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15.09.2004
INGENO Group lays foundation for rail network in Sudan
With a feasibility study for the construction and operation of a railway link, the INGENO Group has laid the foundation for the implementation of a unique transport project in Sudan.
After 21 years of civil unrest this project paves the way for a durable
pacification and economic development of the country. Crucial for
economic development is the opening-up of the flat country via a 4,100
km long rail network. The railway should connect the country’s huge raw
material resources with Eastern African transhipment centres in
Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya.
The study was commissioned by Sudan’s People Liberation Movement
(SPLM). A peace agreement between the SPLM and the government in
Khartoum defines that the new provincial government can to some extent
autonomously decide on the development of southern Sudan. The
construction of the new rail network is given the highest priority, as
it allows the optimal economic opening-up of a flat country such as
Sudan with its widely distributed natural resources. To be able to
export its goods and participate in global trade, Sudan moreover
requires access to the Indian Ocean. This is why the first
approximately 1,000 km long stretch runs from Juba in northern Sudan via
northern Kenya to Nakura in eastern Kenya, which connects to the port
of Mombassa. A link to Uganda’s railway system in Gulu is also planned
for the future.
The INGENO Group recommends a standard track gauge (1,435 mm) of a high
technical standard for the new railway connection. The time of
construction before commissioning of the first section is estimated at
four years, and construction costs for the initially single track line
at around 2.5 billion Euro. First negotations on the financing of this
major project are under way. In October 2004 the SPLM will present the
feasibility study in Nairobi, Kampala and Nimule, seat of the new
provisional government in southern Sudan.
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| Munich S-Bahn Main Line |
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| From December 2004 the ten-minute frequency will be introduced in the Munich S-Bahn network, so that it can better cope with the 750,000 daily passengers. Within the scope of this major project, the BPG Bauüberwachungs- und Projektsteuerungsgesellschaft mbH was responsible for the construction supervision. |
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| Modernisation of signalling systems in Latvia |
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| INGENO Europrojekte GmbH strengthens its presence in the Eastern European region: Alcatel SEL AG Stuttgart has entrusted the company with the implementation planning for signalling systems and underground cabling on the railway link between the Belorussian border near Indra and Ventspils, Latvia’s major port. In addition, INGENO Europrojekte GmbH has been awarded the order to manage and monitor the surveying works, as part of the basic analysis, on the so-called east-west corridor. |
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