Australia: RailCorp has awarded MerMec a €15m contract to supply two 130 km/h Roger 800 self-propelled diagnostic vehicles by the end of the year, with an option for a third. Queensland Rail has awarded TrackStar Alliance a US$15m contract for work on the US$488m 10 km Richlands – Springfield extension. Aecom will provide design services. China: An Alstom/Casco joint venture has won two contracts totalling €85m to supply Urbalis CBTC signalling for Shanghai metro Line 16 and Kunming lines 1 and 2. Czech Republic: SZDC has awarded Skanska, SSZ and Subterra a KC24m contract for modernisation of the Zbiroh – Rokycany route. Eurovia CS has begun a KC740m upgrade of 2·6 km of line in Ceské Budejovice; double-tracking, resignalling and elimination of two level crossings will raise speeds to 120 km/h. Skanska has won a KC3·7bn contract to supply power, air-conditioning and communications for the 6 km four-station Dejvická – Motol extension of Praha metro Line A (RG 2.10 p13). Estonia: EVR Infra has awarded Elektrizace Zeleznic Praha an €18·4m design contract for modernisation of the Vasalemma – Tallinn, Keila – Paldiski and Klooga – Klooga-Ranna lines. Finland: Transport agency Liikennevirasto has awarded Thales Transportation Systems a €7·9m contract to supply signalling and safety equipment for the Helsinki Ring project. Strabag subsidiary Oden has won a €27m contract to build Matinkylä station and 1·8 km of connecting tunnels for Helsinki’s Westmetro project. France: The Cité Tram consortium of SET and Transamo has awarded Alstom a €2m contract for signalling on the Tours tram Line 1 project. RFF has awarded Systra a €48m contract for environmental and technical studies prior to seeking construction powers for the proposed Marseille – Nice high speed line, including restructuring existing lines in Marseille. Morocco: ONCF has commissioned an electrification control centre supplied by Eliop Seinalia under a turnkey contract which includes modernisation of 55 substations. Netherlands: ProRail has awarded BAM Rail an €18·7m contract to build the new Groningen-Europapark station. New Zealand: Fletcher Concrete Infrastructure is to open a concrete sleeper plant at Te Rapa by April 2012, after signing a contract to supply KiwiRail with up to 180000 sleepers a year over the next decade. Poland: Rewal council has awarded the Lider Husar consortium a 40m z More...
