railways
Hawaii’s first rapid rail line, designed to ease heavy traffic along the main road in Honolulu, is set to be completed by 2019. The 20-mile, $5.2-billion project is being paid for partly with federal transportation funds and partly with a half-percent general tax that has been collected in
railways
Siemens Mobility will install six static frequency converters for traction power supply on the Swedish Rail Administration’s Banverket system. The project is worth about €33 million, with work expected to be completed in the summer of 2011. Siemens’ newly developed Sitras SFC converters, each of which has a 17-megawatt
railways
Busy rail lines across the UK are being targeted for £7.5 billion in improvements — “the single biggest investment in Intercity trains for a generation” — under a programme announced today by Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon. The preferred bidder for the contract is Agility Trains, a British-led consortium that includes John