Infrastructure news – Page 223
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market February 2013
Australia: Transport for NSW has awarded Downer EDI and Robson Civil Projects a A$90m contract to undertake infrastructure works for the Gosford Passing Loops Project, one of four packages under the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor programme. Germany: DB Netz has awarded Jäger Bau a €3·4m contract to modernise the ...
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NewsAnkara airport rail link study
TURKEY: Proposals have been unveiled for the construction of a rail link to Ankara's Esenboga airport, northeast of the capital. On February 13 the Ministry of Transport signed a contract with FS Group's engineering consultancy subsidiary Italferr to develop the project. Under the 12-month contract valued at €1·5m, Italferr will ...
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NewsLabrador Trough iron ore railway study suspended
CANADA: Canadian National announced on February 12 that it was suspending work to examine the feasibility of building an 800 km railway to link iron ore deposits in the Labrador Trough area of northern Québec and Labrador with the port of Sept-Îles. The study was initiated in August 2012 by ...
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NewsWoolwich Crossrail station box completed
UK: The box for the future Crossrail station at Woolwich has been completed by Berkeley Homes. It is to be handed over to Crossrail Ltd in early March, ready for the arrival of Herrenknecht tunnel boring machines Sophia and Mary which are digging the Plumstead - North Woolwich section ...
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NewsTunis suburban construction contract awarded
TUNISIA: A consortium of Colas Rail, Siemens and local partner Somatra-Get has been awarded a €145m contract to build lines D and E of the Réseau Ferroviaire Rapide suburban network in Tunis, a total of 20 km. Colas Rail's €86m share of the contract announced on February 4 includes track, ...
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NewsMainline research project examines whole-railway assets
EUROPE: Funded under the European Union’s FP7 grant programme, the Mainline research project is examining best practice in the application of whole-life analysis tools to a broad spectrum of rail-related assets, including bridges, tunnels, earthworks and retaining walls. The €4·5m project is being co-ordinated by UIC and is due for ...
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NewsKuznetsovsk tunnel shortens the BAM corridor
RUSSIA: The Kuznetsovsk Tunnel on the Komsomolsk-na-Amur – Sovetskaya Gavan section of the Baikal-Amur Magistral was opened on December 25. Priced at 60bn roubles, it is one of the biggest infrastructure projects undertaken by RZD in recent years. The 3890 m single-track tunnel was designed by Bamtonnelproject and built by ...
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NewsCarillion awarded £40m Cumbernauld electrification contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded Carillion a £40m contract to electrify at 25 kV 50 Hz 'over 50 km of railway' between Cumbernauld and Glasgow, lengthen platforms at Cumbernauld and install turn-back facilities at Springburn. The contract announced on January 30 forms part of a £80m upgrade of the Cumbernauld ...
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NewsMipro awarded Finnish resignalling contract
FINLAND: The Finnish Transport Agency has awarded Mipro a €16m contract to design and install signalling for the 79 km Kokkola - Ylivieska line. This route is being upgraded and doubled as part of the €860m modernisation of the 335 km Seinäjoki - Oulu corridor, which carries the majority ...
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NewsNew line projects move forward in Mexico
MEXICO: On January 28 Secretary of Communications & Transport Gerardo Ruiz signed an agreement with José Calzada, Governor of the state of Querétaro, setting out how the federal and state governments are to co-operate on the project to build a new line for passenger services between Mexico City and the ...
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NewsDedicated Freight Corridor construction contract awarded
INDIA: Dedicated Freight Corridor Corp of India Ltd has awarded the first major contract for construction of the Eastern DFC, an electrified high-capacity freight route suitable for speeds of 100 km/h and 32·5 tonne axleloads which is being developed to ease congestion on the Delhi - Kolkata axis. A joint ...
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NewsHS2 Phase II preferred route selected
UK: The Department for Transport issued its preferred route options for the second phase of the planned High Speed 2 network on January 28. This second phase builds on the 190 km first stage running from London Euston to Birmingham and a junction with the West Coast ...
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NewsBombardier wins Latvian signalling contract
LATVIA: A consortium of Bombardier Transportation and Belam Riga has won a contract to upgrade signalling on the line from Bolderāja to Zasulauks, which runs to Riga harbour. The total contract is valued at around €13·6m, with Bombardier’s share worth €5·3m. Bombardier will install INTERFLO 200, EBI Lock 950 ...
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NewsDowner awarded Gosford Passing Loops Project contract
AUSTRALIA: Transport for New South Wales has awarded Downer EDI a A$90m contract to undertake infrastructure works for the Gosford Passing Loops Project, one of four work packages forming part of the Northern Sydney Freight Corridor Program. Downer will be responsible for the design and construction of two passing loops ...
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NewsReopening closer for Arica - La Paz
CHILE: The reopening of the 206 km railway between the port of Arica and the Bolivian border at Visviri moved a step closer this month with the operation of the first test train along the entire route. A locomotive hauling six wagons carrying track materials left Arica at 18.07 ...
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NewsInvensys wins Great Northern Great Eastern signalling contract
UK: Network Rail has awarded Invensys Rail a £57·8m contract to undertake the Great Northern Great Eastern signalling upgrade project. The 16-month programme forms part of the East Coast Main Line Capacity Relief Project, which aims to upgrade the Doncaster - Lincoln - Peterborough line for use as the primary ...
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NewsBNSF announces $4·1bn capital spending programme
USA: The 2013 capital spending programme announced by BNSF on January 18 has a total value of $4·1bn, an increase of $450m on 2012. The largest component is $2·3bn allocated to infrastructure and related assets on the 52 000 km network, which serves 28 US states and two Canadian provinces. ...
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NewsRail network proposed in Sulawesi
INDONESIA: The six provincial governments of Sulawesi have signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Transport to draft a development plan for the construction of up to 2 000 km of railway under the government’s MP3EI national infrastructure programme. According to Deputy Transport Minister Bambang Susantono, the next ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market January 2013
Australia: Abigroup Contractors, Theiss, a Salini-Bielby-Winslow joint venture and John Holland Queensland with Leighton Contractors have been shortlisted to develop 'innovative' proposals for the Moreton Bay Rail Link in Queensland, a planned 12·6 km electrified outer-suburban branch to Kippa-Ring. Completion is planned for late 2016. China: Hong Kong MTR ...
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NewsAmtrak and California join forces on high speed fleet procurement
USA: Amtrak and the California High Speed Rail Authority held a joint event at Washington Union station on January 17 to issue a joint Request for Information with a view to the procurement of a common fleet of high speed trains. The partnership agreement is intended to ...