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UNITED KINGDOM

News Details : United Kingdom: Government Wants Value for Money from ?16bn Crossrail
Description Transport Minister has said she will look for "value for money" in the ?16bn Crossrail project. Last week London Mayor said the Abbey Wood and Maidenhead Crossrail branches may be threatened. Ex-mayor Ken Livingstone said chopping the link to Abbey Wood, south-east London, would deprive poorer areas.

Transport Minister comments come ahead of the governments announcement on spending cuts totalling ?6bn. The 72-mile (116km) route, due to begin service by 2017, will connect Maidenhead, Berkshire, with Shenfield in Essex via the West End and Canary Wharf, with a link to Heathrow Airport.


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SAUDI ARABIA

News Details : Saudi Arabia: Railway Station to Come up Near Riyadh Airport
Description A state-of-the art Railway Station is to be set up in the capital with the capacity to handle 800,000 commuters a year, the Saudi Railway Company (SAR) announced. The proposed station with the latest facilities will be built on an area of 50,000 square meters near King Khaled International Airport, SAR Executive Chairman told reporters at a press conference. He added that the railway station would be ready in 2013. He did not disclose the value of the contract SAR is offering for tender at the end of the year to construct the station.

The new railway station would be the terminus for a proposed 1,000-kilometer route that will cover cities including Riyadh, Qassim, Hail, Al-Jouf and Al-Haditha at the Jordanian border. High-speed trains running at up to 200kmph will be deployed as part of the service, Al-Rumaih said. The new rail lines not only link Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries with the Kingdom but it can also connect Saudi Arabia with Europe via Jordan, Syria and Turkey, he added. SAR Executive Chairman pointed out that the entire rail project, which includes separate services for transporting minerals and passengers, will cost SR16 billion. SAR Executive Chairman added that the North-South Railway, which starts at Hudaitha in Al-Jouf province and passes through Hail, Qassim and Riyadh provinces, would start transporting minerals this year. Over half of the track for the project has been laid.


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IRAQ

News Details : Iraq: Baghdad Metro Projects On the Go
Description Baghdad Secretary said that a contract was signed with a French international consultancy company in order to prepare the requests for Metro Baghdad project which costs about three billion dollars. Baghdad directorate chose a list of 8 companies to implement the project. After assessing the requests the same will be delivered to the implementing companies which will offer their bids, afterwards special committees will be set to study the bids and choose the best thereof.


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UNITED STATES

News Details : United States: SCDOT Asks for High Speed Rail Grant
Description The South Carolina Department of Transportation has applied for a federal grant to study the feasibility of a High Speed Rail System in the states eastern corridor. It would tie into the existing federally-designated Southeast High Speed Rail Corridor. The way its proposed, it would connect Savannah, Charleston, Florence, and a location near Cheraw at the North Carolina state line. The grant is for $500,000 with a local match of $125,000, which the City of Charleston has agreed to coordinate. DOT has also applied for a similar grant for a statewide rail plan. Each study will take about a year and a half to complete.

We are pursuing these funds to study our rail possibilities in South Carolina. The revenues from state fuel taxes have proven to be insufficient to maintain our existing highway system. We need to look into rail as a way to take the pressure off our highways and reduce traffic congestion. Id also like to thank Mayor Joe Riley and the City of Charleston for its help in seeking funds for the study, SC Transportation Secretary said.


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IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF

News Details : Iran Islamic Republic of: Iran, Tajikistan to Build Linking Railway
Description Iran and Tajikistan inked a cooperation agreement to prepare the needed Technical and Economic Plan for Building a Railway between the two countries via Afghanistan. The document was signed by Iranian Foreign Minister and his Tajik counterpart on the sidelines of the 37th meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) foreign ministers in Dushanbe. Iranian Foreign Minister pointed out that the project will pave the way for linking China, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Irans railways. The cooperation between the two countries, specially in energy and industrial fields, has yielded good achievements which should, of course, be considered a result of the efforts made by the two countries officials.

Iranian President heading a high-ranking politico-economic delegation, visited Dushanbe on January 4 on the first leg of his bi-nation tour of Tajikistan and Turkmenistan to confer on the further bolstering of bilateral ties and cooperation in meetings with senior officials of the two Central Asian states. The two countries inked three Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) and two documents on mutual cooperation as well as a joint statement during Ahmadinejads trip to Dushanbe.

Also earlier this month, Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi and his Tajik counterpart Sherali Khayrulloyev signed an agreement to broaden defense cooperation between the two countries. Under the agreement the two sides will widen the scope of mutual defense, educational and technical cooperation. The two countries have in the agreement considered mutual defense cooperation an important factor for stabilization of peace and stability in the region.


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AUSTRALIA

News Details : Australia: John Holland Awarded Vic Rail Project
Description Leighton Holdings Ltds subsidiary, construction firm John Holland, has been awarded a major stake in Victorias $650 million South Morang rail extension project. The project, designed to increase public transport capacity in Melbournes north, involves duplicating the rail line between Keon Park and Epping and the extension of the rail line to South Morang.

John Hollands stake in the project is expected to be more than $300 million, the company said. Planning and design work begins immediately, and construction is scheduled to start in the second half of 2010. John Holland and alliance partner AECOM, an international engineering firm, are one of several entities selected to build the rail extension. The other parties are Metro Trains Melbourne and several government departments.


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Updated On 04 May 2010

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