No fewer than 700 firms have submitted documents as the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) opens bid for the 2022 capital projects, with an estimated N12b budget. The Director of Procurement, (NRC), Ben Iloanusi, who disclosed this in Lagos said that the corporation had not began evaluation, authentication and validation, as […]
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Over 100 proposals by local and international firms for the security of railways across the country are being submitted daily to the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) following the bombing of the Abuja-Kaduna train on March 28, 2022, by terrorists, it was learnt on Sunday. It was gathered that the proposals […]
Spanish national operator Renfe has implemented a package of service changes running until February 2023 on its Barcelona suburban network, in order to accommodate a €471m programme of works now being undertaken by infrastructure manager Adif and its high-speed counterpart Adif AV. The largest single project is costed at €152.9m […]
On Thursday the 7th of April 2022, the honorable Minister of Public Works and Transport Chief Ndlaluhlaza Ndwandwe led a delegation of his ministerial team, members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee and the Director of Public Enterprise Unit (PEU) on a working tour of ESR Projects and operation. The team […]
Milestone reached for the Regional Connector Transit project in Los Angeles as the construction of all the trackwork, guideway systems and station platform areas for the Grand Av/Bunker Hill Station have been completed. The entire transit project is now 90 percent complete. Following this achievement, Metro has begun train and […]
Today, Meridiam announced that the Purple Line light rail transit project has successfully reached financial close. This operation secures funding for the remainder of construction and for future operations and maintenance. Full-scale construction of the light rail, which represents total investments of more than USD 2.5 billion, will now resume […]
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Thursday that it would provide up to $1.76 billion in low-interest loans for the Purple Line Light Rail Transit Project in Maryland. The loan is part of the Build America Bureau program and will be awarded to the Purple Line Transit Partners to finance […]
Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB), a leading global supplier for freight and transit rail, announced today the company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Trimble’s Beena Vision business, a manufacturer of machine vision-based wayside inspection systems for the railroad industry. The acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and financial […]
Alstom has revealed that consortium ONxpress Transportation Partners has signed the project agreement for the On-Corridor Works Project of the GO Expansion program following a procurement process led by Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario. The ONxpress Transportation Partners consortium comprises Alstom, Aecon Group, Deutsche Bahn International Operations and FCC Construcción. The […]