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July deadline for bids on Portuguese metro
Metro do Porto calls for international tenders on €370 million rail project
Russia and Iran sign deal to build railway line for new trade corridor
Russia and Iran’s presidents have signed a deal to finance and build an Iranian railway line that will form part of a new international north-south trade corridor.
Eiffage wins €450 million contract for French rail complex
Renovated rail technicentre in Paris set to be the most advanced in France
Arup wins technical advisor role on massive Canadian railway upgrade programme
Engineering consultancy Arup is to serve as technical advisor on a major commuter rail upgrade project in Canada.
Two contractors secure $1.5 billion high-speed rail line to connect NEOM’s The Line
A joint venture between Italian contractor Webuild and its Saudi Arabian counterpart Sajco have won a US$1.5 billion (€1.4 billion) contract to build a high-speed rail line for the NEOM region in Saudi Arabia.
Two contractors win deal to develop first phase of $4bn Calgary Green Line
Two firms win deal to develop project design, costs and construction schedule for Calgary’s biggest-ever infrastructure project.
Webuild makes tunnel breakthrough on Grand Paris Express line
Tunnel section on line 16 of €35 billion Grand Paris Express project completed.
Webuild’s €1.2 billion contract to upgrade Sicilian rail network
Italian contractor now has five significant contracts on island’s major rail project
Leighton Asia wins A$283 million deal on Manila rail project
Contractor Leighton Asia has won a deal to build a section of the North South Commuter Railway System to ease congestion around Manila in the Philippines.
Construction firms benefit from €9 billion in HS2 contracts
More than 2,000 tier 2 contracts have been awarded to UK businesses
Will China be the first country to finalise a plan for a hyperloop?
Several candidate lines competed for the hyperloop project in China
Acciona-led JV to build Spanish high-speed rail line
Three-year project includes construction of 18km of track between Murcia and Cartagena
Construction of $2bn Tokyo airport rail line to start in June
East Japan Railway (JR East) is to start construction of a new rail line connecting Tokyo station with Haneda Airport in June this year.
Engineering consultants chosen for $700m New York transportation construction programme
Joint venture will deliver 50 infrastructure projects for New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) by 2024.
London’s ‘paused’ HS2 Euston station €2.5 billion over budget
UK government reviewing costs on hugely expensive high-speed rail project
Serbia tables expansion of EU’s Corridor X rail network
Nations in Eastern Europe to collaborate on huge high-speed rail project
Construction megaprojects to watch in 2023 and beyond
Construction projects are becoming bigger, better, and more expensive each year
Horizon consortium wins €352m contract on Toulouse metro
Bouygues-led venture will use TBM to construct a 4km-long tunnel on the future line C
Latest costs for California’s high speed rail revealed
Costs for troubled project rise by more than 20% 
Joint venture steams off with $446.5m Mumbai high-speed rail station deal
A joint venture between two Indian construction companies has won a deal to build a station for a high-speed rail line in Mumbai.
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