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December 31, 2018 | Central/South America

Yucatan railway finally gets green light

Construction is expected to start this month on a public-private project to build a 1500km railway aimed primarily at tourists visiting Mexico’s popular Yucatan Peninsula. Michael Renouf describes the project and some of the challenges it faces.

December 26, 2018 | Signalling

Alstom-Pose consortium to upgrade Roca Line signalling

ARGENTINA’s Ministry of Transport has awarded a consortium of Alstom and Argentinean construction company Pose a €90m contract to modernise signalling systems on the Roca Line in Buenos Aires.

December 18, 2018 | Central/South America

CRRC wins Costa Rican DMU order

COSTA RICA’s national railway Incofer has awarded CRRC Qingdao Sifang a $US 32.7m contract to supply eight two-car DMUs for suburban services in the capital San Jose.

December 17, 2018 | Central/South America

New Brazilian government to back rail freight development

Brazil’s president-elect is expected to maintain the country’s new line construction programme and continue the process to renew the regional rail freight concessions, the first of which are expected to be concluded soon. Renata Passos reports on the latest developments.

December 14, 2018 | High-speed

Texas Central Railway: blazing a trail for privately-funded high-speed rail

Despite producing more than a third of the United States’ crude oil output, urbanisation, rapid economic growth and congestion mean Texans could be getting out of their cars and on to high-speed trains much sooner than most other Americans. Keith Barrow looks at how Texas Central Railway is planning to link Dallas and Houston without a cent of public funding.

December 12, 2018 | Central/South America

Brazil launches tenders for North-South Railway concession

THE Brazilian government launched procurement of the concession for the construction, operation and maintenance of the North-South Railway (FNS) with a tender notice in the Official Journal of the Union (DOU) on November 30.

December 7, 2018 | Metros

Metro Medellin selects CAF for EMU refurbishment

THE city of Medellín has awarded CAF a contract to refurbish 42 three-car EMUs manufactured in the 1990s and currently operating on the Colombian city’s metro network.

November 27, 2018 | Central/South America

Uruguay to launch Central Railway works in January

URUGUAY’s president Mr Tabaré Vázquez announced on November 27 that civil works are set to begin on the Central Railway project in January following unanimous approval of the construction contract by the Court of Auditors.

November 26, 2018 | Central/South America

Testing begins on Rio de Janeiro LRT Line 3

DYNAMIC testing has begun in Rio de Janeiro on Line 3 of the Carioca light rail network.

November 19, 2018 | Fleet

CRRC wins Chilean multiple unit order

CHILEAN State Railways (EFE) has awarded CRRC Sifang a $US 77m contract for 13 new trains, which EFE Ferrocarriles del Sur will operate on the Biotren, Corto Laja and Victoria-Temuco services in the Biobío and La Araucanía regions.

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