Infrastructure news – Page 243
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NewsTCDD awards Pehlivanköy resignalling contract
TURKEY: National railway TCDD has awarded CAF's signalling business Eliop Seinalia and its local subsidiary Eliop Otomatik Sistemleri a contract for resignalling at Pehlivanköy, where the lines from Istanbul to Greece and Bulgaria diverge. The turnkey contract covers design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of Type S3e electronic interlockings and Sherpa ...
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NewsOttawa O-Train expansion plan approved
CANADA: Ottawa Transit Commission has voted unanimously to move ahead with a C$59m plan to expand the O-Train diesel light rail service, including the purchase of six new vehicles. Two new passing loops would be added and signalling upgraded, allowing a cut in headways from 15 min to 8 min. ...
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NewsBayern quadrupling completed
GERMANY: Deutsche Bahn completed a 13-year project to widen the 62 km Augsburg - München main line from two to four tracks on June 6, providing extra capacity on one of Germany's busiest routes which carries 350 trains/day. From the December 11 timetable change services will be rescheduled to ...
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NewsEtihad Rail signs telecommunications accord
UAE: National rail network developer Etihad Rail announced on June 19 that it had signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding for collaboration with Dubai-based communications specialist du. The MoU was signed by Etihad Rail CEO Richard Bowker and du CEO Osman Sultan in a ceremony at du headquarters attended ...
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NewsEasier electrification
SWITZERLAND: Nencki has supplied BLS with a catenary assembly system which is designed to increase productivity when exchanging wires. Nencki says it will be of particular interest to operators of relatively small electrified networks. Hydraulic hoists handle the cable drum directly. The machine provides continuous unwinding of the cable, with ...
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NewsTours – Bordeaux concession signed
FRANCE: RFF President Hubert du Mesnil and Chief Executive of Vinci Constructions Xavier Huillard signed the PPP concession for construction and operation of LGV Sud-Europe Atlantique on June 16. The ceremony in Paris followed confirmation of the terms by the RFF board on June 9 and approval by the Prime ...
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NewsWorld rail infrastructure market June 2011
Denmark: København metro authority Metroselskabet has signed a €33m upgrading framework agreement with Ansaldo STS covering ATC, Scada, security and information systems, rolling stock components and depot equipment. A joint venture of Strukton Rail and Aarsleff has won a contract for track renewal and bridge repairs on ...
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NewsChina starts work on line to Myanmar
ASIA: A foundation laying ceremony in the border town of Ruili on May 30 marked the official launch of construction on a railway from Kunming in China to Myanmar. The 330 km double-track line will join the CR network at Dali in Yunnan province. Construction is being undertaken in two ...
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NewsNoise-damping track to be installed on Thameslink core
UK: SilentTrack noise dampers are to be installed at London Blackfriars station under the Thameslink Programme to mitigate the acoustic effects of running up to 24 trains/h along the core north-south cross-city route from 2018. Already installed by DB Netz on its main lines through the Rhein valley and on ...
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NewsStandard gauge to Niamey?
AFRICA: The long-held dream that the former Chemin de Fer Abidjan – Niger (RAN) might one day reach the second place in its name has resurfaced, amid suggestions that the metre-gauge line connecting Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso could be converted to standard gauge. The Economic Community ...
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NewsReturn of the Bicol Express
PHILIPPINES: Following three test runs in late May, Philippine National Railways announced on June 9 that long-distance passenger services between Manila and Bicol province would resume on June 29. The announcement marks the completion of a four-year, 18bn pesos programme to rebuild PNR’s 479 km Main Line South between the ...
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NewsChuo maglev station sites named
JAPAN: JR Central has identified potential sites for intermediate stations on the proposed Chuo maglev route between Tokyo and Osaka, although these are subject to further investigation and environmental assessment. Early proposals had envisaged that the line would have stations only at Shinagawa in Tokyo, Nagoya and Shin-Osaka. However, local ...
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NewsDual gauge to enable high speed to Madrid Airport
SPAIN: The cabinet has given its approval for the Ministry of Development to spend €15·86m on equipping the rail link to Barajas Airport in Madrid for dual-gauge operation, enabling high speed services to use the new €190m route from Chamartín. Following the completion of upgrading work on 4·1 km of ...
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NewsSolar tunnel turned on
BELGIUM: A 50 000m2 installation of photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of a 3·4 km covered way where the Brussels - Amsterdam line passes through protected woodlands north of Antwerpen was inaugurated on June 6. The €14·5m installation has been undertaken by SPS Fin, a public-private partnership ...
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NewsRevenue share port line opens
INDIA: The first line built under the government's Railways Infrastructure for Industry Initiative to attract private finance for rail projects opened on May 8, when a train of Australian coal left the new Port of Dhamra for Tata Steel's Jamshedpur plant. The 62 km single track line serving the east ...
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NewsSiemens wins København S-bane signalling contract
DENMARK: Infrastructure authority Banedenmark has selected Siemens to install its Trainguard MT communications-based train control on the København S-bane network. Due to be confirmed later this month, the CBTC deal is the first of four major contracts for resignalling the entire Danish rail network. The other three, a framework contract ...
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NewsParis to Clermont-Ferrand high speed line plans outlined
FRANCE: Four possible routes for a high speed line linking Paris with Orléans, Clermont-Ferrand and Lyon were unveiled by RFF on May 26, following four years of discussion. LGV POCL is part of the 2 500 km of new line included in the government's Grenelle d'Environnement strategy as a long-term ...
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NewsModernisation money allocated
MACEDONIA: In May Finance Minister Zoran Stavreski announced the allocation of a further €10m to fund projects to bring the rail network up to modern European standards for safety, automation and working conditions. The money will go towards the development of a control centre which will monitor the entire 700 ...
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NewsTracking cost savings
UK: Road-rail vehicle convertor Swedish Rail Systems is to install Navman Wireless tracking systems on 62 vehicles, with the aim of improving asset management and cost control as well as deterring theft. Combining vehicle tracking with Navman Wireless' CoNex power take-off monitoring module enables SRS to monitor when a vehicle ...
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NewsPresidential opening for Praha Hlavní
CZECH REPUBLIC: The rebuilt entrance hall at Praha Hlavní station was formally opened by the Czech and Italian presidents on April 14. A KC1·15bn modernisation of the city's main station has been undertaken by Grandi Stazioni, an FS Group company which has leased the commercial and retail spaces for 30 ...