Fonte : http://www.railway-technology.com
Hyundai gets Brazil’s go-ahead for high-speed rail project bid
Hyundai has received approval from the Brazilian Government to submit a bid for the proposed BRL33bn ($16.5bn) high-speed railway project that would link Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Campinas.
According to a report by financial daily Valor Economico, the government has relaxed the requirement for prospective bidders from ten years' experience of operating high-speed rail to five without accidents. Hyundai has eight and a half years of high-speed train experience.
The 317-mile high-speed rail line will connect the cities of Sao Paulo, Campinas and Rio de Janeiro with scheduled completion in 2018.
Interested companies have to submit their bids by 30 April 2013 and, so far, the local subsidiary of France's GEC Alsthom, Germany's Siemens, Japan's Mitsui and Spain's CAF and Talgo have expressed an interest.
"The 317-mile high-speed rail line will connect the cities of Sao Paulo, Campinas and Rio de Janeiro."
The company or consortium that will build the trains and operate the system will be selected first, followed by a contract awarded to build the railway lines, stations and the infrastructure needed for the service's operation, according to Brazil's National Agency of Terrestrial Transport (ANTT).
The project involves the construction of 90.9km of tunnels and 107.8km of bridges and viaducts to traverse the rivers and mountainous terrain that separates Sao Paulo from Rio de Janeiro.
The rail line would reportedly transport an estimated 33 million people in its first year of operation; a number which is expected to reach 100 million by 2030.
The proposed high-speed train, running at 174mph, would reduce the travel time between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo to 80 minutes, compared to six hours by car or bus.
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