Infrastructure news – Page 241
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NewsAnsaldo STS awarded Berlin - Rostock signalling contract
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn has awarded Ansaldo STS a €13·8m contract to design, supply, install and commission ETCS Level 2 on the Berlin - Rostock route which connects the port of Rostock with TEN-T corridors to southern Italy. Announcing the contract on August 18, Ansaldo STS said it was the company's ...
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NewsAlstom to maintain Ferrovalle infrastructure
MEXICO: Under a contract worth around €40m, Alstom has taken responsibility for maintenance of 660 track-km of standard gauge lines in central Mexico. The lines are owned by Ferrocarril y Terminal del Valle de Mexico, a vertically-integrated railway owned jointly by operators Kansas City Southern de Mexico, Ferromex, Ferrosur and ...
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NewsRio commuter operator seeks capacity increase
BRAZIL: Rio de Janeiro commuter operator SuperVia has awarded Bombardier Transportation a contract to supply ETCS Level 1 signalling with Interflo automatic train protection for a R$2·4bn upgrade of its 225 km network. According to Bombardier, this will be the first implementation of ERTMS in South America. SuperVia is ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market - August 2011
Algeria: Anesrif has awarded the Estel joint venture of SNTF and Siemens a contract to supply ETCS Level 1 signalling and telecoms including Trainguard 100 train control, Vicos control systems and 16 interlockings for 290 km of the High Plateau line between M’Sila, Boughzoul and Tissemsilt by the end of ...
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NewsBrisbane to Melbourne high speed study published
AUSTRALIA: The first of two studies into proposals for a high speed line running more than 1 600 km from Brisbane to Sydney, Canberra and Melbourne was released by Minister for Infrastructure & Transport Anthony Albanese on August 4. The Phase I report was compiled by AECOM Australia in association ...
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NewsWestern concourse increases King's Cross capacity
UK: A £500m programme is underway to equip London King's Cross station to handle a predicted a growth in traffic from 40 million station users a year to a potential 50 million, and restore the nineteenth century structure to its former glory as part of the regeneration of the surrounding ...
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NewsATMS proof of concept trials prove successful
AUSTRALIA: Interstate rail infrastructure manager ARTC has completed proof of concept trials with the Advanced Train Management System being developed with Lockheed Martin and subcontractors Ansaldo STS and Seneca. The Stage 1 trials between Port Pirie and Port Augusta north of Adelaide aimed to establish whether capacity and reliability could ...
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NewsNew minister sets out priorities for Indian Railways
INDIA: Two days after being sworn in as Railway Minister, Dinesh Trivedi set out his priorities for Indian Railways during his first visit to IR headquarters on July 14. Trivedi said he plans to implement the Vision 2020 set out by his predecessor Mamata Banerjee. He will give priority to ...
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NewsKapsch CarrierCom awarded Czech GSM-R contract
CZECH REPUBLIC: Infrastructure manager SŽDC has awarded Kapsch sro a €20m contract to equip the 230 km route from the Slovakian border to Ostrava, Prerov and Ceská Trebová with Kapsch CarrierCom GSM-R by early 2013. Around 731 km of the Czech network is currently equipped with Kapsch CarrierCom's GSM-R technology. ...
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NewsSecond phase of Gautrain opens
SOUTH AFRICA: The second stage of the Gautrain commuter line was opened on August 2. The first stage of Gautrain from OR Tambo International Airport to Sandton opened on June 8 2010 in time for the World Cup, and the launch of services between Rosebank in Johannesburg and Hatfield ...
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NewsDB Netz awards €200m ballastless track contract
GERMANY: Infrastructure manager DB Netz has awarded PORR a €200m contract to supply ballastless track for the 90 km Erfurt - Gröbers section of the 123 km Erfurt - Leipzig/Halle high speed line. The contract includes construction of 22 km of noise and wind protection walls. Completion is scheduled for ...
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NewsDB Netz awards GSM-R upgrading contract
GERMANY: Kapsch CarrierCom is to migrate what it says is 'the world's largest GSM-R network' to the IP-based 3GPP release 4 technology by mid-2014 under a €15m contract awarded by infrastructure manager DB Netz at the end of July. Kapsch CarrierCom already provides support for DB's GSM-R, and says ...
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NewsLGV Bretagne PPP contract signed
FRANCE: The €3·3bn PPP contract for construction and maintenance of LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire was signed in Paris on July 28, by RFF President Hubert du Mesniland and Pierre Berger, Managing Director of Eiffage. This follows the signing of a final agreement on the funding package in Rennes on ...
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NewsSiemens awarded Hungarian ETCS contract
HUNGARY: Infrastructure agency NIF has awarded Siemens a €53m contract to supply ETCS Level 2 equipment for the 65 km route running southwest from Budapest-Kelenföld to Székesfehérvar. Commissioning is scheduled for 2013. Siemens said on July 26 that its plants in Budapest, Wallisellen and Braunschweig would provide two Simis electronic ...
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NewsSignal failure suspected in Wenzhou crash
CHINA: ‘Design flaws’ in the signalling on the Ningbo – Wenzhou high speed line led to the fatal rear-end collision near Wenzhou on July 22, according to the recently-appointed head of the Shanghai Railway Bureau An Lusheng. The accident is now reported to have killed 39 people and injured 192. ...
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NewsAlstom to equip West Papua mining railway
INDONESIA: Mining company PT Freeport Indonesia has awarded Alstom a contract worth around €90m to supply railway systems and train control equipment for a mining railway in West Papua. Alstom said on July 28 that it would supply track, catenary, electrical substations, signalling and telecoms equipment for the internal railway ...
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NewsBarcelona tunnel complete
SPAIN: Development Minister José Blanco visited Barcelona on July 26 to mark completion of the tunnel that will carry high speed trains under the city centre between Sants and La Sagrera. The 2 300 tonne earth pressure balance TBM 'Barcino' reached an extraction shaft located at the intersection ...
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NewsMonongahela line upgraded in eight-day blockade
USA: Norfolk Southern reported on July 20 that it had completed a $16·2m programme of track, bridge, and signalling improvements on its Monongahela Valley routes in southwestern Pennsylvania during an eight-day blockade. Serving five mines that shipped 37·5 million tonnes of coal last year, the route normally carries around 30 ...
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NewsHammer attachment eases electrification
UK: A specially commissioned hydraulic hammer attachment for road-rail excavators is allowing Terrawise Construction to install an average of 11 electrification mast piles in an 8 h shift as part of the expansion of Manchester's Metrolink light rail network. The DX-RT from BSP International Foundations can be quickly erected from ...
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NewsWorld Bank approves Dedicated Freight Corridor loan
INDIA: The World Bank has approved a US$975m loan towards the 343 km Khurja – Kanpur first phase of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor. Running from Ludhiana to Sonnagar and Dankuni, the 1843 km EDFC is intended to ease congestion on the Delhi – Kolkata axis and achieve a smaller ...