TURKEY: Ansaldo STS has won a contract to supply ETCS Level 1 signalling, telecommunications and automation systems to the Salini Costruttori/GCF/Kolin joint venture which is upgrading the line between Gebze and Köseköy as part of the Istanbul - Ankara high speed project. Completion is scheduled for 2014.
Under a separate contract, Ansaldo STS will supply ETCS Level 1 onboard equipment for the 80 electric locomotives which TCDD ordered from Hyundai Rotem in December 2010.
TURKEY: Transport Minister Binali Yildirim confirmed on December 30 that contracts had been signed to build a 75 km mixed-traffic high speed line from Bilecik to Bursa, and that civil works would start this year. The line is to be built in two sections for opening by mid-2015. The first ...
TURKEY: Italian firm Salini Costruttori has won a €146·8m contract to modernise one of the busiest sections of the Ankara - Istanbul route. The contract awarded by the government's Central Finance & Contracts Unit on October 14 covers renewal of the 56 km Köseköy - Gebze section of line on ...
TURKEY: National railway TCDD has awarded Alstom a €89m contract to supply signalling and telecoms for a project to raise speeds to 160 km/h on the 238 km line west from Eskisehir to Kütahya and Bal?kesir. Announcing the deal on November 16, Alstom said it will design, manufacture and supply ...
