Infrastructure news – Page 10

  • A ceremony for the signing of the credit agreement in Istanbul in early January was attended by UK Secretary of State for Business & Trade Kemi Badenoch.
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    UK underwrites financing for another section of Turkish high speed rail network

    2024-01-22T09:00:00Z

    TURKEY: The UK government’s export credit agency UKEF has agreed to underwrite a €1·03bn loan arranged by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group for three Turkish companies to construct Turkey’s 140 km long Yerköy – Kayseri route modernisation scheme. UKEF has partnered with export credit agencies from Italy ...

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    Bari – Bitritto railway opens

    2024-01-21T05:00:00Z

    ITALY: Revenue passenger services on the newly-built Bari – Bitritto line began on January 9, following an inauguration ceremony the previous day. The standard gauge electrified single-track line is 11·9 km long, with 2·5 km running parallel to the existing Bari – Taranto main line and ...

  • KiwiRail freight service running on the Main North Line south of Seddon (Photo: KiwiRail)
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    KiwiRail orders track inspection car

    2024-01-20T05:00:00Z

    NEW ZEALAND: KiwiRail has awarded MerMec a contract to supply a replacement track evaluation car. MerMec said the vehicle would provide ‘exhaustive’ real-time track analysis using 12 inspection and measurement systems including lasers, cameras and others sensors. MerMec CEO Luca Necchi Ghiri said the contract announced ...

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    ​Track Maintenance: Modular welding offers smoother running

    2024-01-19T10:00:00Z

    Following service testing with the latest evolution of its proven APT 1500 R flash-butt welding head, Plasser & Theurer is now developing a modular range of carrier vehicles to optimise both design and utilisation.

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    Track Maintenance: Intelligent wheel-rail conditioning can reduce noise and wear

    2024-01-18T15:00:00Z

    Advances in the control of wheel-rail conditioning are helping to facilitate a transition from stand-alone wayside and onboard applicators to an intelligent network that continually optimises the management of both friction and noise.

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    Luzon inter-regional railway study underway

    2024-01-17T05:00:00Z

    PHILIPPINES: The Department of Transport and the national PPP Center have commissioned Systra and PwC Philippines/Isla Lipana & Co to undertake studies for the North Long Haul Inter-Regional Railway Project.

  • Kazakhstan - China rail link (2)
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    Work begins on third Kazakhstan – China railway

    2024-01-16T12:00:00Z

    KAZAKHSTAN: Prime Minister Alikhan Smailov has formally launched the construction of a third cross-border railway link to China. The 272 km double-track line from Ayagoz to Bakhty and a new border crossing near Tacheng in northern Xinjiang is scheduled to open in 2027. It would connect ...

  • QR GPR inspection
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    Ground-penetrating radar helps pre-empt track problems

    2024-01-16T05:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: Queensland Rail and Zetica have begun analysing ground-penetrating radar data to map the condition of unseen parts of the state’s 4 600 km railway network. The GPR equipment was mounted on a Queensland Rail vehicle during a measuring campaign which ran February to April 2023. ...

  • Madrid Atocha station (Photo Javier Alamo, Pixabay)
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    EIB backs Madrid station enhancements

    2024-01-13T05:00:00Z

    SPAIN: The European Investment Bank has approved a €550m loan to infrastructure manager ADIF to finance works to increase capacity at Madrid’s Atocha station. The loan approved in December forms part of a €740m framework package agreed in 2021 for works at the capital’s Atocha and ...

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    Network Rail Consulting awarded California high speed rail contract

    2024-01-12T14:25:00Z

    USA: The consultancy arm of British infrastructure manager Network Rail has been awarded a $73·2m contract to provide rail systems engineering services to the California High-Speed Rail Authority. Network Rail Consulting will be supported by subconsultants Egis and Ricardo, as well as local companies C2PM DR ...

  • JR Central Tokaido Shinkansen OLE monitoring diagram
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    JR Central develops automated Shinkansen overhead line checks

    2024-01-12T09:00:00Z

    JAPAN: Central Japan Railway has developed an automated overhead line inspection system that can be fitted to series-built trains used on the Tokaido Shinkansen. Able to check the position of wires and the condition of fittings while trains are travelling at up to 300 km/h, the ...

  • Deutsche Bahn trains at Leipzig Hbf (Photo: DB/Max Lautenschläger)
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    Deutsche Bahn’s financial recovery remains elusive

    2024-01-11T12:00:00Z

    GERMANY: Rail services in Germany were badly disrupted by industrial action over pay by the train drivers’ trade union GD during the week commencing January 8. On January 10 Deutsche Bahn said that about 20% of long-distance passenger services were running, with the number of regional ...

  • Impression of Haifa Hof HaCarmel station (Image: CLOUDVIEW/Shabtai Tal/Israel Railways Ltd)
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    Israel plans more railway network expansion

    2024-01-10T05:00:00Z

    ISRAEL: The government has backed plans for expansion of the rail network and works to increase capacity and speeds on existing lines. On December 24 the government approved the quadrupling of the coastal line between Tel Aviv and Haifa, with two fast tracks suitable for 250 ...

  • Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop tunnel impression
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    Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop tunnelling contract awarded

    2024-01-07T05:00:00Z

    AUSTRALIA: The government of Victoria has awarded the Suburban Connect consortium of Acciona, CPB Contractors and Ghella the first major tunnelling contract for the Melbourne Suburban Rail Loop East project. The A$3·6bn Tunnels South contract covers the construction of the 16 km Cheltenham to Glen Waverley ...

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    Brazil: National Railway Plan will reset project agenda

    2024-01-05T14:00:00Z

    Government efforts to inject fresh impetus into the rail business and increase its share of the freight market continue, but reliance is being placed on the private sector to fund new projects. Murray Hughes reports.

  • Transistmic Railway Line Z opening (Photo Government of Mexico) (1)
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    First section of Mexico’s Trans-Isthmus Railway opens

    2024-01-04T11:00:00Z

    MEXICO: The newly rebuilt ‘Line Z’ of the Interoceanic Railway of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec was inaugurated on December 22.

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    Data systems: Managing the transition to next-generation communications

    2024-01-02T05:00:00Z

    The emergence of packet-based MPLS-TP data networks offers infrastructure managers a means to move away from legacy technology such as Time Division Multiplex, enabling them to keep pace with demands for an increasingly digital railway.

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    EIB provides more support to Koper second track project

    2024-01-01T05:00:00Z

    SLOVENIA: The European Investment Bank has signed a €250m loan agreement with project promoter 2TDK to co-finance the ongoing construction of the second rail track to the port of Koper. A 27 km single-track line on a new alignment will add capacity in conjunction with the ...

  • Freight train in North Macedonia (Photo: Toma Bacic)
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    Joint border crossing to speed up Balkan rail transport

    2023-12-30T05:00:00Z

    EUROPE: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development and the European Union are to fund a joint border crossing on the Corridor X rail route between North Macedonia and Serbia. The new and upgraded facilities will be shared by the two countries, to improve efficiency, reduce ...

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    Port link and Trans-Siberian tunnel inaugurated

    2023-12-27T05:57:00Z

    RUSSIA: A 49·7 km railway line to the port of Lavna, and a 926 m long double-track tunnel on the Trans-Siberian railway line were inaugurated on December 15. The inauguration events were attended by President Vladimir Putin via a video stream. Port link The newly built ...