Australia: Macmahon Holdings has begun construction of Fortescue’s 81 km Solomon Rail Spur in the Pilbara under a A$330m contract which includes four major bridges. Completion is scheduled for this year. Austria: Niederösterreich transport authority Növog has awarded the Arge Bahnbau consortium of R&Z Bau and Leonhard Weiss a €22m five-year contract for track maintenance on its network of local lines. Belgium: Infrabel and Alstom have agreed a 15-year framework worth up to €47·5m for the supply and maintenance of balises for 4000 signals. A firm order covers TBL+ driver assistance systems valued at €29·5m in 2013-18, with software upgrades for ETCS compliance by 2022. China: MoR has ordered a rail milling train capable of working at up to 2 km/h from a joint venture of Maschinenfabrik Liezen & Giesserei and China Railway Large Maintenance Machinery Co. Finland: Liikennevirasto has awarded VR Track a tendered contract to electrify the 85 km Rovaniemi – Kemijärvi line by December 2013 at a cost of €9·5m. France: A consortium of Guintoli, Alstom and Egenie has won a €16m contract for civil and track works on the 2·5 km Arènes – Fer à Cheval extension of the Toulouse tramway. Alstom’s €5m share of the work to be completed by late 2013 includes use of its Appitrack tracklaying machine. INEO and Inexia have awarded Ansaldo STS a €47m contract to supply TVM430 signalling for the Tours – Bordeaux high speed line. Hungary: Under a €70m contract Thales and Dunántúli are to provide interlockings, a control centre and ETCS Level 2 RBC for the 66 km Szajol – Püspöklandany line by the end of 2015 . Italy: RFI has awarded Bombardier a €5·4m contract to design and supply signalling for the Roma Ostiense – Fiumicino Aeroporto route, and a €11·5m contract to supply control equipment for Roma Tiburtina station. Norway: Jernbaneverket has awarded Bombardier two contracts covering the turnkey supply and support for 25 years of ERTMS equipment for a pilot project on the Eastern branch of the Østfoldbanen. Poland: PKP PLK has awarded Halcrow a 3·4m z More...
