Infrastructure news – Page 277
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Alstom wins Marmaray fit-out
A CONTRACT worth €815m was signed at the end of March for the second phase of work on the 76·3 km Marmaray cross-Bosporus rail link in Istanbul. The Turkish Ministry of Transport has selected the AMD consortium of Alstom, Marubeni and local partner Dogus to undertake the Phase II works, ...
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North-South Railway contracts signed
THREE CONTRACTS totalling 7·1bn riyals were signed on April 3 covering construction of 1 765 km of the North-South Railway in Saudi Arabia (RG 4.07 p184). Minister of Finance Dr Ibrahim Al-Assaf said the work would be completed in 42 months. The kingdom's Public Investment Fund has set up a ...
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NewsTashguzar - Kumkurgan line signalling contract
UZBEKISTAN: Computer-based interlockings and LED signals are to make their first appearance in Central Asia on Uzbekiston Temir Yollari's 200 km Tashguzar - Kumkurgan line, following the award of a €29m contract by Japanese trading company Mitsui on April 4. Consortium leader Bombardier is to supply Ebilock 950 interlockings, object ...
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Badger hunting by radar
UK: Ground-penetrating radar specialist Aperio has surveyed four sites in southern England where badger setts were threatening the stability of lineside embankments. Network Rail contracted Aperio to use radar equipment to analyse the effects of badger excavation at Pinhoe, Cowley Bridge, Cutnall Green and Munsley. As a result of the ...
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NewsTGVs to Marrakech
MOROCCO: On February 21 French engineering consultancy Systra announced that its Moroccan subsidiary had been awarded a contract by Oncfm to develop plans for a dedicated passenger line between Settat and Marrakech. Systra Morocco will be working with local consultants CID, Team Maroc and APTE on the 18-month study, which ...
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Desert riches fuel network revival
Greater political stability and a measure of prosperity are returning to Algeria, with revenues from oil and gas helping to pay for an ambitious programme to rebuild and expand the rail network. Murray Hughes reports
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Laos link launched
WORK to link Laos to Thailand's rail network officially began on January 19, when Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh and Thai Deputy Prime Minister Pridiyathorn Devakula attended a ground-breaking ceremony in Dongphosy. This will be the site of the future Tha Naleng passenger and freight rail terminal, close to ...
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Troops take railway towards the border
ERITREA'S government has provided 1 000 soldiers to work on rehabilitation of the 124 km of the 950 mm gauge Eritrean Railway west from Asmara to Agordat. Continuing a further 109 km from Agordat would take the line to Biscia, thereafter to Tessenei and the Sudanese border, ...
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NewsSlovenian gateway helps revitalise intermodal sector
Supported by the Marco Polo programme, the two-year Singer project is intended to develop new unaccompanied intermodal flows to and from Eastern Europe. Block trains from München, Verona and Budapest converge on a gateway hub at Ljubljana, offering competitive transit times and reducing costs
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NewsADIF plans €23bn spend in 2007-10
SPAIN: On January 26 the cabinet approved the 2007-10 contract programme between the government and ADIF, which will see the infrastructure authority receive a total of €11·9bn from the state. Over this period ADIF is planning to spend a total of €23bn, with the balance to be found from ...
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NewsCross-London projects languish on the back burner
WHILE the East London Line is finally being rebuilt to provide rapid and frequent services along a corridor linking London's northern and southern suburbs, two major projects to make it simple for rail passengers to travel across London have made spectacularly little progress over the last 15 years. The Thameslink ...
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Makkah - Madinah tenders sought
DOMESTIC AND international companies have been invited to submit tenders for construction of Saudi Arabia's planned Western Railway linking Makkah, Jeddah and Madinah. The call for tenders by Saudi Railways Organisation marks a further step in the expansion of the kingdom's rail network. The 444 km passenger line is expected ...
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Saudi Binladen Group wins North-South Railway work
SAUDI Binladen Group confirmed on November 27 that it had been awarded the main construction contract for Saudi Arabia's 2 000 km north-south mineral railway, which is due to be completed by 2011. Eight consortia submitted bids for the work tendered by the Public Investment Fund, which is part of ...
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News1520 partners debate co-operation
Common technical specifications and improved border procedures will help the railways of Central Asia to work closer with their Russian neighbours to capture growing international business. Chris Jackson reports from Almaty
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Direct Line will reshape the Finnish network
Opening of the Kerava - Lahti cut-off will reduce journey times by up to an hour, triggering a complete reshaping of the national timetable. Chris Jackson reports from Helsinki
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East African concessions make progress
AFRICA: This month is due to see the transfer of operations on Tanzania Railways Corp's 2707 km metre-gauge network to Rites under a 25-year concession. The transfer is being partially funded by the World Bank and African Development Bank. Tanzania's Minister for Infrastructure Basil Mramba explained in Dodoma on August ...
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First part of Kashmir line on course to open next year
One of India's most ambitious civil engineering projects takes a US$2·5bn railway deep into the Himalayan state of Jammu and Kashmir
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Golmud – Lhasa railway inaugurated
CHINA: Premier Hu Jintao presided at ceremonies on July 1 to mark the official opening of the 1 142 km line from Golmud in Qinghai to Lhasa in Tibet. Cutting the ribbon at Golmud station, Hu told an audience of 2600 people gathered in the station square that ‘the project ...
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NewsMerkel opens Berlin Hauptbahnhof
Ralf Roman Rossberg reports on the opening ceremony for Berlin Hauptbahnhof, where east-west and north-south services meet at the geographical centre of the German capital