Bidders line up for Europe's biggest signalling contract...

The bidders for the resignalling of Denmark's network with European Rail Traffic Management System Level 2 - which include Invensys Rail - are busily working on their bids for submission by the end of November.


The contract is divided into 2 sub-contracts one east of the Great Belt and the other west of the Great Belt, is worth up to DKK 6 billion and covers 2,200km of mainline railway. A single company will not be allowed to win both contracts but the winners will get an option on the other contract in the case of one company not being able to live up to the contract's conditions.

The first two trial lines - Roskilde – Køge – Næstved and Lanngå – Frederikshavn in the north of Jutland are expected to be commissioned in 2016 and the entire renewal is due to be completed in 2021.

Bids submitted for S-banen resignalling

Invensys Rail has submitted its bid for the massive S-banen resignalling project. The company was unable to reveal further details of it's bid, which is being evaluated against competing offers from four other groups, but the company has a growing portfolio of similar projects under way around the world, including Singapore, Sao Paulo, Madrid and London.

Banedanmark expects to announce the winner of the contract in the second quarter of 2011.