Category: Light rail

Impregilo leads $2bn Doha metro deal win

20/05/2013 | Comments (0)

A consortium led by Italian construction giant Impregilo has been awarded the $2bn design contract for the Red Line North of Doha Metro, according to reports in the Italian press. According to Italian daily newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore, €630m ($808m) will be spent on the metro design, with another €1.1bn ($1.4bn) budgeted for preparatory [...]

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Romania: Arad launches tender for the procurement of new trams

17/05/2013 | Comments (0)

EBRD has invited bidders to participate in the tender for the procurement of new trams for the City of Arad. The contract involves the design, manufacturing, delivery, commissioning and maintenance of 6 new trams. The City of Arad reserves the right to increase the number of trams by other 2 or 3 units, on condition [...]

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Romania: OTL inaugurates the Mecatronics Research Centre of Public Transport Safety

10/05/2013 | Comments (0)

“Mecatronics Research Centre of Public Transport Safety”. The construction of the project is almost completed, the main equipments have been delivered and for the rest of the equipments, the acquisition procedures have been finalized. By the end of the year, we want to commission this project. Its goal is to research on the maintenance procedure [...]

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Norwegians bid to build Macedonian tramway

02/05/2013 | Comments (0)

Only one firm, a Norwegian consortium led by P.J Skurdal, had tendered an offer for the Skopje tram network when the tendering procedure expired on Wednesday, the city confirmed. Authorities said it was was too early to reveal details of the offer. The slack interest comes as a disappointment after Skopje mayor Koce Trajanovski last [...]

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China and Turkey invest in train car manufacture in Ankara

19/04/2013 | Comments (0)

Chinese Corporation CSR, China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp, and MNG Holding of Turkey are planning a joint venture to manufacture metro train cars for the Turkish capital, Ankara. The investment, said to total $110m, and will see the partnership develop a joint facility in the Sincan area of the Turkish capital to provide [...]

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