Project Updates
Indore Metro
Location: Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
Project type: New metro network
Start date: 2019
Completion: December 2024 (phase one)
Investment: $1.2bn
The Indore Metro project will have four main lines and a ballastless standard gauge track of 1,435mm.
Phase one will operate 25 Alstom Movia metro passenger trainsets of three-car configuration. The rolling stock will be 22m long and 2.9m wide. operating at 80km/h.
The Northumberland Line
Location: Northumberland, UK
Project type: Railway line redevelopment
Start date: 2022
Completion: 2024
Investment: $235m
The Northumberland Line will reintroduce direct passenger trains between Ashington and Newcastle in the UK.
The project will upgrade 18 miles (29km) of train tracks and develop six new stations. The project also includes the development of three new footbridges and new signal locations.
Fehmarnbelt Tunnel
Location: Rødbyhavn, Denmark
Project type: Road and railway tunnel
Start date: 2020
Completion: 2029
Investment: $8bn
The 18km Fehmarnbelt tunnel is an undersea-immersed tunnel being built between Rødbyhavn, Denmark and Puttgarden, Germany, to accommodate rail and road traffic.
It will become the longest immersed tunnel in the world. The project is part of the European TEN-T network.