Algeria: A consortium of Colas Rail and KOU.G.C has been awarded a €85m contract to extend Alger metro Line 1 by 4 km from Haï El Badr to El Harrach-Centre. Opening is scheduled for November 2014. Australia: Western Australia’s Public Transport Authority has awarded Ansaldo STS Australia an A$17·9m contract to supply signalling for a 7·5 km extension of Perth’s Joondalup Line from Clarkson to a park and ride station in Butler which is scheduled to open at the end of 2014. Brazil: The Monotrilho Manaus Consortium has awarded Thales a contract to supply SelTrac CBTC for the 20 km driverless monorail under construction in Manaus for opening in two phases from 2014. Herrenknecht is supplying a 11·46 m diameter earth pressure balance TBM which the Consórcio Linha 4 Sul consortium will use to build a 4·6 km long section of Rio de Janeiro metro Line 4. Under a US$44m contract, Siemens is to modernise traction power supplies on CPTM commuter lines 7, 10 11 and 12 in São Paulo. China: MTR Corp has awarded Vinci Construction Grands Projets a €280m contract to build 4 km of tunnel for the Shatin to Central Link. Czech Republic: AŽD Praha has installed remotely control interlockings on the 109 km Prerov – Ceská Tebová line under a KC140m project 85% funded by the EU. Infrastructure manager SZDC has awarded contracts for four of the five priority modernisation projects co-funded by the EU (RG 8.12 p 8). OHL ŽS has a KC1·44bn contract to modernise the 12 km Tábor – Sudomice u Tábora line, including double-tracking, two cut-offs and a 430 m tunnel. A Metrostav/Subterra consortium is to modernise the 4·5 km Holešovice – Bubene route in Praha for KC738 million, including a new station at Podbaba. A KC873 modernisation and resignalling project at Beclav will be undertaken by EŽ Praha and AŽD Praha, while Eurovia CS has won a KC872m contract to remodel Ústí nad Orlicí station. Finland: The Finnish Transport Agency has awarded Pöyry’s Urban business group a €5m five-year contract to supervise maintenance of the Western Finland rail network after its existing contract runs out in 2013. There is an option for a further two years. Pöyry has similar contracts for the Eastern and Northern networks. SRV is to build the Helsinki airport station on the ring line for €70m. Italy: Italferr has awarded Bombardier a €12·3m contract for signalling works at Roma Casilina. Netherlands: ProRail has awarded Strukton a €5·9m contract to rebuild Deventer station to support a predicted 30% increase in passengers. A third platform will increase capacity, and the historic station building will be restored. Pakistan: Wuhan Steel has won a contract to supply 16 000 tonnes of rail to PR. Poland: PRK Kraków is to replace 76 km of track along with electrification equipment on the Zawiercie – Jaworzno Szczakowa route under a 439m z More...
