Infrastructure news – Page 221
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NewsCHSRA evaluates Central Valley construction contract bids
USA: With a submission worth $985m, a joint venture of Tutor Perini Corp, Zachry Construction Corp and Parsons Corp has been selected by the California High Speed Rail Authority as the best-ranking of five shortlisted bids for a design-build contract for the Madera – Fresno starter section of the planned ...
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NewsAustralian high speed rail study published
AUSTRALIA: What Minister for Infrastructure & Transport Anthony Albanese called 'the most detailed and comprehensive study ever undertaken into high speed rail in this country' was published on April 11. The study identifies a potential 1 748 km route for a double-track electrified high speed line between Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra ...
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NewsHump yard modernisation gets underway
GERMANY: Following successful projects to modernise the Köln Gremberg and Hagen Vorhalle marshalling yards, DB ProjektBau has awarded Pintsch Tiefenbach and AIS Automation Dresden a contract to provide new control equipment for the Seddin Nord hump yard southwest of Berlin. The contract worth 'several million euros' covers the provision of ...
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NewsInfrastructure funding in demand
INTERNATIONAL: Greater government investment in rail infrastructure is needed, although few industry leaders believe that sufficient funds will be made available, according to a multi-modal study published by the Norton Rose international legal practice on March 15. Entitled The Way Ahead - Where are you now?, the group's fourth annual ...
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NewsPrivate company awarded high speed line rail grinding contract
CHINA: The CRM-Vossloh Track Maintenance joint venture of Chinese rail equipment services provider CRM and Vossloh Rail Services has won a contract to undertake preventative rail grinding on the 1 300 km Beijing - Shanghai Passenger-Dedicated Line. Announcing the contract on April 9, Vossloh said it was the first time ...
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NewsRoy Hill railway contract awarded
AUSTRALIA: Construction of the proposed 342 km railway to serve the Roy Hill iron ore mine in the Pilbara region of Western Australia is on course for completion by November 2015, following the award of an A$5·9bn contract to Samsung C&T. Under the deal, South Korea’s second largest construction company ...
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NewsHigh speed track and electrification contract awarded
MOROCCO: A consortium of Colas Rail, local subsidiary Colas Rail Maroc and Egis Rail has been awarded a design and build contract covering track, overhead electrification and facilities at two work sites on the 183 km high speed line being built between Tanger and Kénitra Announcing the contract on April ...
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NewsFRA assesses Northeast Corridor upgrading options
USA: The Federal Railroad Administration issued on April 2 a Preliminary Alternatives Report to mark the start of the Department of Transportation’s formal study of options to develop the Boston – New York – Washington Northeast Corridor. FRA says its report, entitled ‘NEC Future’, is the first step to developing ...
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NewsMetLife invests in IEP
UK: MetLife Inc, a US-based provider of insurance and pensions products, announced on April 4 that it had acquired a minority stake in Agility Trains West Ltd for an undisclosed sum. This consortium was formed by Hitachi Rail Europe and John Laing Investments to supply and maintain a fleet of ...
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NewsTanger - Kénitra high speed line signalling contract signed
MOROCCO: National railway ONCF has awarded a consortium of Ansaldo STS France and Cofely Ineo a €120m contract to design and supply signalling and telecoms for the 183 km high speed line under construction between Tanger and Kénitra. Consortium leader Ansaldo STS is to provide ETCS Level 1 and 2 ...
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NewsHuawei to provide GSM-R in South Africa
SOUTH AFRICA: Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has awarded a consortium of Huawei and local partner Altech Alcom Matomo a R485m contract to equip 1 200 km of commuter routes in Cape Town, Durban and Gauteng with GSM-R communications. The contract signed on March 28 covers the provision of ...
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NewsQueensland coal railway terms agreed
AUSTRALIA: Aurizon and GVK Hancock have signed non-binding terms for the development of a 495 km standard gauge railway and associated port infrastructure capable of handling 60 mtpa which would enable the exploitation of coal reserves in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. Last year GVK Hancock received primary environmental approvals for the ...
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NewsTCDD launches Eskisehir – Konya high speed service
TURKEY: A direct high speed service linking Eskisehir and Konya was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on March 23, accompanied by Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım and TCDD Director General Süleyman Karaman. Introduction of the direct service follows the completion of a 5 km west-to-south connecting curve linking ...
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NewsLondonderry line renewal project completed
UK: Northern Ireland transport company Translink officially reopened the 54 km line between Coleraine and Londonderry on March 22, following an eight-month suspension of services while a £30m infrastructure renewal programme was undertaken. The Renewals Phase 1 project is intended to secure the future of the line for the next ...
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NewsEilat alignment approved
ISRAEL: The National Council for Planning & Construction approved the full 260 km alignment for the proposed Eilat line on March 5, enabling detailed design to begin and costs and timescales to be finalised. This followed the Southern District Committee for Planning & Building’s approval for the Dimona – Hatzeva ...
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NewsPRASA awards Durban resignalling contract
SOUTH AFRICA: Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has awarded the Bombardier Africa Alliance consortium a R1·1bn contract to re-signal 42 stations and 120 km of double-track on Durban's main commuter corridors by 2017. Consortium leader Bombardier Transportation has a R318m share of the contract and will be responsible for ...
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NewsOil to fund electrification and reduced journey times
DENMARK: Electrification of all main lines 'as soon as practicable' and works to reduce each leg of a København - Odense - Aarhus - Aalborg journey to 1 h are to be financed from North Sea oil revenues through a DKr27·5bn Togfonden DK infrastructure investment fund, the government announced on ...
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NewsRail at heart of US$68bn investment programme
THAILAND: Construction of four standard-gauge dedicated passenger lines and the doubling of 3 000 route-km of metre-gauge lines is at the heart of a US$67·6bn infrastructure investment bill approved by cabinet ministers in Bangkok on March 20. Rail infrastructure accounts for the lion’s share of the planned capital outlay, with ...
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NewsEU supports Slovenian GSM-R roll-out
SLOVENIA: The European Commission agreed on March 15 to provide €99m from the Cohesion Fund to support the €149·5m national roll-out of GSM-R. The project will require more than 250 base stations on the 1 230 route-km rail network, along with a central control system and management centre. Completion is ...
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NewsDB agrees to fit ETCS on Corridor A
GERMANY: Introduction of ERTMS on the Emmerich - Basel section of the Rotterdam - Genova Corridor A is to be completed by the end of 2018, Deutsche Bahn confirmed on March 8. Under the deployment strategy outlined by the European Commission in 2008, six priority corridors were due to be ...