Rail infrastructure news
Joint venture to manage upgraded Baku – Tbilisi – Kars railway
ASIA: An equally-owned binational joint venture is to be set up to manage the Azeri and Georgian sections of the Baku – Tbilisi – Kars railway once current upgrading works are completed.
High speed rail bypass contract awarded
SPAIN: High speed rail infrastructure manager ADIF Alta Velocidad has awarded Sacyr Construcción a €49m contract to build the first section of a 19 km bypass around the town of Loja on the Antequera – Granada high speed line.
Decarbonisation: Accelerating the electrification task
Network Rail is now deploying UK-based Gripple’s SwiftLine Rail Dropper, which the supplier believes will speed up key steps in the installation of overhead electrification equipment.
Malmbanan iron ore railway reopens after derailments
SWEDEN: Iron ore trains on the single-track railway between Kiruna and Narvik resumed on March 6 following two recent derailments. Toma Bačić reports.
New concourse in London Waterloo station vision
UK: Network Rail and Lambeth Council have unveiled ‘an ambitious long-term plan’ for the redevelopment of London Waterloo station and its surroundings. This sets out aspirations to make the station easier to navigate, reduce platform congestion and interchange times, and enable easier movement.
Beograd – Niš railway to be upgraded for 200 km/h
SERBIA: Minister of Construction, Transport & Infrastructure Goran Vesić has announced that modernisation of the 230 km Beograd – Niš line to enable 200 km/h running is to start in 2025.
Spanish gauge-changing technology to integrate Ukrainian railways with the EU
Direct Sunshine Coast Rail Line funding commitment
Quantum train location testing on the London Underground
Phosphate railway modernisation loan signed
‘A day for the history books’ as Siemens to relocate Chippenham signalling factory
Wreath of European plants tops out Riga Central station
JR Kyushu speeds up track inspection
First rails laid on Vicente Emilio Vuolo Railway
Renewals at Network Rail’s only sliding bridge
Albania – Montenegro railway rehabilitation loan signed
EU funding to enhance Warszawa cross-city railway
Hudson Bay Railway funding announced
China: Water Rabbit delivers network growth
High Speed: FRA grant kick-starts Brightline West
Strait of Messina bridge design approved
Iran: International connections take shape slowly
Rack line track renewals
Procurement of Portugal’s broad gauge high speed line begins