Infrastructure news – Page 9
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NewsPoland – Lithuania link design included in latest Rail Baltica contract awards
EUROPE: DB Engineering & Consulting is to provide design and supervision services for the 96 km Polish border to Kaunas section of the future Rail Baltica standard gauge railway corridor through the Baltic States.
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NewsCourt rejects DB’s attempt to share Stuttgart 21 project cost overruns
GERMANY: A Baden-Württemberg court has rejected Deutsche Bahn’s appeal to share Stuttgart 21 cost overruns with project partners, leaving the railway to cover the €11bn bill alone.
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NewsADIF awards €6m Spanish FRMCS pilot scheme contract
SPAIN: Infrastructure manager ADIF has awarded Sistemas & Montajes Industriales a €6m contract to support pilot testing of the Future Railway Mobile Communication System on a metre-gauge line.
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NewsRolling stock sought as Mexican passenger projects progress
MEXICO: Railway regulatory agency ARTF has invited bids to supply trains for an extension of Mexico City’s Tren Suburbano network, as plans to restore inter-city services elsewhere in the country make progress.
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Metro Report InternationalRegiotram de Occidente groundbreaking ‘is symbol of a country moving on rails again’
COLOMBIA: The government has transferred the Bogotá – Facatativá railway right of way to the Cundinamarca province, enabling track renewals for the Regiotram de Occidente project.
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NewsNairobi Railway City regeneration project approved
KENYA: The cabinet has given the go-ahead for the Nairobi Railway City Central Station & Public Realm Project, which aims to redevelop the existing station as a state-of-the-art multimodal transport hub and revitalise the railway corridor in the central business district.
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Metro Report InternationalTfGM seeks supplier feedback on light rail asset renewal plan
UK: Transport for Greater Manchester has begun the procurement process for a multi-year light rail asset renewals contract worth up to £1·6bn.
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Metro Report InternationalArapiraca suburban rail project breaks ground
BRAZIL: A groundbreaking ceremony has been held for a 13 km suburban rail line in Arapiraca, the second-largest city in the fast-growing state of Alagoas.
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Metro Report International‘Unique challenge’ in Singapore metro airport extension contract
SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority has awarded an Alstom-led consortium a contract to supply CBTC signalling, communication systems and platform screen doors for the Thomson-East Coast Line extension project.
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NewsNokia and ProRail agree GSM-R cloud investment plan ahead of FRMCS adoption
NETHERLANDS: ProRail has awarded enterprise telecoms specialist Nokia a contract to migrate its existing 2G telecoms assets to a cloud environment as part of preparations for the roll-out of FRMCS in the next decade.
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NewsGraz-Köflacher Bahn launches electric trains to Wies-Eibiswald
AUSTRIA: Graz-Köflacher Bahn has begun electric operation of S-Bahn Steiermark service S6 from Graz Hbf via Hengsberg and Wettmannstätten to Wies-Eibiswald.
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NewsPTC Asset Connect launched to automate rail asset location surveys
USA: Transport asset data capture and analysis company Cordel Group has launched PTC Asset Connect, which uses LiDAR and artificial intelligence to automatically detect and accurately locate trackside infrastructure assets.
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NewsTurkey secures US$2·8bn of financing for rail link to Naxçıvan
TURKEY: Infrastructure manager TCDD has secured US$2·8bn in external financing for the development of the planned Kars – Iğdır – Aralık – Dilucu line which would extend its network to the border of Azerbaijan’s Naxçıvan exclave.
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NewsValladolid-Campo Grande station to be remodelled
SPAIN: High speed infrastructure manager ADIF Alta Velocidad has awarded contracts for the remodelling and expansion of Valladolid-Campo Grande station to accommodate a predicted increase in passenger traffic.
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In depthSpain: International links are key to freight revival
Growing rail’s role in the Spanish logistics sector was the focus of UIP’s Wagon Keepers’ Summit in València. While the global trend for ‘nearshoring’ offers a huge opportunity, many speakers were frustrated at enduring problems in connecting Spain to the pan-European rail network. Nick Kingsley reports.
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Rail Business UKLondon – Exeter train services cut because of embankment soil moisture deficit
UK: Ongoing infrastructure problems arising from soil moisture deficit caused by unusually dry weather mean South Western Railway services between London Waterloo and Exeter St Davids are to be reduced.
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NewsFirst rail made with hydrogen-reduced steel laid in Austria
AUSTRIA: What steelmaker Voestalpine says is the world’s first steel rail produced with net-zero CO2 emissions using mix of scrap and hydrogen-reduced pure iron has been laid at Linz Hauptbahnhof.
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NewsChinese company to electrify Iranian railway to boost freight capacity
IRAN: A Chinese company will electrify 1 000 km of Iran’s strategic east-west corridor connecting the Turkmenistan and Turkey borders, with partial double-tracking to triple freight capacity to 15 million tonnes annually.
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NewsComsa awarded €41m Madrid depot construction contract
SPAIN: Comsa has been awarded a €41m contract to expand national operator’s RENFE depot in the Madrid suburb of Fuencarral.
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Rail Business UKRail supply chain welcomes investment clarity from Infrastructure Pipeline
UK: A total of 29 rail projects are included in the pipeline of major capital infrastructure schemes published by National Infrastructure & Service Transformation Authority.