Infrastructure news – Page 208
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NewsADIF awards Pajares signalling contract
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded a consortium of Thales and Siemens Rail Automation a €54m contract to supply signalling and train control systems for the 50 km La Robla – Pola de Lena line under construction between León and Oriedo, which includes the 25 km Pajares base tunnel. The ...
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NewsWorld Bank approves Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor loan
INDIA: On April 22 the World Bank agreed in principle to provide a US$1·1bn loan for the US$1·65bn second phase of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. The agreement to fund the construction of 393 km of double track line between Mughal Sarai and Bhaupur is expected to be signed in ...
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NewsState Railway of Thailand plans southern track renewal programme
THAILAND: A 6bn baht programme of track renewals and earthworks enhancement is due to begin next month, according to State Railway of Thailand Governor Prapat Chongsanguan. The work is focused on the 1 200 km main line running south from Bangkok, with the aim of raising line speeds and improving ...
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NewsMore capacity needed in Sweden
SWEDEN: In a report commissioned by the government, infrastructure manager Trafikverket has recommended that planning for a Y-shaped high speed network linking Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö should continue because the extra capacity is needed. The study found that currently approved projects including the 150 km Ostlänken high speed line between ...
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NewsLoans to fund Croatian upgrading
CROATIA: Infrastructure manager Hrvatske Željeznice Infrastruktura has applied for a loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development to help finance a €120m rehabilitation programme for the Savski Marof – Zagreb section of Trans-European Corridor X. The project covers 22 km of double-track on the western approach to the ...
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NewsBeijing - Shenyang high speed line construction begins
CHINA: Construction of a 700 km Passenger-Dedicated Line linking Beijing and Shenyang in Liaoning Province began last month. The project was approved in 2009, when work had been scheduled to start the following year. Construction is now expected to take five years and cost 124·5bn yuan. Boring of the 8·8 ...
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NewsTunnelling difficulties delay Express Rail Link completion
CHINA: The expected completion date for the 26 km Hong Kong section of the Hong Kong - Shenzhen - Guangzhou Express Rail Link has been put back to 2016 and the opening to 2017 as a result of unforeseen tunnelling difficulties, MTR Corp announced on April 15. During a severe ...
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NewsGovernment approves Dutch ETCS roll-out strategy
NETHERLANDS: A 10-year programme for the introduction of the European Rail Traffic Management System across the core rail network has been approved by the ruling cabinet of the coalition government. A budget of €2·5bn had previously been agreed for ERTMS implementation up to 2028, and the programme presented by State ...
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NewsTender issued for Singapore high speed route study
ASIA: Following the summit between Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong and his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak earlier this month, the Singapore Land Transport Authority on April 11 called tenders for an engineering feasibility study to develop ‘feasible corridors’ for the Singapore section of the planned 330 route-km high ...
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NewsMelbourne Airport link endorsed
AUSTRALIA: A programme for construction of the long-planned rail link to Melbourne Airport will be included in Victoria’s state budget to be published on May 6, the state Premier Denis Napthine announced on April 13. Identified as one of several major expansion projects in Public Transport Victoria’s Metropolitan Rail Network ...
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NewsChina – Mongolia coal link agreed
MONGOLIA: Chinese state-owned mining group Shenhua, which operates 1 765 km of heavy haul coal railway in northern and central China, has signed a joint venture agreement to develop a cross-border rail link to serve the Tavan Tolgoi coalfield in the South Gobi region. Under an agreement signed in Ulaanbaatar ...
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NewsCSX opens Central Florida intermodal terminal
USA: Revenue operations have started at the Central Florida Intermodal Logistics Center in Winter Haven, which is intended to provide a central hub for transport, logistics and distribution services covering Orlando, Tampa and South Florida. Owned by CSX affiliate Evansville Western Railway, the ILC is operated by CSX Intermodal Terminals ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market April 2014
Bulgaria: A consortium of Stanilov, GP Group and Metroproject Praha is to build a 1·3 km extension of Sofia metro Line 2 for 42·4m lev. China: Hong Kong’s MTR Corp has awarded Leighton M&E a A$26m contract to build To Kwa Wan station. France: RATP has selected a ...
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NewsHigh speed station planning progresses
ASIA: A high speed station is planned for the Sungai Besi regeneration zone south of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced on April 7 at the end of the fifth ‘leaders’ retreat’ with his Singaporean counterpart, Lee Hsien Loong. The two leaders reported that ‘good progress’ was being ...
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NewsBergen line double-tracking proposed
NORWAY: Infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket has recommended the construction of a 69 km double-track alignment to replace a single-track section of the Oslo – Bergen main line between Voss and the Bergen suburb of Arna. In a joint report prepared with the national road authority, the infrastructure managers have proposed that ...
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NewsTampere CTC renewal contract
FINLAND: Finnish transport agency Liikennevirasto has awarded a €5⋅8m contract to Mipro for renewal of the train control system on around a quarter of the national rail network in western Finland. A new traffic management system designated TAKO is to be rolled out in eight phases during 2014-18, replacing the ...
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NewsDutch cabinet approves 15-year rail vision
NETHERLANDS: The cabinet has approved a report commissioned by the Ministry of Infrastructure & Environment which sets out a 15-year vision for the rail network. Known as LTSA II, the strategy envisages spending €18bn on maintaining and managing the existing network, and €10bn on new infrastructure. The main ambition is ...
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NewsAlaska Railroad awards PTC contract
USA: On April 2 Wabtec Corp announced the signing of contracts worth $16·6m for the implementation of Positive Train Control on the 840 km Alaska Railroad, which operates freight and passenger services. Wabtec is to provide PTC equipment for 54 locomotives, along with its Interoperable Electronic Train Management System and ...
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NewsFive consortia prequalify for Danish electrification programme
DENMARK: Infrastructure manager Banedanmark has shortlisted five of the eight consortia which expressed interest in the contract for the first phase of a national electrification programme which will see all Denmark’s main routes wired at 25 kV 50Hz by 2026. The shortlisted candidates are: Aarsleff/Siemens; ASB Consortium; Strukton/Balfour Beatty; EIS ...
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NewsSBB orders 485 wagons
SWITZERLAND: Swiss Federal Railways announced a SFr50m contract for Slovakian company ŽOS Trnava to supply 485 wagons to replace its infrastructure maintenance fleet on March 31. The order covers: 70 twin-axle hopper wagons; 140 bogie hopper wagons; 50 tipping wagons with high sides; 25 tipping wagons with low sides; ...