International Railway Journal - October 2008 - (Page 16) Market news Australia New South Wales Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation has invited proposals for alliances to deliver the Glenfield Junction project, a key part of the 13km South West Rail Link between Glenfield and Leppington via Edmonson Park in Sydney. The project includes a new platform, footbridge and concourse at Glenfield, and flyovers north and south of Glenfield station. Grain marketer AWB has signed a five-year contract with Melbourne-based rail operator El Zorro to transport grain from storage sites on the Australian east coast. The deal covers the operation of four trains, two using existing wagons and two using 84 new wagons on a hook-and-haul basis. New locomotives are said to be in the pipeline for the contract. approved a $US 168 million loan for investment in the São Paulo metro and CPTM commuter rail network. The money will be used to buy eight trains, install signalling and communications systems on CPTM Line 9, and finance an 11.6km extension of Line 5 of the metro. Egypt Egyptian National Railways intends to apply for financing from the World Bank to modernise signalling on the Cairo - High Dam corridor. It expects to issue invitations to tender in November, and is seeking pre-qualification bids from interested companies. Deadline for bids is October 7. Malaysia Prarsarana is tendering for automatic fare collection systems for the Kelana Jaya and Ampang lines in Kuala Lumpur. The deadline for bids is December 1. Trelleborg Industrial has been chosen to supply Metalastik spherical bearings for lateral buffers and halfshell bushes for anti-roll bar systems for 22 class 83 trains undergoing refurbishment by Sunshine Corporation, Korea. Britain Balfour Beatty has won a £2.1 million contract to rehabilitate the 21km Old Dalby test track. The facility, last used for testing 225km/h Pendolino emus, will be used to test new trains for the London Underground being built by Bombardier at nearby Derby. Estonia Estonian passenger operator Elekrtiraudtee is seeking to replace its current fleet of 12 electric trains with up to 18 four to five-car trains by 2013. It is currently finalising specifications for the rolling stock. Property management company RKAS has signed a ƒ19.81 million contract with VolkerRail to build the Koidula border station. This includes a station building, customs warehouse, and wagon repair shop. Pakistan Pakistan Railways has signed a $US 160 million contact with an unnamed Chinese company for 75 locomotives. Bulgaria Pöyry, Finland, has won two contracts from the Ministry of Transport to supply technical assistance for modernising the 55.3km Sofia - Dragoman and 97.4km Sofia - Pernik Radomir lines. Slovakia Slovakian Railways (ZSSK) is seeking to acquire 32 suburban trains, modernise 10 class 263 locomotives, and purchase of two multi-system electric locomotives. It intends to spend up to ƒ79.67 million on the rolling stock. ZSSK has also issued a tender for 10 double-deck emus for local trains in Zilina and Kosice. The 160km/h trains are expected to cost up to ƒ92.26 million, and will be delivered seven years after contract signing. Belgium Belgian National Railways (SNCB) has awarded Alstom a contract to fit the TBL1+ safety system on its locomotives and multiple units. It follows a contract signed in 2007 to supply SNCB with hardware for the system, and takes the total value of orders placed with Alstom for TBL1+ equipment to ƒ27.4 million. Croatia A consortium of Bombardier and Site, Italy, has won a ƒ16 million contract to supply and install Interflo 250 European Rail Traffic Management System Level 1 equipment on the 33.5km Vinkovci Tovarnik line. The deal will allow 160km/h operation on the line, which is part of TransEuropean Network-Transport Corridor 10 from Salzburg to Thessaloniki. Germany Leasing company VTG, Germany, saw operating profits rise by 26.7% in the first half of the year to ƒ298.6 million. High demand for freight wagons is behind the growth, while its rail logistics and tank container logistics divisions also performed well. The company is forecasting group revenues of ƒ595 million for the current year - a rise of 10%. Saft has won a contract from Bombardier to supply Matrics MRX nickel-cadmium batteries for 27 DT5 metro trains under construction for Hamburger Hochbahn. The batteries will be primarily used to support control and safety systems when the train passes through neutral sections, as well as maintaining emergency power for onboard systems in case of train failure. Turkey Nexans has won a contract worth ƒ8.9 million to supply 988km of cables for a 5.3km light rail line and 15.6km metro line. Nexans will also supply lighting cables for use in 20 new stations. Brazil The Inter-American Development Bank has United States Norfolk Southern (NS) has ordered 24 GE Evolution Series ES44AC 3.28MW locomotives, with delivery due to start soon. The locomotives will be the first for NS to use ac traction packages. LB Foster, United States, has won contracts to supply continuous welded rail for two transit projects. The first is for 1812 tons of rail for the San Francisco - San Jose line operated by Caltrain, and the second is for 1813 tons of rail for the Southern California Regional Rail Authority’s Metrolink network in Los Angeles. IRJ India Germany Rail.one, Germany, has won contracts for ballastless track systems for the 3.5km Schlüchterner tunnel between Hanau and Fulda, which is undergoing an upgrade, and construction of a second bore. Rail.one will supply 14,000 wide concrete sleepers, as well as anchor blocks. The entire project is due for completion in 2013. Photo: DB AG/Georg Wagner Trelleborg Industrial, Britain, is to supply Metalastik UD bushes to SAN Engineering and Locomotive Company for use in the drive couplings of three-axle shunting locomotives used in India, and for export to Africa and the Asia-Pacific region. 16 IRJ October 2008
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