Archive for category: Infrastructure
BNSF to invest $130 million in Missouri rail network
BNSF Railway Company plans to invest an estimated $130 million on maintenance and rail capacity improvement projects in Missouri this year. BNSF will continue its track maintenance program in Missouri, which will include 1,507 miles of track surfacing and undercutting work, the replacement of 103 miles of rail and about 122,000 ties, as well as...
Bombardier and Carillion announce new Infrasig joint venture
Bombardier Transportation and Carillion have announced the launch of a new UK…
Regional Rail Link contract awarded
A $570 million construction contract for Melbourne’s Regional Rail Link has been awarded by Federal Member for Gellibrand Nicola Roxon and Victorian Public Transport Minister Terry Mulder. The contract was awarded to a consortium consisting of: John Holland, Abigroup, Coleman Rail, AECOM & GHD, who will partner with MTM, V/Line and the Regional Rail Link...
Network Rail to replace bridges on Esk Valley line
Passengers on the Esk Valley line will be travelling over four new bridges after…
Firms shortlisted for Mumbai Trans Harbour Link
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority has selected five consortiums to bid for the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link (MHTL) project. The $1.8 billion project, which will contain a 6 lane highway and a dual Metro line which will connect the island city with Navi Mumbai, is already running years behind scheduled. The five shortlisted consortiums...Rail freight network improvements continue in Adelaide
The rebuilding of the Interstate Rail Freight Network is continuing with the 2012–13 Budget committing $232.1 million in new funding to upgrade the section through the heart of Adelaide. This project will ‘speed up the movement of freight trains through the City, improve the reliability of its passenger services, ease traffic congestion around the CBD,...New circuits and old bombs
Rail projects seem to have a habit of changing over time. A seemingly simple project can alter almost beyond recognition before it is completed, often adding both time and cost in the process. This is often caused by the problem of dealing with aging Victorian infrastructure which yields unpleasant secrets as work progresses. However, at...
Londonderry Line
In recent years the need for major investment simply to keep the Londonderry Line operating on the section to the north west of Coleraine has become apparent. The modernisation of this line has now been approved. From mid-February the delivery of ballast by train has commenced as a preliminary to closure of the line between...
Police introduce new measures to help combat metal theft
New measures to combat the increasing problem of metal theft are being introduced…
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