ITALY: Ferrovie Emilia Romagna has awarded WEGH Group a contract to supply a further 300 Type TD96/2 level crossing barrier machines.
This will enable the replacement of older equipment across its 364 km regional network with more modern designs which are more reliable and easier to maintain.
The two-year contract includes the provision of several days of theoretical and practical training for maintenance staff.
ITALY: Infrastructure manager RFI has reopened the 87·2 km Campobasso – Termoli line in the Molise region. Services had been suspended on December 9 2016, since when the route had been served by buses. RFI has spent €15m rehabilitating the line, including track renewals, repairs to tunnels ...
URUGUAY: The Durmientes de Uruguay joint venture of Italian company WEGH Group and Diorama has been awarded a €35m contract to supply concrete sleepers to the Vía Central consortium which is undertaking the Ferrocarril Central route modernisation. The 1 435 mm gauge monoblock prestressed concrete sleepers for ...
MOZAMBIQUE: Italian company Wegh Group has increased its stake in concrete sleeper manufacturer Travessas Do Norte, which was already 52% owned by Wegh Mocambique. The company’s plant at Namialo on the Nacala – Nampula railway is one of the largest in southern Africa with a capacity of 1 600 sleepers ...
