POLAND: Łódź’s road and transport division has selected Mosty Infrastruktura to undertake Phase 2 of the east-west tram line modernisation and expansion project.
The 239m złoty contract covers the replacement of 6 km of double track tram line from ul Kilińskiego to the terminating loop at ul Augustów, and the construction of 5 km of double track to Olechów district.
The project is 80% financed from EU funds from the 2007-13 budget, and so must be finished by the end of 2015.
POLAND: The Tramwaj Fordon subsidiary of Bydgoszcz city council has named a Gotowski-led consortium as preferred bidder to build a new 9·5 km tram line to the Fordon district. The mostly Polish consortium comprises Gotowski, Mosty Łódź, Feroco, Tor-Krak, Kobylarnia and Czech construction company Metrostav. Its bid of 290m ...
POLAND: A pilot application of ABB's Enviline Energy Recuperation System is scheduled to go into service on the Łódź tram network this week. The Enviline ERS is installed at a substation and enables current produced during regenerative braking to be returned to the AC grid if there are no accelerating ...
POLAND: City transport authority ZDiT Łódz has awarded PRM Mosty Łódz a 308·4m złoty contract to modernise part of the metre-gauge tram network in Łódz. The route from Retkinia in the west of the city to Widzew in the east is to undergo a complete modernisation, and will be extended ...
