Infrastructure news – Page 228
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NewsZRL takes charge as Zambian concession revoked
ZAMBIA: State-owned holding company Zambia Railways Ltd resumed control of the national rail network on September 11, following the government’s decision to revoke the operating concession awarded to Railway Systems of Zambia Ltd in 2003. Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda had announced on September 10 that the government had decided on ...
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NewsKøbenhavn - Ringsted groundbreaking
DENMARK: Minister for Transport Henrik Dam Kristensen launched construction of the København - Ringsted line and parallel motorway by digging the first hole for the project on September 6. Kristensen focused on the international aspect of the line, saying 'together with the Øresund Bridge and Fehmarn Belt fixed link this ...
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NewsSiemens awarded Djelfa – Laghouat signalling contract
ALGERIA: Railway development agency ANESRIF has awarded the ESTEL joint venture of national railway SNTF and Siemens a contract to supply ETCS Level 1 signalling and telecoms for a 108 km line which will run south from Djelfa to Laghouat. Siemens’ €68m share of the contract announced on September 11 ...
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NewsRio Tinto awards heavy haul signalling contract
AUSTRALIA: Ansaldo STS Australia has been awarded a A$80·2m contract to supply signalling, communications and train control equipment for Rio Tinto's heavy haul Rail Capacity Enhancement Project 353. Project 353 covers doubling of the 70 km single track line from Emu Siding to the port at Cape Lambert, as part ...
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NewsTrondheim - Steinkjer upgrade announced
NORWAY: A NKr12·6bn plan to upgrade the railway between Trondheim and Steinkjer was announced by Marit Arnstad, Minister for Transport & Communications, on September 10. The regional authorities have long campaigned for electrification of the route, hoping to reduce the journey time to below 1 h. The current plan will ...
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NewsDB awards Ebensfeld - Leipzig high speed line ETCS Level 2 contract
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has awarded Siemens and Kapsch CarrierCom a €93m contract to supply ETCS Level 2 signalling and GSM-R communications for the Ebensfeld - Erfurt - Leipzig high speed line which is now under construction. Part of a major post-reunification project to upgrade the München - Nürnberg - Berlin ...
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NewsMitre upgrade announced
ARGENTINA: Interior & Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo announced a 633m pesos upgrade programme for the Mitre commuter network in Buenos Aires last month. Comprising 342m pesos for infrastructure work, 173·4m pesos for rolling stock and 118·9m pesos to improve workshop facilities, this follows a similar programme now underway on ...
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NewsJernbaneverket awards signalling and electrification contracts
NORWAY: Infrastructure manager Jernbaneverket has announced the award of two contracts for signalling and electrification renewal works. A framework contract with Thales covers the supply of non-ETCS signalling over the next 10 years, with maintenance for 25 years. Specific contracts worth NKr240m have been signed for the Sandnes - Stavanger ...
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NewsMidi-Pyrénées Rail Plan nears completion
FRANCE: Passenger services are due to resume between Toulouse and Saint-Sulpice on September 3, following the completion of four-month track renewals programme at a cost of €34m. This was marked by a ceremony to weld in place the last rail on August 29, attended by Transport Minister Frédéric Cuvillier, ...
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NewsTrack maintenance in the desert
SAUDI ARABIA: Plasser & Theurer has announced orders to supply a range of track maintenance and sand removal machines to Saudi Railway Co, Saudi Railways Organization and two contractors. North-South Railway developer SRA has bought four SRM 500 sand removal machines, three 08-16 SH levelling, lifting, lining and tamping machines, ...
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News1950 tonne truss bridge span moved into place
USA: A 120 m long bridge installed on August 25 is claimed by the Chicago Department of Transportation to be the largest truss bridge span ever to be moved into place following off-site assembly. General contractor Walsh Construction used four self-propelled mobile transporters to move the fully-assembled 1 950 tonne ...
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NewsNetwork Rail awards traffic control system prototype contracts
UK: Network Rail has awarded three contracts for the development of prototype traffic management systems. National deployment is an integral part of the infrastructure manager's strategy of consolidating control of the rail network from more than 800 signalboxes to 14 control centres over the next 30 years. Contracts each worth ...
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NewsSwedish high speed lines to go ahead
SWEDEN: The government announced on August 29 that the 150 km Ostlänken high speed line is to be constructed as part of a SKr55bn railway investment package intended to create jobs and economic growth. Given parliamentary approval the construction of the double-track line between Järna and Linköping could begin in ...
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NewsADB provides US$150m to boost Bangladesh Railways
BANGLADESH: The Asian Development Bank is to provide a further US$150m for projects to increase capacity and improve safety on the Bangladesh Railway network, following the signature of a loan agreement in Dhaka on August 26. This should enable BR to complete double-tracking of the 64 km Tongi – Bhairab ...
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NewsBNDES funds Carajás upgrade
BRAZIL: National development bank BNDES announced on August 23 that it had approved an agreement to provide R$3·9bn to mining company Vale, which is to be used to fund a RS$8bn programme to increase capacity on the Carajás Railway and other transport infrastructure for its northern iron ore operations. To ...
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NewsMatterhorn Gotthard Bahn orders Siemens control equipment
SWITZERLAND: Siemens has been awarded a contract to supply electronic interlockings, level crossing and operations control systems to replace life-expired equipment on the Mörel - Münster and Andermatt - Disentis sections of the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn. Commissioning is scheduled for autumn 2014, completing a phased upgrade of the metre gauge ...
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NewsBarcelona - Figueres high speed line progress
SPAIN: ADIF announced on August 9 that tracklaying had commenced on the 12·7 km La Sagrera - Mollet del Vallès section of the high speed line between Barcelona and Figueres. Work is being undertaken by Ferrovial Agroman under a €9·9m contract due for completion within seven months. ADIF says that ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market August 2012
Brazil: Invensys Rail Dimetronic is supplying signalling and a Westrace electronic interlocking for the Novo Hamburgo extension of the Porto Alegre suburban Line 1. China: CNR has developed a ‘high speed’ vehicle which can be dispatched to undertake emergency repairs to electrification equipment, bridges and other infrastructure. MTR ...
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NewsBrazil to develop 10 000 km of new railway
BRAZIL: The federal government launched a logistics investment plan on August 15 that will see R$91bn spent on 12 new railway projects totalling 10 000 km over the next 30 years. As well as reviving rail freight, the plan aims to 'break the monopoly' on the provision of rail ...
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NewsGotthard alliance signed
EUROPE: Swiss Federal Railways and Italian infrastructure manager RFI have agreed to strengthen their co-operation on the Gotthard corridor ahead of the opening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel in 2016. Two agreements were signed by head of SBB Infrastruktur Philippe Gauderon and RFI Director Michele Mario Elia on ...