Rail Projects - Page 1

Philippines to seek bids for $1.4bn LRT-1 extension in 2012
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 Light Rail Transport Authority of the Philippines is planning to seek bids for Metro Manila's PHP60bn ($1.4bn) Light Rail Transit Line 1 (LRT-1) project by the first half of...

France, Italy sign agreement for Lyon - Turin high speed rail line
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 France and Italy have entered into an agreement to build a high-speed rail line between Lyon and...

UK's Paddington Crossrail station main work to start next month
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 Construction of the new Crossrail station at Paddington in London, in the UK, will enter next phase of development in February with excavation commencing for the station...

Saudi Arabia preparing to award LandBridge rail project
Monday, January 30, 2012 The Saudi Railway Organisation (SRO) is preparing to award contracts for the construction of the $7bn LandBridge rail...

Ethiopia seeks Indian loan for Ethio-Djibouti railway
Monday, January 30, 2012 Ethiopia is seeking another $300m loan from India for its Ethio-Djibouti railway project, estimated to cost a total of...

Turkish Railways awards signalling contract to Invensys Rail
Friday, January 27, 2012 Turkish State Railways (TCDD) has awarded a €76m contract to a joint venture between Invensys Rail and Turkish company Fermak to install European rail traffic management signalling...

Dulles Metro Rail project receives $116m from US Government
Thursday, January 26, 2012 The US state of Virginia has secured $116m in funding from the Department of Transportation (DOT) for the first phase of the $2.8bn Dulles Metrorail project in Fairfax...

Israel to seek Chinese funding for Eilat railway
Thursday, January 26, 2012 The Israeli Government is looking to seek funds from China for the construction of the Eilat passengers and cargo...

HS2 appoints CH2M Hill as development partner
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 HS2, the agency responsible for implementing UK's £32bn high-speed rail project, has appointed CH2M Hill as its development partner for the next...

UAE approves Ethiad Rail’s $1.28bn borrowing plan
Monday, January 23, 2012 Etihad Rail has received approval from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government to borrow $1.28bn to finance part of the country's national railway...

Queensland invites bids for bridge works in Bay Rail Link project
Friday, January 20, 2012 The Queensland Government in Australia has invited bids to design and build two of the three road bridges associated with the $1.15bn Moreton Bay Rail Link...

HS2 will solve capacity crunch on UK’s West Coast rail line
Friday, January 20, 2012 The first phase of the proposed high-speed rail line (HS2) between London and Birmingham will benefit passengers with faster, more frequent trains, less crowding and better connections,...

North Carolina votes against US Red Line Regional Rail Project
Thursday, January 19, 2012 The Iredell Board in North Carolina, US, has voted against the proposed $452m Red Line Regional Rail...

Delhi to operate monorail system by 2017
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 The Delhi Government in India has given an in-principle approval for the construction of a 10.8km elevated monorail line in east Delhi at a cost of Rs 16.55bn...

Croatia begins operating first ERTMS equipped rail line
Wednesday, January 18, 2012 Bombardier has announced the first railway line in Croatia to be equipped with European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) / ETCS (European Train Control System) technology has begun...

Network Rail signs £1.5bn signalling framework deal
Monday, January 16, 2012 Network Rail in the UK has signed a series of framework contracts worth £1.5bn for implementation of railway signalling projects over the next seven...

Israel's Tel Aviv light rail project moves forward
Friday, January 13, 2012 Israel's Metropolitan Mass Transit System will soon float a tender for digging tunnels for the two lines of the Tel Aviv light railway which included the Red Line and Green...

Amtrak unveils investment plan for 2012
Thursday, January 12, 2012 Amtrak has revealed an aggressive growth plan including the construction of electric locomotives, the extension of electronic ticketing to all trains and a groundwork plan for faster trains in...

Palmdale corridor option recommended for California high-speed rail
Wednesday, January 11, 2012 A staff report released by California High Speed Authority has supported building a high-speed rail line over the Grapevine area of Palmdale rather than through the Antelope Valley alongside...

Saudi Arabia awards North-South Railway contracts
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 Saudi Arabia has awarded three contacts worth SAR2.34bn ($623.7m) for various projects related to the country’s North-South Railway...