Infrastructure news – Page 231
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NewsAnkara - Izmir high speed line contract signed
TURKEY: A contract for the construction of the first stage of a planned Ankara - Izmir line suitable for 250 km/h running was signed by Minister of Transport Binali Yildirim and a consortium of Sigma, Burkay, Makimsan and YDA on June 11. The TL700m contract covers 167 km of new ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market June 2012
Australia: Under Victoria's Regional Rail Link project (RG 2.12 p12), a A$570m contract has been awarded to a consortium of John Holland, Abigroup, Coleman Rail, Aecom and GHD for extensive remodelling of the line between Melbourne's Southern Cross station and the Maribyrnong River, including 4·5 km of new tracks and ...
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NewsDanish electrification tenders next month
DENMARK: Banedanmark expects to begin tendering in July for up to 512 track-km of 25 kV 50 Hz electrification, CEO Jesper Hansen told the UNIFE General Assembly in København on June 14. Four separate projects are under development as part of the government's strategy to prepare the network for a ...
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NewsArgentina - Paraguay rail link restored
INTERNATIONAL: The completion of 29 km of new alignment enabling trains to once again run between the 1 435 mm gauge networks of Argentina and Paraguay was announced on June 7, providing access to a freight terminal in the Paraguayan city of Encarnación. Since April 1990 the two networks had ...
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NewsNetwork Rail opens The Quadrant:MK
UK: After five years of planning and construction, on June 11 Network Rail's new national centre known as The Quadrant:MK welcomed the first of more than 3 000 employees who are due to relocate to the site in Milton Keynes. Activities being moved to the national centre during the coming ...
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NewsFerronorte opens to Itiquira
BRAZIL: The Ferronorte network grew by a further 120 km on June 2 when freight operator América Latina Logística officially opened the section between Alto Araguaia and Itiquira in the state of Mato Grosso. The 140 km Itiquira - Rondonópolis route is expected to open by the end of 2012. ...
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NewsRoyal train opens Diabolo link to Brussels Airport
BELGIUM: The Diabolo connection to Brussels National airport was formally opened on June 7, when King Albert II drove the first train over the new line. Revenue services are due to start on June 10 after a public open day on June 9. Under construction for the past five years, ...
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NewsPresident launches construction of Wonju - Gangneung line
SOUTH KOREA: President Lee Myung-bak attended a ceremony on June 1 to launch construction of a 120·3 km direct line to link Wonju, southeast of Seoul, with the east coast city of Gangneung. Completion is planned for 2017, with the 3·9tr won cost to be met from public sources. The ...
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NewsEuroAirport station proposed in cross-border passenger plan
EUROPE: Plans for a direct rail connection to EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg and the extension of Swiss regional services across the border to Mulhouse in France are included a memorandum of understanding which was signed by SBB, SNCF, the region of Alsace and the cantons of Aargau, Basel-Landschaft and Basel-Stadt ...
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NewsSochi’s swallow starts to fly
RUSSIA: Trial running has started in Sochi with the first of 38 Lastochka EMUs being supplied by Siemens in time for the 2014 Winter Olympic & Paralympic Games. The multiple-unit was due to be presented to RZD Vice-President Valentin Gapanovich and Transport Minister Maxim Sokolov by the ...
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NewsThales awarded ETCS contract in Hungary
HUNGARY: Infrastructure development agency NIF has awarded Thales Austria a contract to design and supply ETCS Level 2 for the 101 km Boba - Bajánsenye section of Pan-European Corridor V, and adapt existing Level 1 equipment. The EU is meeting 85% of the €18m cost of the project, which will ...
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NewsKazakhstan plans its place on the New Silk Road
KAZAKHSTAN: Speaking at the 25th meeting of the Council of Foreign Investors on May 22, President Nursultan Nazarbayev set out his vision for a 'New Silk Road' strategy to exploit the country's potential as an east-west and north-south transit hub by 2020. Rail projects in the strategy include the completion ...
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NewsDonetsk station rebuild completed
UKRAINE: National railway UZ officially completed an extensive modernisation of the main station in Donetsk on May 22. The project has been undertaken to increase capacity from 15 000 to more than 35 000 passengers/day, shorten walking distances, improve links to local transport and increase accessibility for users with ...
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NewsBrescia high speed line construction begins
ITALY: Construction of the next section of the 140 km Milano - Verona high speed line was officially launched on May 7. The ceremony was attended by Minister of Economic Development, Infrastructure & Transport Corrado Passera, Lombardia region President Roberto Formigoni and FS Chief Executive Mauro Moretti. The Cepav Due ...
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NewsTrain ferry to rescue stranded rolling stock
DENMARK: Four IC3 and six MR diesel multiple-units were left stranded when a container ship collided with the Limfjorden railway bridge at Aalborg on the night of March 28, severing the railway to the far north of Denmark. To retrieve the rolling stock, DSB, infrastructure manager Banedanmark and Stena Line ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market May 2012
Australia: ABB is to supply six 1kV AC/750 V DC substations for the Gold Coast light rail project. Ansaldo STS has won a €7·8m contract to provide MicroLok II interlocking and Phoenix train control systems to upgrade Xstrata Coal’s Ravensworth mine complex. Brazil: Axion has won a US$200000 ...
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NewsMoynihan station contract awarded
USA: On May 9 the Moynihan Station Development Corp subsidiary of Port Authority of New York & New Jersey ratified the award of a $147·7m contract to begin conversion of Manhattan’s Farley Post Office building to relieve congestion at the adjacent Penn Station. The award of the ...
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NewsQR plans ETCS Level 2 for Brisbane suburban network
AUSTRALIA: Queensland Rail requested expressions of interest on May 9 for the supply of European Train Control System Level 2 lineside and onboard equipment for its South East Queensland electrified suburban network. According to the tender documents, QR is seeking ‘to improve operational safety, improve the capacity ...
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NewsMon-Hua coal line construction gets the go-ahead
CHINA: The National Development & Reform Commission has approved construction of the 1837 km Mongolia – Huazhong railway to carry coal from Ordos in Inner Mongolia south to Ji’an in Jiangxi via Yulin, Yan’an, Yuncheng, Sanmenxia, Nanyang, Xiangfan, Jingmen and Yuyang. Capacity on the north–south Mon-Hua line will start at ...
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NewsTrains ordered for Tehran - Mashhad electrification project
IRAN: Wagon Pars has received a contract to design and manufacture 300 passenger vehicles for use on the Tehran - Mashhad route, which is now being electrified. The order covers seating, sleeping and dining cars suitable for speeds up to 200 km/h. Wagon Pars is also negotiating to produce electric ...