New Projects and Contracts in the International Railway Sector

According to recent contract and project updates made by the railway sector at an international level, new investments are being implemented worldwide in the fields of line expansion, station construction, signalling, and rolling stock leasing.

In Australia, a partnership of Acciona, WSP, Metro Trains Melbourne, and VIDA Rail has won a contract to close the Anderson Street and Hudsons Road level crossings in Melbourne and build two accessible underpasses for pedestrians and cyclists. In Belgium, Infrabel has contracted Teleste to supply TFT LCD information displays for stations. In Canada, the federal government is providing up to 254 million Canadian dollars through the Trade Diversification Corridors Fund to the Saint John Trade Corridor project to improve port operations and strengthen rail links; additionally, Metrolinx has awarded the construction contract for the Grimsby GO station in Toronto to the Kenaidan Murphy partnership.

In Chile, Siemens Mobility has selected Teltronic to deploy a 5G-capable private 4G network along an 87-kilometer route upgraded by EFE to launch passenger services between Santiago and Melipilla and Batuco. In Europe, Captrain Deutschland CargoWest is leasing two Alstom Traxx Universal Class 188 electric locomotives from Railpool for use between Germany and France, while in France, new high-speed train entrant Velvet will use IVU Traffic Technologies software for rolling stock and staff rostering. In Georgia, Georgian Railway is purchasing 200 open wagons worth 9.6 million dollars from Russia's Roslavl Vagon Repair Plant. In Germany, Heavy Haul Power International is leasing an additional Stadler Euro9000 locomotive from European Loc Pool.

In Ireland, Iarnród Éireann has signed a new contract exceeding 140 million euros with its existing contractor Rhomberg Sersa Rail Group for the operation and maintenance of 19 on-track machines for eight years. In Poland, Budimex has signed a contract to build Siemens Mobility's Rail Service Centre in Gądki near Poznań. In Uruguay, Corporación Ferroviaria del Uruguay has been tasked with the 1.8 million dollar rehabilitation work on the 750-meter-long Río Negro bridge in Paso de los Toros. In the USA, the New York & Atlantic Railway has received a grant from the Federal Railroad Administration and funding from New York State as part of a 10.9 million dollar project to upgrade four locomotives with Cummins engines.