Gustavo Ferrari

THE government of the Brazilian state of São Paulo has announced that it received just one bid in the new tender to build, operate and maintain São Paulo metro Line 6.

BRAZILIAN president Mrs Dilma Rousseff and governor of the state of São Paulo, Mr Geraldo Alckmin, announced on October 25 that a further Reais 5.4bn ($US 2.47bn) will be made available for commuter rail and metro investment in São Paulo.

THE government of the Brazilian state of São Paulo announced on September 10 that will re-issue bidding documents for construction, operation and maintenance of São Paulo metro Line 6 on September 13.

DURING presentations held on July 12 in São Paulo and Sorocaba, technical staff of Paulista Metropolitan Trains Company (CPTM) revealed details of the planned São Paulo – Sorocaba regional rail project.

BRAZIL's National Land Transport Agency (ANTT) has published the results of a public consultation on the planned 457km Açailândia – Maranhão – Barcarena – Pará line, which will be one of the first railways in the country to operate on an open-access basis.

BRAZILIAN freight operator Latin American Logistics (ALL) has signed an agreement with Progress Rail to lease 18 EMD SD40-2 diesel locomotives, which will be used on petroleum and ethanol trains in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

PAULISTA Metropolitan Trains (CPTM), which operates the São Paulo commuter rail network, has announced the winners for two tenders to supply trains.

TOSHIBA, Japan, has won a Yen 6bn ($US 60m) contract from a consortium of China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation and CNR Changchun to provide electrical equipment for 60 emus being built for Rio de Janeiro's commuter rail operator SuperVia.

TTRANS Sistemas de Transportes, a member of the VLT RMBS consortium building the 15km light rail line in the Brazilian city of Santos, has selected Thales to supply signalling and communications systems for the project.

THE Argentine government announced on June 3 that it will revoke the two 30-year concessions held by Latin American Logistics (ALL) to operate the former San Martin and Mesopotámico freight networks, which cover a total route length of more than 10,000km.