AUSTRALIA: Transport for NSW is taking delivery of two Roger 800 track inspection cars from MerMec of Italy.
The 22·5 m long steel-bodied vehicles are each powered by a pair of underfloor-mounted 390 kW MTU diesel engines with hydrodynamic transmission, giving a maximum speed of 140 km/h. Axleload is 18 tonnes and minimum curve radius is 80 m.
The contract for the two vehicles was worth more than €15m.
USA: Amtrak has awarded a contract to MerMec Inc for an advanced catenary inspection and video surveillance system to replace its existing equipment used to monitor the overhead line installations on its electrified Northeast Corridor. The new system will be installed on Amtrak's high speed inspection coach, which operates as ...
ALGERIA: MerMec has won a contract to provide iCAB 1 ETCS Level 1 trackside equipment for a project to modernise the 55 km Thénia - Tizi Ouzou route. The single-track line is being upgraded and electrified by a consortium of Teixeira Duarte, ETRHB-Haddad, Özgün Insaat and signalling contractor ENYSE with ...
TURKEY: TCDD has awarded MerMec contracts totalling €9m for the supply and installation of track and overhead line measuring equipment on a CAF trainset operating on the 250 km/h Ankara - Eskisehir line. The line was opened in March as the first phase of a national high speed rail network. ...
