Romanian National Railway Company (CFR) has awarded a €1.63bn ($1.77bn) contract to FCC Construcción as a part of a rehabilitation and modernisation project for the railway in the Pan European Corridor IV crossing Romania.
The scope of the contract comprises refurbishment of three new railway sections, including section 2, Km 614 – Gurasada, which consists of sub-section 2a, km 614 – Cap Y Bârzava and sub-section 2b, Cap Y Bârzava – Cap Y Ilteu, and section 3, Gurasada – Simeria.
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Plans have also been outlined for the building and modernisation of 121.62km of railway line, 47 bridges, eight overpasses and seven underpasses, a 659m-long tunnel, 19 stations and five stops.
Electrification work and implementation of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) is also due to be carried out during the project, which will be completed in approximately three years.
A facilities maintenance contract worth £65m ($83.66m) has been awarded to Lanes Group for the provision of building maintenance services for the London Underground.
The five-year contract includes an option to extend for a further three years and will include building maintenance works along underground lines, including depots, train crew accommodation, engineering works and power sites.
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By GlobalDataSingapore-based public transport operator SBS Transit has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ST Kinetics, which outlines plans for the collaborative development of maintenance and engineering capabilities across Singapore’s rail operations.
SBS Transit will leverage ST Kinetic’s expertise in testing and repair, maintenance, engineering and obsolescence management to facilitate its operations under the new arrangement, while ST will pursue the opportunity to enter the rail maintenance industry and further develop its technical capabilities.
Both companies will jointly explore the use of automation and robotics solutions to improve operational productivity and work on data analytics to upgrade the resilience of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) infrastructure.
Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced that it will offer a loan of $80m towards the electrification of 145km of railway line connecting the cities of Pap, Namangan and Andijan in Uzbekistan.
The funds will be used to finance supervision consultants, procure plant and maintenance equipment and machinery, and to purchase materials for external power supply.
O’zbekiston Temir Yo’llari (UTY) and the Government of Uzbekistan are set to provide the remaining $97.45m of the development's total cost of $177.45m.
The project is aimed at streamlining freight and passenger train services on the line and increasing regional trade along Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Corridor-2.
It is also expected to improve the railway's overall environmental performance by reducing CO2 emissions by 10,000t a year.
