Infrastructure news – Page 278
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Four for Saudi Landbridge
SAUDI RAILWAYS Organisation announced on May 31 that four consortia had been qualified to bid for the BOT concession to build and operate the Saudi Landbridge railway between Jeddah, Riyadh, Dammam and Jubail. Preliminary tender information was released to the consortia on June 10. 'The Supreme Economic Council, chaired by ...
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Track engineers look to get more from materials and possessions
As well as giving exposure to the latest technologies, the triennial exhibition of track maintenance equipment organised by the Association of German Railway Engineers (VDEI) provides an opportunity to reflect on industry trends. Exhibits focus on getting the most out of material and track possessions, finds David Burns
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Plasser & Theurer’s technical advances to keep ahead
THREE THOUSAND active patents lie at the core of Plasser & Theurer’s track maintenance machinery business, giving it a good foundation to develop new technologies. More than 13 000 machines have been supplied to 103 countries in the 53 years since the firm was founded. A privately-owned company, Plasser & ...
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Eritrea using local resources to revitalise its railway
Like the train's steep and winding climb up the escarpment from sea level to 2394m, progress on rehabilitation of the Eritrean Railway is slow but steady
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ETCS is really rolling out, but the costs are still too high
MORE MILESTONES are passing in the development and deployment of ETCS/ERTMS. From May 19 trains began running at 250 km/h on the Madrid - Lleida section of the Madrid - Barcelona AVE line using Level 1, while from July 2 Swiss Federal Railways goes live with Level 2 on the ...
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Nürnberg - Ingolstadt opens at 300 km/h
READY FOR this month's football world cup, German Railway inaugurated its upgraded route between the two Bavarian venues at Nürnberg and München on May 13. DB Chief Executive Hartmut Mehdorn was joined for the celebrations by Federal Transport Minister Wolfgang Tiefensee, the Premier of Bayern Edmund Stoiber, local Transport ...
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NewsVenezuela plans US$2·2bn spend
A CONSORTIUM OF Italian companies Astaldi, Impregilo and Ghella has been selected by the Venezuelan government to build two new lines following the signature of a co-operation agreement between Italy and Venezuela. Once contracts worth a total of US$2·2bn have been signed, work on the 252 km San Juan ...
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Confidence grows as ETCS Level 2 beds in on Roma - Napoli line
ETCS Level 2 worked faultlessly when Murray Hughes rode Train 9607 from Roma to Napoli over the 205 km high speed line that opened last December. The number of services was stepped up in March, and more will be added in June
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Projects revived as concessionaires share expansion costs
Railways in Brazil are in the ascendant as investment projects bear fruit on the back of the iron ore boom. Construction work on the revised Transnordestina scheme is due to start in August
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ERTMS accord
PLANS to roll out ERTMS on the international rail freight corridor between Rotterdam and Genoa moved ahead on March 3 when the transport ministers of the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Italy signed a Letter of Intent during a meeting at Bregenz in Austria. The ministers confirmed their intention to complete ...
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Beijing - Tianjin elevated design anticipates 350 km/h
The Beijing - Tianjin high speed line will be the first in China built for 300 km/h, and the alignment will ultimately permit 350 km/h operation.
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NewsUK gives a cautious welcome to ERTMS
ERTMS remains the great hope for train control in the future, but costs must come down. Richard Hope talked to Clive Kessell, who believes that current trends which compromise true interoperability must be challenged if the real benefits are to be achieved
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Cross-city line will transform Praha
Now in full swing, construction of a high-capacity line joining the main stations in Praha promises major improvements for local and long-distance services
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North-South Railway project management deal
AN INTERNATIONAL consortium led by the US-based Louis Berger Group is to undertake detailed design and manage the construction of a 1800 km heavy haul network serving mineral reserves in northern Saudi Arabia. Other members of the consortium are Systra, Canarail and the Saudi Consolidated Engineering Co. Worth 512m riyals ...
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Finnish cut-off completed
THE LAST rail was laid on September 28 to complete the 74 km cut-off between Kerava and Lahti in Finland. Work on the project began in October 2002, and the line is expected to open for revenue operation in September 2006. Partially funded by Russia and the EU, the €331m ...
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Ing concedes THSRC will be late
TAIWAN High Speed Rail Corp has finally conceded that it will not be opening its 345 km line for business this month. Although trial running has made good progress, with 200 km/h attained at the end of August and engineers anticipating 300 km/h during October, THSRC Chairman Nita Ing was ...
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Track ready on Taiwan’s high speed line
Major infrastructure works and trackwork installation on Taiwan's high speed line are nearing completion and contractors are hurrying to finish the electrical and mechanical works
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Kowloon Southern Link underway
THREE contracts for construction of the Kowloon Southern Link were awarded by KCRC on August 1 at a cost of HK$3·1bn. Authorised by the Hong Kong government on June 24, the 3·8 km KSL forms an extension of West Rail from Nam Cheong to East Tsim Sha Tsui, where it ...
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ETCS delays threaten HSL-Zuid
WHAT TYPE of train, we wonder, will Dutch operator High Speed Alliance use on the HSL-Zuid high speed line when it opens in April 2007? Or will the line open at all on that date? The reason we ask is an acknowledgement by HSA last month that the 12 Type ...
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UK now plans to install ERTMS in 2011-38
THE LATEST report from the UK's National ERTMS Programme Team revealed on June 23 that plans to fit all lines where the speed exceeds 160 km/h by 2015 have been scrapped. The new strategy sees development continuing, mainly on the single-track Cambrian lines in rural mid-Wales, but even that project ...