Rail Projects

Bulgaria and Macedonia's respective transport ministers have signed a memorandum of understanding to open a railway link between Sofia and Skopje.

Expressions of interest has been complete for the expansion of Athens' metro with four joint-ventures putting their names forward.

Australian train operator TasRail has released a request for tender for coastal erosion and landslip works in north west Tasmania.

The rolling stock manufacturer has been building VLocity trains - which operate on V/Line's regional rail network - from the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong for more than ten years.

Texas Central Rail Holdings has reached an agreement with engineering firm Fluor Corporation and the Lane Construction Corporation to advance the development of its 240 mile high-speed line.

Bombardier has secured two contracts to design and assist with the construction of new monorail systems from the Northern Bangkok Monorail Company and the Eastern Bangkok Monorail Company.

Work began in 2014 on the line between Esbjerg and Lunderskov, and over the course of the project around 1,600 masts and four transformer stations have been built.

In total, 60 XPT passenger carriages, 19 locomotives, 23 XPLORER passenger cars and 28 Endeavour passenger cars will be replaced.

The partnership will start work to assess the station immediately and will make recommendations to improve its design, functionality, communications and coordination.

Contractors McConnell Dowell and Martinus Rail will shortly begin work on the Murray Basin-Victoria freight line upgrade - one of the largest freight upgrade projects in Australia.