Peru plans Yurimaguas - Iquitos link T
HE government of Loreto, the northernmost region
of Peru, is developing plans for a 576km railway to link the city of Yurimaguas with the regional capital Iquitos, which is situated on the riverAmazon. The $US 1bn line would be
built through an isolated area with few roads and difficult terrain, crossing wide river flood plains which are often swamped in the summer, and skirting the perimeter of the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, where road
construction is prohibited. Technical studies were due
to be completed by the end of August and an environmental impact assessment is also expected to be approved in the coming weeks. The project is expected to be
tendered as a build-operate- maintain concession through Peru’s private investment agency Proinversión, and companies from Canada, China, and Brazil have reportedly expressed an interest in bidding.
Singapore develops real-time monitoring system for third-rail electrification
S
INGAPORE’s National Research Foundation has
awarded a $US 197,000 grant to a research project which is developing new real-time asset monitoring technology for third-rail electrification. The project is being led by
Dr See Kye Yak, associate professor at Singapore Nanyang Technological University’s School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Most existing electrification inspection systems are based on ultrasonic, pulsed eddy current, and machine vision technologies, which require
the installation of sensors and instruments on a dedicated inspection vehicle. However, the technology under development in Singapore uses radio frequency inductive coupling, meaning there is no direct electrical connection to the high-voltage electrification system and making it safe to use without affecting the normal operation of the train. This means the system can
be installed on standard passenger vehicles to enable real-time monitoring, with the electrification assets being inspected every few minutes by a passing train.
Crowds greet first Polish Pendolino: The first Pendolino emu for PKP Intercity was presented to the public for the first time at Wroclaw Central station on August 12, while en route from Alstom’s Savigliano plant in Italy to the test centre at Zmigród, Poland. PKP Intercity ordered 20 of the seven-car non-tilting emus in 2011 at a cost of ƒ400m, and the trains will be maintained by the manufacturer under a 17-year deal worth a further ƒ265m. Following the completion of testing at Zmigród, mainline trials will begin on the Central Main Line (CMK) between Warsaw and Zawiercie in Silesia.
IRJ September 2013
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