Brazil: An Alstom-led consortium has won a €20m contract to provide ventilation systems for the 11-station extension of São Paulo metro Line 5 scheduled for completion in 2015. Bulgaria: NRIC has awarded Thales and Kapsch CarrierCom a €35m contract to provide ETCS Level 1 and GSM-R for 133 km of the Sofia - Plovdiv route. Finland: Mipro has won a €16m contract to supply signalling for the 79 km Kokkola - Ylivieska line which is being doubled as part of a €860m modernisation of the 335 km Seinäjoki - Oulu corridor. Mipro will supply signals featuring a narrow vertical housing, ATP equipment and a MiSO TCS interlocking with provision for migration to ETCS Level 1 or 2. India: Larsen & Toubro has appointed Mott MacDonald to provide architectural, structural and public health design services for six Hyderabad metro stations. Italy: Torino's infrastructure company Infratrasporti.To has awarded the Transfirm GEIE consortium of Siemens France and Technimont a €17·1m contract to provide control systems for a 1·9 km extension of the VAL automated metro Line 1. Civil works are being undertaken by Seli SpA under a separate contract. Poland: As part of the Tramwaje lskie modernisation programme, Skanska has won a 21·2m z More...
