Infrastructure news – Page 22
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Metro Report InternationalLos Angeles Purple Line Extension Section 2 contractor selected
USA: Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority is to recommend to the board the award of a contract to build the Section 2 of the Purple Line extension. A joint venture of Tutor Perini and O&G has been selected to build the second phase of the metro extension to Century ...
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Metro Report InternationalHanoi metro Line 3 railway systems contract signed
VIETNAM: Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board signed the railway systems contract for Hanoi metro Line 3 on January 17. The €265m contract has been awarded to a consortium of Alstom, Colas Rail and Thales. The consortium is led by Alstom, whose share of the contract is €190m. Alstom will ...
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Metro Report InternationalGreen Line completed in Houston
USA: The final section of the Green Line of Houston’s light rail network entered passenger service on January 11, with free travel until January 22. The 1·8 km southwestern extension runs from Altic/Howard Hughes to Magnolia Park with an intermediate stop at Cesar Chavez/67th Street. Services run over the ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York Subway CBTC enabling works contract awarded
USA: New York Metropolitan Transit Authority has awarded RailWorks Corp subsidiary LK Comstock & Co a $223·3m contract for enabling works on the Queens Boulevard Subway Line resignalling. Siemens Industry Inc and Thales Transport & Security are supplying CBTC for the QBL West Phase 1 under two 67-month contracts ...
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Metro Report InternationalChicago Red Line modernisation project receives federal funds
USA: The Chicago Transit Authority and the Federal Transit Administration have signed a $1bn Full Funding Grant Agreement towards the $2·1bn first phase of the modernisation of the Red and Purple metro lines. The agreement announced on January 9 adds to the $191m in federal funding for this project that ...
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Metro Report InternationalMelbourne seeks to develop a connected transport living lab
AUSTRALIA: The University of Melbourne’s School of Engineering signed memoranda of understanding on January 6 with public and private-sector partners to develop a ‘connected transport living lab’. A 1·2 km2 area on the edge of Melbourne’s central business district will be fitted with sensors to collect data from motor ...
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Metro Report InternationalSiemens wins Lima metro electrification upgrade contract
PERU: Siemens announced on January 4 that it is to provide a power supply upgrade to the first section of Lima metro Line 1. The work will be carried out without interruption to services. Electrification equipment on the 9 km between Villa El Salvador and Atocongo dates from 1995. ...
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Metro Report InternationalCasablanca tramway extension contracts awarded
MOROCCO: Casablanca tram operator Casa Transport has selected Engie Group subsidiaries Engie Ineo and Engie Cofely Morocco to supply signalling and other systems for Line 2 and an extension of the existing Line 1. In addition to supplying signalling, communications, CCTV and fire detection equipment, Engie will install its ...
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Metro Report InternationalNew York MTA opens first section of Second Avenue Subway
USA: The first passengers travelled along New York’s long-planned Second Avenue Subway on January 1. First proposed early in the 20th Century, the Second Avenue line is intended to be developed in three phases which would link areas of eastern Manhattan and Harlem that are currently poorly served by the ...
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Metro Report InternationalNice tram Line 2 power supply contract awarded
FRANCE: A consortium of Alstom and Colas Rail has been awarded an €11m contract to supply power supply equipment for Line 2 of the Nice tramway, which will use Alstom’s SRS ground-based static charging technology. The firm order includes seven electrical substations, 10 lighting power stations and two intake ...
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Metro Report InternationalThree shortlisted to build London Overground extension
UK: Transport for London announced on December 14 that Balfour Beatty, Carillion and Volker Fitzpatrick had been shortlisted for the contract to build the proposed 4·5 km Barking to Barking Riverside extension of the Gospel Oak – Barking line in east London. The electrified extension would run alongside the existing ...
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Metro Report InternationalEU tram funding agreements signed
POLAND: Implementing agency Centre for EU Transport Projects signed agreements with two tram operators on December 6 allocating EU funds, subject to approval by the European Commission. MPK Kraków is to receive 124·9m złoty to support its 314·4m złoty purchase of 35 low-floor trams. These would be 32 to ...
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Metro Report InternationalChangzhou Metro selects Bombardier signalling
CHINA: The Bombardier NUG Signalling Solutions Co joint venture of Bombardier Transportation and New United Group has won a 226m yuan contract to supply communications-based train control for Line 1 of the Changzhou metro. Announcing the contract on December 6, Bombardier said that it was the first for the ...
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Metro Report InternationalKatowice tram extension design preferred bidder
POLAND: A consortium of Sweco Consulting Poznań and Sweco Belgium has been selected as preferred bidder to design a tram extension in Katowice, with a lowest bid of 1·8m złoty. The 5 km extension of the Tramwaje Śląskie network would run from the Brynów turning loop to ul Kostuchna ...
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Metro Report InternationalQingdao Line 4 PPP contract awarded
CHINA: A consortium of China Railway Construction Corp subsidiaries and Qingdao Urban Construction Group Co has been awarded the public-private partnership contract to build Qingdao metro Line 4. Opening of the 30·7 km entirely underground Line 4 is planned for December 2020. The contract has an estimated total value ...
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Metro Report InternationalFunding for Chicago Red Line studies
USA: The Chicago Transit Authority board has approved an amendment to its 2016-20 Capital Improvement Plan which adds $75m for preliminary engineering and a final environmental impact statement for the proposed Red Line Extension. This work is required before CTA can apply for more than $1bn in federal funding which ...
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Metro Report InternationalTampere tramway construction contract signed
FINLAND: An alliancing agreement for the construction of the Tampere tramway has been signed by the city council and a consortium of VR Track, Pöyry and YIT. Announcing the deal on November 29, the partners said the revised cost estimate for the implementation of the project was €238·8m. The national ...
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Metro Report InternationalSantiago metro station contract awarded
CHILE: Metro de Santiago has awarded a joint venture of Strukton International and Arrigoni Engineering & Construction a contract to build five underground stations on Line 3. Announcing its first Latin American project on November 23, Strukton said that the €46m contract covers civil, structural, architectural, and mechanical, electrical ...
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Metro Report InternationalSevilla metro extension progresses
SPAIN: Rails and sleepers are being laid on the final section of Alcalá de Guadaíra branch of the Sevilla light metro, the Andalucía regional government announced on November 7. This covers a section between two viaducts near the line’s western end. Tracklaying is due to finish next ...
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Metro Report InternationalUkraine and EIB agree transport loan
UKRAINE: The government and European Investment Bank signed a €200m loan agreement on November 11 to support a nationwide public transport investment programme. The 22-year loan has a five-year grace period. The funds will contribute to the €408m urban transport programme that covers investment in 11 cities. The remainder ...