DELHI Metro Rail Corporation has awarded Alstom two contracts worth more than $US 75m to supply signalling, telecommunications, and electrification equipment for the first phase of the metro network in Kochi, India.
BRITISH transport minister Baroness Kramer announced on November 28 that the Department for Transport has allocated £16m to fund the electrification of the 16km Oxenholme – Windermere line in northwest England.
AFTER months of political deadlock, the British government and the Welsh assembly have reached an agreement on funding for the electrification of the South Wales Main Line between Cardiff and Swansea and the Valley Lines suburban network around Cardiff.
THE Czech Ministry of Transport and Czech rail infrastructure manager SŽDC have launched a feasibility study into the possible conversion of all lines currently electrified at 3kV dc to 25kV ac 50Hz.
NETWORK Rail (NR) announced on November 5 that it has signed contracts worth a total of £250m with Costain and Morgan Sindall for electrification and associated works on the Edinburgh – Falkirk High – Glasgow Queen Street line as part of the £742m Edinburgh-Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP).
ISRAEL Railways (IR) announced on October 28 that it has shortlisted five prequalified suppliers for a design-supply-build-maintain contract for the first stage of its electrification programme.
ISRAEL's national electrification programme moved a step closer yesterday after the Inter-Ministerial Committee for Internal Affairs, Services, and Local Government approved the plan developed by the transport minister Mr Israel Katz to electrify 420km of both existing and planned lines at 25kV ac.
Electrification, signalling upgrades and rolling stock renewal are all part of Taiwan Railways Administration's (TRA) plans to boost service frequency and revenues from its network over the next few years. Kevin Smith met TRA's new director general Dr Joe Chou in Taipei to find out how the work is progressing.
UTRECHT regional public transport authority BRU has awarded Strukton Systems a €5.5m contract to upgrade four substations and construct a new substation on the Utrecht- Nieuwegein/IJsselstein Fast Tram (SUNIJ) line.
ISRAEL Railways (ISR) has launched a tender for the supply of between 62 and 78 25kV 50Hz electric locomotives with an option for more. The locomotives are required for ISR's electrification programme which is currently in the detailed design phase.
