Sentences with phrase «gotthard rail link»

China - backed iron ore miners in the Mid West are preparing to join forces to develop a port and rail link to Oakajee if the current proposal by Oakajee Port and Rail fails to proceed.

It holds a number of government contracts, including for the construction of a high - speed rail link and for the maintenance of roads.

Local contractor MACA has won a $ 4.8 million contract to upgrade an intersection in Ascot which will pave the way for planned street closures as the $ 2 billion Forrestfield - Airport Rail Link gets underway.

NRW Holdings emerged from a trading halt this morning with its share price nearly tripling in value on the back of news yesterday that its joint venture with Salini Impregilo had been named the preferred contractor for the $ 2 billion Forrestfield - Airport Rail link.

for Transport, the public must question every major transport project as spending 2.2 billion dollars on the Forrestfield - Airport rail link is a grotesque waste of money which can not be justified with our very low population density and simply needs an efficient bus system at a fraction of the cost similar to that servicing Melbourne's Tullarmarine Airport.

After investing in rail links in order to improve access to the Bakken, PBF Energy is slashing its purchases.

Bechtel is currently overseeing a major portion of Crossrail, the largest infrastructure installation in Europe — a network of tunnels and rail links in London that will connect the city to the outer suburbs.

A high - speed rail link between Beijing and 2022 Winter Olympics co-host Zhangjiakou will begin test runs in August, 2019.

The Ontario government has proposed a high - speed rail link that will rapidly transport workers from Kitchener and London to Toronto's Pearson airport.

By: Terence Creamer 12th October 2017 An expression of interest (EoI) for the R20 - billion crossborder Swazi Rail Link infrastructure project between South Africa and Swaziland will be released to potential investors before the end of 2017, South Africa's Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and Swaziland Rail confirmed on Thursday.

CN operates a railway that terminates at Hay River on the south shore of Great Slave Lake, 450 road km south of NICO and provides a rail link for haulage of the concentrate that will be produced at the mine site.

It is slated to become a transport hub that will house the main terminal for a planned high - speed rail link with Singapore.

Cyclone Hudhud wrecked homes, uprooted trees, tore down power and communication lines, cut off road and rail links, and flooded thousands of acres of farmland in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.

GrainCorp, which has committed $ 200 million to upgrading the network, urged governments to reinstate missing rail links, increase payload weights and standardise track gauges.

The Metro West rail link and a proposed rail line to Western Sydney Airport could reduce motorist demand for WestConnex.

Jimmy Fortune takes the ride on this gelded son of Rail Link who was a most progressive sprinter last term until disappointing on his final start at York.

Fans should also allow plenty of time to get their onward connection either to the Soccerbus via the rail link to Sandhills or the 917 bus service from St John's Lane opposite Lime Street Station.

He explains: «The official line is we support the principle of a high speed rail link from the north to the south, but that we have objections to the specific proposal that's on the table at the moment.»

Among the upgrades on offer across England's regions were a halving of the tolls on the Humber Bridge, the construction of a new rail link between Oxford, Milton Keynes and Bedford and work on a new crossing of the Lower Thames.

For example, in the case of Heathrow, there have been significant challenges to creating an appropriate rail link to the west of Heathrow airport so currently all freight to and from Heathrow is by road.

Local Tory associations have withheld tens of thousands of pounds from party HQ to underline their opposition to plans to construct the high - speed rail link (HS2) between London and Birmingham.

In July 2003, a Eurostar train broke the record for the fastest train in the UK, reaching 208 mph during safety testing of Section One of the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link.

The Liberal Democrats were the first party to call for the high speed rail link — as far back as 2004.

The Government authorised a Channel Tunnel Rail Link project to overcome this problem, which in turn attracted widespread controversy over the route to be followed.

High speed rail could be transformative for New York — with the potential to revitalize Upstate New York's economy with construction jobs now and permanent jobs created by the new high speed rail links to New York City, Toronto and Montreal in the future.

This sought to secure the necessary powers to build the rail link connecting Maidenhead and Heathrow in the west to Shenfield and Abbey Wood in the east, including connecting Paddington and Liverpool Street train stations.

Cross London Rail Links (CLRL) was set up in 2001 as a joint venture by Transport for London (TfL) and the Department for Transport (DfT) to develop plans and costs for Crossrail.

The Cross London Rail Links (Crossrail) project is a joint venture company established by Transport for London and the Strategic Rail Authority.

The former transport secretary headed the body that makes recommendations to the government on projects such as the high - speed rail link HS2.

A recent government - commissioned report on Britain's future transport needs was unenthusiastic about the benefits of high - speed rail links, and said the government would be better to invest in small - scale improvements.

Jones has often taken part in campaigns related to transport such as dedicating himself to promoting a new high - speed rail link connecting London to Harrogate to promote commerce in the region and campaigning for greener buses.

12.18 - Cameron talking about the Dawlish rail link again.

The high - speed rail link is a particularly big issue in her patch, for example.

«I don't have a deep intellectual view as to where the rail link should go.

Nor would introducing a high - speed rail link, such as the one proposed between London and Scotland, provide any major impact, he said.

Hoping to tap into the Clinton Administration's interest in high - speed rail transportation, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo yesterday proposed building a high - speed rail link between New York City and Albany that would eventually connect to Boston in only two hours.

The 57 km (35 - mile) twin - bore Gotthard base tunnel will provide a high - speed rail link under the Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe.

• It's refreshing to see Andrew Adonis drumming up passengers for his proposed high - speed rail link between London and the North with his suggestion to move the House of Lords well to the north of Watford (Move House of Lords out of London, says Lord Adonis, 19 April).

Jenny Willott, MP for Cardiff Central, has welcomed the UK Government's response to a report on cross border road and rail links between England and Wales by the Welsh Affairs Committee.

Ministers announced a series of changes yesterday to plans for a # 12bn high - speed rail link from London to Birmingham in an effort to avert a Conservative rebellion against the scheme.

Rail links are far more effective and cost efficient than an air link, which time and again has been proven to be a waste of public subsidy.»

The governor Tuesday also unveiled his ambitious plan to modernize New York's infrastructure and transportation system, most notably proposing a rail link to LaGuardia Airport.

«The Welsh Liberal Democrats would scrap this wasteful and polluting subsidy and instead concentrate on improving rail links.

«High speed rail could be transformative for New York — with the potential to revitalize Upstate New York's economy with construction jobs now and permanent jobs created by the new high speed rail links to New York City, Toronto and Montreal in the future,» Cuomo wrote in 2010, a few days after he was elected, in a letter to then - Transportation secretary Ray LaHood.

Ontario premier Kathleen Wynne recently announced a high - speed rail link from Toronto to Windsor.

The projects include a new brewery, renovating the former Ramada Inn, rail links to Buffalo and Niagara Falls, as well as renovating the KeyBank building for both businesses and new apartments.

The Labour peer Andrew Adonis conceived of the high - speed rail link, which will initially shorten train times between London and Birmingham and eventually move up the country providing quicker connections between northern cities and the capital.

Campaigners against the new rail link welcomed the committee's report but said they expected the government to «plough ahead» regardless.

If Brown announced that he was dropping airport expansion and instead committing to high - speed rail links between British cities and the continent, the G8 would know it was time to raise their own game.

Hunt treated us with an anecdote about the Duke of Devonshire at the time «horrified by working class tourists», who didn't allow a rail link to Eastbourne, most of which he owned.