speed rail keeps growing
Global ridership has surged by 40% in the three years since UIC last staged its World Congress on High Speed Rail. Yet operators and policymakers must work hard to keep the rail mode ahead as competition grows both in and for the market. Benjámin Zelki reports from the latest summit ...
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NewsFreight trains return to Bogotá
COLOMBIA: Commercial freight trains resumed operation on two sections of the country’s Red Férrea de Atlantico on May 8, following an extensive state-funded rehabilitation programme. According to the head of the national infrastructure agency Dimitri Zaninovich, the government has invested US$420m to revitalise 876 route-km linking Bogota, Belencito, La Dorada ...
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NewsBuenos Aires viaduct signalling contract
ARGENTINA: Alstom has signed a €5m subcontract to provide signalling for the elevated alignment which is being built for the San Martín commuter route in Buenos Aires. Alstom will act as subcontractor to UTE Green-Rottio. The 5 km viaduct is being built to elevate the section of the San Martín ...
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NewsConstruction of Northern Latitudinal Railway to start in 2019
RUSSIA: A foundation stone was laid on May 11 for a bridge over the River Ob which is to be built as part of the 353 km Northern Latitudinal Railway. Attendees included Russian Railways President Oleg Belozerov, Minister of Transport Maxim Sokolov and Governor of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District Dmitry ...
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NewsFunding package to boost TasRail infrastructure
AUSTRALIA: The federal government has allocated A$59·8m for the Tasmanian Freight Rail Revitalisation ProgrammeAs part of its latest budget, matching a similar commitment from the state. The A$119·6m Tranche Two of TasRail’s Infrastructure Investment Fund is intended to support infrastructure rehabilitation and enhancement works over a four-year period from June ...
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NewsSecure cable anchoring on Crossrail
UK: In an effort to prevent cable theft, Balfour Beatty has installed Anderton Concrete's Anderlite troughing and Ander-fin cable anchors at Maidenhead as part of the Crossrail project. Ander-fin is manufactured from glass-filled nylon and has a failure load in excess of 2 kN. It is designed to be easy ...
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NewsSiemens awarded ETCS contract
HUNGARY: National Infrastructure Development Co has appointed Siemens to install ETCS Level 2 equipment on the 26 km double-track Százhalombatta – Pusztaszabolcs route south of Budapest. Under the contract announced on May 9, Siemens is to supply its Trainguard 200 technology, a radio block centre, two Trackguard Simis IS electronic ...
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NewsSouth Xinjiang loop line approved
CHINA: On May 8 the National Development & Reform Commission approved the construction of an 825 km line between Hotan and Ruoqiang, serving the southern part of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Designed for 120 km/h operation, the single-track Hotan – Ruoqiang line is scheduled to open in early 2022. ...
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Metro Report InternationalOld Oak Common Elizabeth Line depot opens
UK: The Elizabeth Line’s Old Oak Common depot in west London has started operations, Transport for London announced on May 10. The purpose-built facility occupies the site of a former freight locomotive depot. Construction took four years and was undertaken by Taylor Woodrow. The new depot will be used ...
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NewsAndrex Logistics opens transhipment facility
POLAND: Andrex Logistics has opened its Chryzanów transhipment facility in Poland, close to the Siemianówka – Svisloch border crossing with Belarus. Branded as the East West Intermodal Hub, the 60 000 m2 site has 14 km of 1 435 mm and 1 520 mm gauge track and a 41 ...
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Metro Report InternationalDublin MetroLink designers appointed
IRELAND: A consortium of Jacobs Engineering Group and Idom has been selected by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to assist with development of the Dublin MetroLink north-south metro line, under a contract announced on May 9. Working with TII and the National Transport Authority, the consortium will take the scheme through the ...
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NewsTiranë airport rail link tendering
ALBANIA: Companies have been invited to prequalify for a contract to rehabilitate the Durrës – Tiranë railway and construct a branch to serve Tiranë International Airport. National railway HSH is to fund the project using a €36·9m loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and up to ...
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NewsBologna – Firenze route modernisation to start this year
ITALY: Work will begin in October to modernise the 80 km direttissima between Bologna and Prato, north of Firenze. The fast line between the two cities was inaugurated in 1934 and forms part of pan-European Corridor V. Since December 2009, express passenger services between Bologna and Firenze have mostly been ...
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NewsInfrabel speaks out after axle-counter trouble
BELGIUM: Infrastructure manager Infrabel expressed concern about the reliability of AC100 axle-counters supplier by Siemens in a statement issued on May 8, saying 125 incidents had caused 9 000 min of delay in the first quarter of the year. This was double the figure for the same period last year, ...
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NewsLondon Liverpool street lighting upgrade
UK: Network Rail has installed Goodlight LED lighting supplied by LED Eco Lights on the 18 platforms and concourse at London Liverpool Street station. ‘We decided to move to LED lighting to reduce our carbon output, reduce costs in terms of power consumption and to improve the lighting level and ...
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NewsEU budgets €30·6bn for transport in 2021-27
EUROPE: A total spending envelope of €30·6bn has been allocated for transport investment as part of the European Commission’s 2021-27 budget proposals presented to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on May 2. Describing its proposed Multiannual Financing Framework as ‘pragmatic and modern’, the Commission put forward plans for a total ...