CROATIA: Infrastructure manager HŽ Infrastruktura and Altpro signed a four-year framework contract for the supply of 200 sets of level crossing equipment on September 11. The contract includes barriers, warning lights and automation systems.
Altpro said its bid was selected as the best technical and commercial offer, beating rival submissions by ICF, Müszer Automatika, Scheidt & Bachmann, Siemens and AŽD Praha. The value of the contract was not disclosed.
AUSTRALIA: V/Line has installed its first solar powered level crossing, at Huntly on the Bendigo – Echuca line in northern Victoria. The site is 1·2 km from the nearest power source, and digging trenches for underground power cables would be expensive and risk disturbing local flora. The 18 solar ...
INTERNATIONAL: Railway operators in more than 45 countries across the world are participating in the sixth International Level Crossing Awareness Day on June 3. The campaign is intended to raise public awareness of the safety risks surrounding level crossings, in order to change the behaviour of road users, including vehicle ...
INTERNATIONAL: UIC and the Genève-based International Roads Union announced a partnership to promote improved level crossing safety on May 13. Organsied under the aegis of the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety, the partners plan to compile jointly a Level Crossing Safety Checklist to raise awareness of ...
