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International Mass Transportation Program
Updated June 16, 2009
New Tenders
Welcome to the International Mass Transportation Program - International Tenders Webpage. We have listed our tenders postings under categories that match the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) generally used in international purchasing. In order to facilitate your research, we have provided examples of the types of products and services listed under each CPV category. We appreciate all of your feedback and comments with regard to the collection and distribution of International Tenders. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please contact Gale Y. Brown at [Gale.Brown@dot.gov].
Click on the link below to see New Tenders organized by CPV:
- CPV: 28000000 - Fabricated Products and Materials (Example: Bus Shelters)
- CPV: 29000000 - Machinery, Equipment, Appliances, Apparatus and Associated Products (Examples: Traffic Control Equipment, Variable Message Signs, Signaling Equipment, Security Systems, Vehicle Locations Systems (GPS), and Dispatch Systems)
- CPV: 30000000 - Office and Computing Machinery, Equipment and Supplies (Examples: Ticket Validation Machines, Automatic Fare Collection, Digital Mapping Systems (GIS), and Passenger Information Systems)
- CPV: 31000000 - Electrical Machinery, Apparatus, Equipment and Consumables (Examples: Control Equipment, Electrical Signaling Equipment for Railways, Electrical Installation for Railways, and Information Panels)
- CPV: 34000000 - Bus and Bus Parts (Examples: Buses, Engines, and Gearboxes)
- CPV: 35000000 - Rail Vehicles and Equipment (Examples: Rail Locomotives and Diesel-Electric Locomotives)
- CPV: 45000000 - Railway Contraction Projects, Tunneling, and Building Facilities for Railways (Examples: Railway Works, Intercity Railway Works, Urban Railway Works, and Track Construction Works)
- CPV: 50000000 - Repair, Maintenance and Installation Services (Examples: Track Maintenance Services, Bus Repair Services, and Locomotive Repair Services)
- CPV: 60000000 - Land Transport Services and Transport via Pipeline Services (Examples: Public Transport Services by Bus, Public Transport Services by Railway, and Public Transport Services by Tram)
- CPV: 74000000 - Architectural, Engineering, Construction, Legal, Accounting and other Professional Services (Examples: Design and Engineering for Subways and Bus Rapid Transit Systems)
New Projects
Listed below are various informational points for current and future transportation related projects. When available tendering information is provided.
Click on the link below to see New Projects:
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New Projects
Afghanistan - Boost for Afghan Plan to Develop Railway System
Source: ADB
April 28, 2009
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Afghanistan's push to develop a railway system that will spur economic growth and make the country a key transit and trade route within Asia is to receive support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
ADB has approved a technical assistance grant of US$1.2 million to fund a feasibility study for two key railway routes in the north of the country. The focus will be on railway lines linking northern Afghanistan with neighboring Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.
Land-locked Afghanistan has seen major improvements in its road network in recent years, with support from ADB. However, only half the roads that connect 24 provinces in the country are serviceable throughout the year and the system remains inadequate, inefficient and, in some places, unsafe. Rail provides a more reliable and cost-effective option for moving people and goods, and can help Afghanistan unlock its significant mineral, industrial and agricultural wealth.
An expanded rail system will also help Afghanistan realize its strategic potential as a gateway linking Central, South Asia and the Middle East, and supports the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) group of countries’ transport corridors program.
“The technical assistance support for an expanded rail system will help boost sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction in the country, as well as fostering regional cooperation by boosting intra and interregional trade along the CAREC transport corridors," says Manzoor Rehman, Senior Transport Specialist in ADB’s Central and West Asia Department. "It will enhance Afghanistan’s economic competitiveness and provide all-year accessibility to its neighbors.”
Feasibility studies will be carried out on two proposed railway lines linking Hairatan, on the border with Uzbekistan, to Herat, in west Afghanistan, and another starting at Shirkhan Bendar, on the border with Tajikistan, and traveling via Kunduz and Mazar-e-Sharif to Herat. ADB will assess long-term traffic demand, and the rail sector’s potential capacity, before making recommendations to the Government on the two routes.
The total project cost is estimated at $1.26 million with the government making an in-kind contribution equivalent to $60,000. The Ministry of Public Works will be the Executing Agency.
Since 2002, ADB has approved financial support of over $600 million for Afghanistan’s transport and communications sector, mostly for roads. This is over 40% of ADB’s overall assistance to the country and around 25% of all donor financing for Afghanistan’s roads. The new technical assistance grant is included in the ADB's 2009 pipeline for nonlending products and services for Afghanistan, as set out in the ADB's Country Partnership Strategy: Afghanistan, 2009-2013.
http://www.adb.org/media/Articles/2009/
12865-afghanistan-railways-projects/
Argentina - AR-L1087 : Buenos Aires Subway Expansion Program
Source: IADB
April 5, 2009
The Buenos Aires city government is planning an ambitious program for the expansion of the subway network, involving the construction of 25 km of new tracks, with an estimated investment of US$2,500 millions. The current operation will finance the first stage of this expansion.
Details and procurement information on web site:
http://www.iadb.org/projects/project.cfm?i
d=AR-L1087%20&lang=en
Brazil - BR-L1096 : PROCIDADES-ITAJAÍ Urban Mobility and Development Program "Viva Cidade"
Source: IADB
March 15, 2009
To support activities and projects within the transportation and mobility sector of Itajaí's "Viva Cidade" (City Alive) Program. The interventions financed by this operation can be classified in three different groups: traffic infrastructure; improvement of the public transportation system, and implementation of bikeway corridors. The Program also includes a institutional strengthening
Details and procurement information on web site:
http://www.iadb.org/projects/project.cfm?id=B
R-L1096%20&lang=en
Brazil: US$130 Million Loan to Improve Public Sector Management, Education, Health and Transport
Source:World Bank
April 20, 2009
WASHINGTON, April 9, 2009 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today a US$130 million loan for the Brazil Federal District Multisector Management Project, which will support public sector management and accountability reforms and increase the access, quality and efficiency of education, health and public transport services, especially for the low income population.
“This new partnership is part of the Government’s results management efforts in the public sector, which are structured over three pillars: modernization, decentralization and integration of public services,” said the Federal District Governor José Roberto Arruda. “By supporting and complementing the Government’s development plan, this project will improve the quality of life of the Federal District’s population, reduce inequalities among regional areas and improve our competitiveness and growth potential.”
With a population of nearly 2.5 million, the Federal District is the fourth largest city in Brazil, after São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador. Planned in the 1950’s for a population of up to half million in 2000, currently the District has almost six times that figure.
In addition, the population from neighboring municipalities in the states of Goiás and Minas Gerais rely heavily on services and economic and social opportunities in the District. These factors create overstressed, unmet demands for the provision of quality basic public services, mainly in education, health and mass transport. The education and health sectors employ most of the Government’s civil servants, which together with the transport sector, account for most of public expenditures.
“The Government of the Federal District has multiple and urgent demands for greater public investment, which heighten the need to address efficiency of expenditures. At the same time, the Government is undertaking results-based reforms aiming at improving the District’s competitiveness. This new project will be key for this process,” said Makhtar Diop, World Bank Country Director for Brazil. “The project will leave a legacy of improved practices for more effective and efficient Government spending as a whole, not only in the target sectors.”
The project will co-finance the Government’s US$400 million Multisector Public Management Program through a US$130 million loan, to be disbursed in three years. The objective is to improve public sector administration and accountability by establishing result-based management practices and improving fiduciary oversight. It will also modernize the education system, decentralize and integrate various levels of health care and strengthen the capacity of the public transport sector. The reform’s goal will be achieved by:
Ø Adopting a shared management model that includes performance-based results strategies and incentives for schools, as well as support for early childhood and primary and secondary education.
Ø Establishing results-based management practices in the health sector.
Ø Developing the health sector managerial and clinical information system and Cartão Saúde, an electronic health card with user medical information.
Ø Extending primary health care to decrease demand pressure on emergency services and hospitals.
Ø Piloting a public-private partnership for social organization management of the Santa Maria Hospital, in one of the District’s poorest areas.
Ø Modernizing management and strengthening capacity of the Secretariat of Transport and DFTRANS to improve planning, regulation and supervision of public transportation services.
Ø Financing technical assistance and training to build capacity in the public sector.
Ø Designing and implementing cost-accounting systems in the education and health sectors.
“This is the second Bank-financed project in the Federal District, and will complement the Brasília Environmentally Sustainable Project, being successfully implemented since 2005,” said Joana Godinho, World Bank Project Manager. “The Federal District is giving a major step towards its goal of more efficient and inclusive public services. We would like to congratulate the Government for the excellent work, especially the inter-sectoral coordination that was achieved.”
Contact:
In Brasilia – Denise Marinho (+55-61) 3329-1099
dmarinho@worldbank.org
In Washington – Gabriela Aguilar (+1 202) 473-6768
gaguilar2@worldbank.org
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NE
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China - ADB to Help Expand Rail Network in Less-Developed Areas in Western PRC
Source: Asian Development Bank
December 18, 2008
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping the People’s Republic of China (PRC) expand its rail network in the less-developed western region.
ADB is providing a $150 million loan of up to 26 years to help build a 259-kilometer electric railway line between Chongqing municipality and Lichuan city in Hubei province. The Chonqing-Lichuan Railway Development Project will interconnect with other lines either built or being planned by the PRC Government to bring sustainable growth and jobs to the underdeveloped western region, and to expand transport corridors linking neighboring countries.
The railway will become part of the shortest east-west route connecting major cities and ports in the eastern part of the country, including Shanghai, Qingdao, Wuhan, and Yichang, and to Chongqing and Chengdu cities in the west.
The ADB loan will supplement a $1.53 billion financing from the Ministry of Railways and the Chongqing municipal government, and a $1.38 billion loan from China Construction Bank.
“Interior regions have not benefited as much from the country’s sharp economic growth as the east. Aside from creating a faster, more efficient, and safe rail link, the project will generate employment, increase living standards, and reduce poverty,” said Manmohan Parkash, Principal Transport Specialist with ADB’s East Asia Department.
Eight new railway stations will be built with state-of-the-art safety, signaling, communications, and management information systems. Access roads linking poor communities to the railway stations will also be constructed, providing small business opportunities in and around the stations, as well as giving tourism in Chongqing and Hubei province a boost.
By using electric locomotives carrying double-stack containers, the railway will sharply increase freight carrying capacity, lower energy costs, and reduce pollution.
The project will be owned and operated by a joint venture company set up between the Ministry of Railways and the Chongqing municipal government. It will have the freedom to set tariffs and to outsource work to the private sector.
http://www.adb.org/media/Articles/2008
/12747-chinese-railways-developments/
Contacts:
Executing Agency
Ministry of Railways
Mr. Liu Junfu, Acting Director General, FCTIC
Fax. No. +8610-51841845
Tel. No. +8610-51848416
No. 10 Fuxing Road
Beijing 100844
Columbia - WB Grants Additional US$ 30 Million for the Bogota Urban Services Development Project
Source: World Bank
October 21, 2008
WASHINGTON, October 21, 2008 – The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a US$ 30 million loan in additional financing for the Bogota Urban Services Project aimed at increasing activities related to urban mobility and strengthening institutions.
In order to achieve these goals, plans have been made to design improvements on the Integrated Massive Transit System of the city, including the subway; lend technical assistance to help strengthen the Institute of Urban Development and support the Ministry of Finance for the District in strengthening and improving its fiscal management capacities and cadastre procedures.
“In offering these resources we reiterate our support to the District of Bogota and its 7 million inhabitants, so that through improved mobility they may seek better job options, education and social services, thus reducing urban poverty more efficiently”, said Axel van Trotsenburg, World Bank Director for Colombia and Mexico. “The District has proved to be consistently innovative in urban development and has shown solid financial management that allows for an integral vision to improve quality in this important urban area.” he added.
This additional financing is in line with the objectives of the National Development Plan 2008-2012, “Bogota Positiva: para vivir mejor” (A Positive Bogota for a Better Life), which intends to improve the conditions of urban life by increasing access, coverage, quality and reliability in the provision of transportation for residents in low income areas. The program also supports the strategic goal “Sustainable Finances” which means to consolidate a sustainable fiscal model for the city’s administration.
The activities to be financed through this loan will be, essentially, technical assistance and investigation, as well as an extension on components of the initial project, such as:
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Improved Urban Mobility.-. This component aims to expand and improve the integral net of urban public transport in Bogota, including development of the first subway line. With the expected integration of public urban transportation in mind, several investigations will be conducted: analysis on fiscal and environmental impacts; design and engineering studies, and the financial and legal framework for building and operating the subway, including matters related to structuring agreements with the private sector. Support will also be given to the implementation of the integration of public transport.
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Strengthen institutions.-. On one hand, this component is aimed at strengthening the administrative capacity of the Urban Development Institute (IDU) in managing the city’s network of roads and, on the other hand, it has identified that land tax management and the cadastre administration requires special attention, in order to achieve a fiscal well being in the medium term.
"Bogotá has become a world referent in matters such as mobility and public spaces. The Bank financed the conceptualization study and part of the first phase of Transmilenio (80th street), and will now continue to help with the integration of the transport system and the future first subway line. The integration of public transport intends to give access to transportation to low income people and, given the elevated rates of motorized transportation, promote public transport over private, thus diminishing congestion and its impact on the environment ", said Mauricio Cuellar, Senior Transport Specialist and the project’s Team Leader.
This additional financing is consistent with the Country Partnership Strategy approved last April, which recognizes that it is essential to maintain sustainable and fast growth, promote competitiveness in the productive sectors and improve access to basic services for the underprivileged sectors.
The total amount of the additional financing required is US$ 62.60 million, of which the World Bank will cover US$ 30 million; the Inter-American Development Bank, US$ 10 million, and the District of Bogota US$ 22.60 million.
The agency responsible for the execution of the World Bank resources of the loan is the District of Bogota. It is a fixed spread loan payable in 10 years with a 5 year grace period. A front end fee was set at 0.25% of the total amount. The project is expected to be concluded by Julio 31, 2011.
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,conte
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Contacts:
In Washington: Gabriela Aguilar
(202) 473 6768
gaguilar2@worldbank.org
In Columbia: Maria Clara Ucros
5713263600 ext. 259
mucros@worldbank.org
Denmark - Copenhagen invites metro bids
Source: International Railway Journal
December 15, 2008
COPENHAGEN Metro is to invite companies this month to pre-qualify for a tender to build and equip a circular automatic light metro line in the Danish capital. Mr Gunni Frederiksen, chief safety manager with Copenhagen Metro, says tender documents will be issued to pre-qualified bidders by the middle of next year with a view to awarding the contract by mid-2010. The line is due to open in mid-2018.
Frederiksen, who was speaking at a metro conference staged earlier this month by the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) in Lausanne, Switzerland, says two civil works contract will be let due to the complexity of the project. A 15km underground line is planned with 17 stations, plus a depot. The system contract will include a five-year contract to operate and maintain the line with an option for another three years.
The line will carry 240,000 passengers a day, and will be Copenhagen’s second automatic light metro line. The first line, running north-south was finally completed in September 2007.
http://www.railjournal.com/latenews.html
Egypt: World Bank Supports the Egyptian National Railways Restructuring Project
Source: World Bank
March 31, 2009
WASHINGTON, March 17, 2009 - The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a loan in the amount of $ 270 million to support the Egypt National Railways Restructuring Project (ENRRP).
The objective of ENRRP is to support the strategy of the Government of Egypt for improving the reliability, efficiency and safety of the railways’ services through signaling and track renewal investments by Egyptian National Railways (ENR) and the modernization of its management and operating practices in order to enhance the railways’ sector responsiveness to economic and social needs.
In the past few years, the total traffic of the railways; passengers and freight, exceeded 65 billion traffic units, which exceeds the combined traffic of railways in Algeria, Iran, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey. “The World Bank’s support to the transport sector in Egypt is in line with the Bank’s Country Assistance Strategy which identifies enhancing the provision of public services as a key objective to achieve sustainable growth,” said Emmanuel Mbi, Country Director for Egypt, Yemen and Djibouti. “Since the railways sector plays a significant role in the Egyptian economy, we are pleased to support the ongoing reforms that aim at creating safer, more dynamic, responsive, and competitive rail services,” he added.
Passengers and businesses are two principal target beneficiaries of ENRRP. Low-income passengers in particular, will benefit from safer, more reliable and faster services; whereas businesses, with respect to freight transport, will have access to a much larger range of more reliable rail services.
The first component of the Project will finance the modernization of signaling along the Arab el-Raml to Alexandria line and a computerized Central Traffic Control system (CTC). “When this section is completed, it will be the most modern part of the Egyptian railway network in terms of signaling and safety standards,” said Michel Bellier, the World Bank Task Team Leader. The second component of the Project will finance priority track-renewal works for 200 km of track along the Cairo-Aswan line and the Benha-Port Said line. “The renewal of the identified sections will significantly decrease the risk of derailments and track maintenance costs while increasing train speed,” he further added.
Contact:
In Washington: Dina Elnaggar (202) 473-3245
Delnaggar@worldbank.org
In Cairo: Eman Wahby 202-2574-1670
Ewahby@worldbank.org
http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEW
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K:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
Indonesia - ADB to Invest $140 Million in Indonesian Fund to Boost Infrastructure
Source: ADB
April 5, 2009
MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved investment of up to US$140 million in the government-backed Indonesian Infrastructure Financing Facility (IIFF) to support urgent infrastructure development in Indonesia.
Power outages, transportation bottlenecks, and other critical infrastructure shortages are holding back economic growth and poverty reduction in Indonesia but private-sector investment has been low because of the dearth of long-term financing from banks or through the capital markets.
The IIFF, conceived in 2007, will provide financial assistance in the form of long-dated debt instruments, equity, or guarantees for infrastructure projects. In doing so, it aims to attract six to seven times more private sector investment to Indonesia's infrastructure sector than there is now.
"There is a huge gap between needed infrastructure investments and the available financing. That has significantly constrained the expansion of crucial infrastructure in Indonesia - this project is expected to help close the gap," says Arjun Thapan, Director General of ADB's Southeast Asia Department.
ADB's investment will comprise up to $40 million for a 20% equity stake in IIFF and a 25-year loan of up to $100 million to the government-owned infrastructure holding company PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (PTSMI), which will relend the loan to IIFF as subordinated debt. The loan will have a grace period of 5 years.
"IIFF will finance commercially viable infrastructure projects by offering long-term financing and by providing the intellectual capital needed to catalyze public-private partnerships," says Philip Erquiaga, Director General of ADB's Private Sector Operations Department. "By limiting its exposure to 20% of the cost of any project, IIFF is expected to finance up to $5.5 billion of projects in its first 5 years of operations."
Investment in infrastructure in Indonesia has risen to 3.0%-3.5% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in recent years but is still below levels of 5.0%-6.0% per year prior to the 1997 Asian financial crisis. Much recent investment has been by the government while private investment has dropped sharply over the last 10 years to below 1% of GDP between 2000 and 2006.
http://www.adb.org/media/Articles/2009/1285
1-indonesian-infrastructures-developments/
Kazakhstan - World Bank Supports Improved Transport Efficiency and Safety in Kazakhstan
Source: World Bank
May 11, 2009
ASTANA, April 30, 2009?The World Bank Board of Directors approved today a US$ 2.125 billion loan for the Kazakhstan South-West Roads Project to help upgrade the trade route linking China to Russia and Western Europe through Kazakhstan, bringing a helpful economic stimulus to some of Kazakhstan’s poorest provinces. The project will boost Kazakhstan’s competitiveness and bring significant economic benefits to the country, as well as to Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.
Much of the road network in Kazakhstan was constructed during the Soviet era and has significantly deteriorated since then due to lack of adequate maintenance. Half of the roads in the country’s network need major maintenance or full rehabilitation. Kazakhstan’s road safety record is poor with road accidents and fatality rates increasing in recent years. The current unsatisfactory condition of roads in the country prevents development of international and regional trade and limits access of rural communities to essential public services and work opportunities.
The World Bank will finance and rehabilitate a 1,062 km stretch of road between Shymkent and Aktobe/Kyzylorda Oblast border. This will be part of a US$ 7.5 billion International Transit Corridor development program of the Government of Kazakhstan to upgrade approximately 2,800 km of the CAREC corridors within Kazakhstan linking China (at Khorgos) to Russia (at Zhaisan).
"Upgrading this key road will give a major stimulus to the Kazakh economy because construction of new stretches of the road and rehabilitation of the existing sections will create about 35,000 new jobs and will generate substantial indirect benefits to most of the population in the Kazakh provinces of Kyzylorda and South Kazakhstan Oblasts, which are the poorest parts of the country," said Sergei Shatalov, World Bank Country Manager in Kazakhstan. "The road will improve access to markets for the local communities living along the Corridor, and stands to benefit some three million people living in the neighboring provinces. Such a stimulus is very important at this time of the crisis."
The Project comprises five components:
1. Upgrading and reconstructing a road section along the Corridor within Kyzylorda Oblast, excluding Kyzylorda bypass;
2. Upgrading and reconstructing road sections along the Corridor within South Kazakhstan Oblast and the Kyzylorda and Shymkent bypasses;
3. Project Management Consultants to assist the Committee for Roads with the management of all activities associated with the Project;
4. Institutional development and preparation of action plans to improve road safety and road services; and
5. Consulting services for supervision of civil works.
The World Bank loan has a maturity of 25 years including 5 year grace period. Implementation of the World Bank funded project will begin in 2009 and will take four years. The main agency responsible for project implementation is the Committee for Roads of the Ministry of Transport and Communication.
The World Bank’s overall mission in Kazakhstan is to improve people’s lives by promoting diversification and competitiveness of the economy and creating more job opportunities. Since July 1992, the Bank has provided 33 loans to Kazakhstan for the total amount of more than 4.2 billion US dollars.
http://go.worldbank.org/DA9YQPYK00
Romania - EBRD increases loan to improve urban transport infrastructure in key Romanian city
New €13 million credit helps Arad city complete tram track and street rehabilitation programme
The EBRD is investing a further €13 million to support the completion of a tram track and street rehabilitation programme in the city of Arad, a key commercial centre in western Romania near the Hungarian border.
The new loan is part of the EBRD's response to the global economic crisis, providing finance for an important infrastructure development project in the absence of alternative commercial funding.
The credit is a follow up investment to the Bank’s original €20 million syndicated loan from 2005 to finance tram track and street rehabilitation in the city of Arad.
The new loan will enable Arad municipality to continue to implement a comprehensive tram track rehabilitation programme, financed partly by the initial loan. The loan increase will be used to complete the original tram track and street rehabilitation programme and to finance the second phase of the modernisation of tramway infrastructure and city centre streets.
The city is an important Romanian commercial centre and is one of the most economically-developed urban areas in Romania, whose commercial significance will be further enhanced by a better functioning transport infrastructure.
This additional facility will allow the Arad city to complete the rehabilitation programme initiated in 2005.
Press contact:
Bojana Todorovska, London - Tel: +44 20 7338 6940; E-mail: todorovb@ebrd.com
http://www.ebrd.com/new/pressrel/2009/090516a.htm
Serbia - EBRD helps Serbian Railways improve service
Source: EBRD
May 11, 2009
€100 million to boost competitiveness of Serbian rail sector
The EBRD is lending €100million to the Serbian state-owned railway company Zeleznice Srbije (Serbian Railways) to finance the purchase of rolling stock. This will help the process of restructuring of the company and improve the quality of service and the competitiveness of the Serbian rail sector.
This project builds on the Bank’s efforts to improve the transport infrastructure in Serbia.
The EBRD will finance a fleet of new passenger trains. The new trains will replace the ageing passenger fleet and improve service frequency and quality.
In parallel with the EBRD, the European Investment Bank (EIB) will finance complementary investment focussing on a programme of track renewal of the core network. This will include upgrading of Corridor X, the main rail track running from Croatia to Hungary and its connection to Montenegro, and the line connecting the Serbian capital Belgrade with the port of Bar in Montenegro.
This investment will help improve the overall performance of the passenger business, increasing passenger numbers. At the same time, this project contributes to the Bank’s focus on the restructuring of the Serbian rail sector, which will ultimately deliver the wider benefits of enhanced competition and private sector participation.
Thomas Maier, EBRD Business Group Director for Infrastructure, said that “the EBRD is committed to helping Serbian Railways improve the standards of transport infrastructure. Like the wider Serbian economy, the rail sector is experiencing the effects of the global economic recession and the Bank sees it as vital to provide long-term funding to Serbian Railways to help weather the crisis. Continued investments to boost the company’s operating performance will aid the process of restructuring of the rail sector in Serbia and promote the overall economic growth of Serbia”.
This latest loan builds on the close cooperation between the EBRD and Serbian Railways. In 2001, the Bank provided a loan in support of the refurbishment of electric locomotives and initiated a railway restructuring programme. These objectives were continued with the second loan of €60 million in 2006 for the purchase of 750 freight wagons as part of the major programme of restructuring. Both projects included parallel financing with the EIB.
The EBRD is the largest investor in Serbia, having committed more than €1billion in 83 projects to date.
Press contact:
Bojana Todorovska, London - Tel: +44 20 7338 6940; E-mail: todorovb@ebrd.com
http://www.ebrd.com/new/pressrel/2009/090508b.htm
Ukraine - Lviv Public Transport Financing Project
Source: EBRD
March 5, 2009
The EBRD is considering financing the priority investment programme of LvivElectroTrans Public Transport Company (the “Company”), the public transport company of the city of Lviv, which contemplates, inter alia,
(i) acquisition of new trolley buses;
(ii) tram and trolley bus infrastructure renewal; and
(iii) tram depot modernization.
The project will support a number of related initiatives, including, the introduction of an electronic ticketing system for the Company, a parking strategy for the city, the development of a public transport regulatory reform based on the introduction of a public service contract (“PSC”) between the city and the Company, a corporate development programme for the Company and the introduction of competitive tendering for standardized bus services in the city.
Contact:
EBRD: Francois Gaudet, Operation Leader: gaudetf@ebrd.com
Procurement or tendering: Enquiries: Tel: +44 20 7338 6794; Fax: +44 20 7338 7472, Email: procurement@ebrd.com
General: Tel: +44 20 7338 7168; Fax: +44 20 7338 7380 Email: projectenquiries@ebrd.com
http://www.ebrd.com/projects/psd/psd2009/39299.htm
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