METROLINX, which is responsible for transport in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), has awarded a $C 300m ($US 239m) contract to 4Ttransit, a joint venture of Hatch, Parsons and WSP Canada, to provide technical advisory services for two work packages under Metrolinx’s 10-year Regional Express Rail (RER) project.
GERMAN Rail (DB) announced on August 22 that the section of the Karlsruhe - Basle line through the town of Rastatt will remain closed until October 7 following a major landslip on August 12, which was caused by groundwater entering the new railway tunnel being constructed beneath the town.