Category: Companies

Romania: City of Iaşi upgrades tram lines

17/05/2012 | Comments (0)

Iaşi municipality has launched the pre-information notice on the modernisation of the tram network at a cost of RON 66 Million (EUR 14.9 Million). Assignment procedures will begin on August 24, 2012 and the project will take 25 months to complete from the assignment. The project is part of the Regional Operating Programme 2007-2013, priority [...]

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Denmark: Aarhus to have new tram network

17/05/2012 | Comments (0)

Denmark has approved the first light-rail line in Aarhus. Post the approval, the Aarhus Letbane joint venture of the Aarhus municipality, Danish Ministry of Transport, and the Midtjylland region can now be formally established as the project promoter, and thereafter the tendering process can be launched. Phase I of Line 1 will involve the construction [...]

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Arup wins contract in Chile

15/05/2012 | Comments (0)

London-based multinational company Arup has been selected by Metro de Santiago to design 11 underground stations on lines 3 and 6. The contract awarded to Arup includes the design of stations, tunnelling ventilation and stations, fire engineering, passenger movement analysis, and optimisation of passenger experience. After works on lines 3 and 6 are completed, the [...]

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Moscow to spend USD 33 Billion on metro expansion

15/05/2012 | Comments (0)

The city of Moscow plans to spend USD 33 Billion by 2020 for extending the capital’s underground system, Andrei Bochkaryov, the head of the municipal construction department, said, RIA Novosti informs. “The total volume of financing has been set at over a trillion roubles (USD 33 Billion), which includes the planning and construction [of the [...]

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Ukraine: infrastructure is ready for high-speed services for Euro 2012

15/05/2012 | Comments (0)

Ukrzaliznytsia will finalize the preparation of railway tracks for the introduction of passenger high-speed services between the cities that will host the Euro 2012 European football championship – Lviv, Kyiv, Kharkiv and Donetsk. According to the communication department, less than 5% of works is still to be carried out and works will be finished by [...]

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