Infrastructure news – Page 190
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NewsPartial privatisation studies included in DB restructuring
GERMANY: A six-point plan for the reorganisation of national railway holding company Deutsche Bahn AG was approved by the supervisory board on July 27, and options for the part-privatisation of the Arriva international passenger and DB Schenker Logistics businesses are to be studied. ‘DB is going to become leaner, faster, ...
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NewsTanzania, Rwanda and Burundi invite interest in DIKKM railway
AFRICA: Expressions of interest in a contract to finance, design, build, operate and maintain a 1661 km railway linking the port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania with Burundi and Rwanda have been invited by the three countries. Known as the DIKKM railway from the initials of the main places ...
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NewsThameslink Traffic Management contract signed
UK: The ability to plan and replan train movements in real time is at the heart of a contract for Traffic Management systems signed by Hitachi Rail Europe and Network Rail in London on July 27. Valued at £24m, the contract covers the installation of Hitachi’s Tranista Traffic Management technology ...
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NewsMerMec inspection vehicle delivered
CHILE: MerMec has supplied EFE with a customised Roger 600 self-propelled vehicle incorporating integrated track measurement systems which it says will cut the time required for certain inspection activities from two weeks to 1 h. The 18 m steel-bodied Maquina Registradora de Vía car is equipped to measure track and ...
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NewsEastern DFC railway systems contract awarded
INDIA: Dedicated Freight Corridor Corp of India Ltd has awarded the railway systems contract for the 343 km Bhaupur (Kanpur) – Khurja section of the 1 840 km Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor to the AIL-ATSA joint venture of Alstom companies. This design-and-build lump sum contract announced on July 23 ...
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NewsEuropean Commission approves Fehmarn Belt financing model
EUROPE: Denmark’s proposed model for public financing of the planning, construction and operation of the Fehmarn Belt rail and road tunnel to Germany is compliant with EU state aid rules, the European Commission announced on July 23. The Commission decided that it did not need to ascertain whether public financing ...
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NewsHigh speed line concessionaire TP Ferro in administration
EUROPE: TP Ferro, the company which holds the concession to build, operate and finance the high speed line between Perpignan in France and Figueres in Spain, announced on July 17 that it was applying to be placed into administration on a voluntary basis. The application was made to the commercial ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market July 2015
Argentina: The Ministry of the Interior & Transport has awarded Siemens and Tesur a 5266m pesos contract to supply a substation and remote control system for the Buenos Aires – La Plata 25 kV AC electrification project. Belarus: Sinara’s Kalugaputmash has supplied BC with a UK-25 / 28SP tracklaying ...
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NewsEU-funded modernisation of Czech independent railway underway
CZECH REPUBLIC: Work is underway to modernise and install 3 kV DC electrification on the Železnice Desná local railway which links Šumperk with Kouty nad Desnou. The 19·3 km line was taken over by a group of local authorities after national railway ČD declined to repair extensive flood damage ...
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NewsFunding arrives for Belgrano upgrade
ARGENTINA: Minister of the Interior & Transport Florencio Randazzo announced on July 10 that state-owned company Belgrano Cargas & Logística had received US$9m to fund work to upgrade infrastructure in the provinces of Santa Fe, San Juan and Jujuy. This was the first tranche of the U$1⋅23bn that is being ...
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NewsCalifornia high speed rail delivery partner appointed
USA: California High Speed Rail Authority has appointed a consortium led by Parsons Brinckerhoff, and including Network Rail Consulting and management consultancy LeighFisher, as its rail delivery partner. The contract for project management and integration services runs to 2022 and has an estimated total value of up to $700m. Network ...
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NewsPort link opened under non-government railway policy
INDIA: What the Ministry of Railways says is the first line to be built using independent finance under the non-government railway policy announced in 2012 was officially opened on July 14, when Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu used teleconferencing facilities to flag off the inaugural train. The 1 676 mm ...
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NewsGovernment invites bids for 171bn pesos PPP concession
PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transportation & Communications has issued a prequalification request for a 171bn pesos PPP project worth covering the rehabilitation and extension of the Main Line South, which links Manila with Bicol province on the island of Luzon. According to DOTC, the project is the largest PPP to ...
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NewsDB awards GSM-R upgrade contracts
GERMANY: Infrastructure manager DB Netz awarded two contracts totalling €110m for the modernisation of its national GSM-R communications network on July 14. The scope of the work includes the modernisation of around 3 300 base stations and 38 control centres by 2024, along with maintenance until 2033. A consortium of ...
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NewsPadang Besar electric services start
MALAYSIA: Work to double-track the Ipoh – Padang Besar line and install 25 kV 50 Hz electrification has been officially completed. Minister of Transport Liow Tiong Lai rode a test train on July 9 to inaugurate the passenger service, which is branded Electric Train Service by national railway KTMB. ...
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NewsBurgas airport rail link planned
BULGARIA: A plan to build a rail link to Burgas airport has been announced by Minister of Transport, IT & Communications Ivaylo Moskovski. The project would require the construction of around 2 km of new line to access the airport, which is the second busiest in Bulgaria. An ...
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NewsSerbian railway restructuring approved
SERBIA: State railway company Železnice Srbije is scheduled to be restructured with effect from July 15, after government approval was granted on July 2 for the implementation of plans which were finalised in May. The restructuring will create four businesses: ŽS Holding, ŽS Infrastructure which will be responsible for managing ...
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NewsRambøll to study Vejle Fjord cut-off
DENMARK: The national roads directorate has appointed engineering consultancy Rambøll to explore four possible alignments for a high speed rail link across the Vejle Fjord, which would shorten Banedanmark’s main line between Fredericia and Aarhus. The project is a key element in the government’s Togfonden DK railway investment programme, which ...
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NewsAŽD Praha wins Belarus resignalling contract
BELARUS: Belarus Railways has awarded AŽD Praha a KC350m contract to supply signalling equipment for the 86 km Zlobin – Gomel line which being modernised and electrified at 25 kV 50 Hz. The work is being financed using a US$80·7m loan from EximBank of China agreed in 2014, ...
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NewsCaspian Sea port link opened
KAZAKHSTAN: President Nursultan Nazarbayev used teleconferencing facilities to formally open the Borzhakty – Ersai railway on July 2. The 13·9 km branch from the Aktau – Uzen line will serve a port which is being developed on the Caspian Sea near Kuryk. Construction of the line including the ...