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Skanska joint venture in US light rail project
US$ 307 million light rail in San Diego, US to consist of nine new stations along 18.5 km-long line
China and Thailand reach agreement on high-speed rail link
Protracted discussions over rail project appear to have concluded as two countries agree a US$ 5 billion budget for first phase
'World's largest' construction project in doubt
Peruvian government baulks at China’s US$ 60 billion price tag for building a transcontinental rail link
China Railway signs US$ 1.2 billion deal for Laos rail link
Subsidiaries of the state owned construction firm to build three phases of the 414 km Boten-Vientiane line
World’s tallest metro on course
Metro de Quito, in Ecuador will stretch 20 km, 2,800 m above sea level, and will transport 350,000 people per day
Astaldi in €1 billion Italian railway tunnel contract
Joint venture led by Astaldi to build exploration tunnel and two main line tunnels, stretching 69km, from Mezzaselva to Italian border with Austria
EIB provides Finnish transport loan
West Metro project receives further €100 million loan by EIB ahead of its completion next year
Balfour Beatty secures US rail contract
Electrification of 52-mile Caltrain rail corridor between San Francisco and San Jose to bring cleaner, high performance vehicles, allowing more frequent services
China Railway to build US$ 3 billion rail network in Bangladesh
Chinese loans to pay state-owned construction firm’s bill for major infrastructure project
Consortium plans US$ 150 billion high-speed rail project for Australia
Proposed system to be funded by creating and selling real estate across new rail network
Gotthard tunnel opens
World’s longest and deepest railway tunnel opens officially today, 17 years after first blast in main shaft
Gothenburg rail work for NCC
Swedish Transport Administration chooses NCC to construct €323 million central station phase of West Link rail project
New €252 million light rail planned in the UK
Arup to design and procure 2.2km light rail linking Luton Airport with railway station, could be operational by 2020
New Cairo metro contract for Vinci and Bouygues
US$ 1.24 billion joint venture extends 35-year Egyptian/French rail line cooperation
UK backs Crossrail 2 and HS3
Infrastructure projects in London and the north of England to benefit from Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget Statement
Ferrovial in US high-speed rail contract
Spanish company to build 35 km section of high-speed railway line in California in contract worth US$ 442 million
Joint venture in Australian light rail project
Acciona joint venture to build 12 km light rail track, providing 33% more seats per day, worth AUS$ 2.1 billion
Italy and Iran agree US$ 5.6 bn rail deal
Agreement reached for state-owned Italian company to work on high-speed rail network in Iran
Nigeria’s high-speed rail project complete
The US$ 849 million project, completed 15 months late, will see trains run at speeds of up to 150 km/h
Peter Anderson appointed Balfour Beatty Vinci MD for HS2
Joint venture invited to tender for enabling works contract for UK’s High Speed 2 expected to begin in 2017
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