ALGERIA: A consortium of Colas Rail and local firm KOU.G.C has been awarded a contract to extend Alger metro Line 1 by 4 km.
The extension from Haï El Badr to El Harrach-Centre with new stations is scheduled to open in November 2014.
The 23-month construction contract announced on October 25 is worth a total of €85m. Project leader Colas Rail says its share is slightly more than half, including tracklaying, power supplies, tunnel ventilation and the ticketing system.
UK: Colas Rail Ltd announced on May 21 that it had acquired Pullman Rail Ltd, the rolling stock maintenance and refurbishment contractor based at Canton depot in Cardiff. As well as significantly increasing its own fleet maintenance capability, Colas says that the acquistion will enable it to ‘further expand’ into ...
ALGERIA: President Abdelaziz Bouteflika officially inaugurated the country’s first metro line on October 31, paving the way for the start of revenue operation. Under construction for almost three decades, the first phase of Alger metro Line 1 links Haï el Badr in the southeast to Tafourah Grande Poste in the ...
ALGERIA: The start of services on Africa’s second metro is anticipated by the end of the year. The Siemens-led construction consortium plans to hand over Alger Line 1 to operator RATP Développement for trial running by the end of September. The 9·2 km line runs from from Haï el ...
