Australia: ABB is to supply six 1kV AC/750 V DC substations for the Gold Coast light rail project. Ansaldo STS has won a €7·8m contract to provide MicroLok II interlocking and Phoenix train control systems to upgrade Xstrata Coal’s Ravensworth mine complex. Brazil: Axion has won a US$200000 order to supply a freight railway with Ecotrax recycled composite sleepers to replace eucalyptus with limited life in moist conditions. China: Hong Kong’s MTR Corp has awarded Alstom contracts totalling €71m to supply signalling, track and electrification for the 2·6 km Kwun Tong Line extension and the 7·1 km South Island Line (East) extension. Germany: Rail.One is to supply GWS 05-300W turnout bearers for the Erfurt – Leipzig high speed line. DB has awarded Alpine, Hochtief and Wayss & Freytag a €290m contract to build the Bad Cannstatt tunnel for the Stuttgart 21 project by 2018. Ghana: WEGH is supplying level crossing barriers and lights to modernise the Accra – Tema line. Greece: Attiko Metro has awarded Siemens a €41m contract to provide signalling and train control systems for extensions to Athens lines 2 and 3. India: Northeast Frontier Railway has awarded a HCC/Coastal Projects JV a Rs1·6bn contract to build a 3·3 km tunnel for the Jiribam – Tupul broad gauge line; HCC has two other tunnelling contracts for the line. Norway: A Hochtief Solutions/Veidekke Entreprenør JV is to renew 6·8 km of railway and build a tunnel for the €210m E6 Dovrebanen road and rail upgrade. Poland: PKP PLK has awarded KZA and Bombardier a 147m z More...
