Article: Ansaldo Honolulu signs metro contract

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Railway Gazette International -> click here

29 November 2011

USA: The Ansaldo Honolulu consortium of Finmeccanica companies Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda has signed a contract with Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation to supply the technology and rolling stock for the Honolulu driverless metro.

The $1∙3bn contract is for the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the 32 km Honolulu line with 21 stations. The Ansaldo STS $1∙1bn share of the deal will provide traction power, signalling and the operations control centre, while AnsaldoBreda will the supply the rolling stock for $198m.

Design and construction is expected to take eight years, with the first stretch of track to be operational from 2015 and the rest of the line opened in stages, from 2019 to 2029.

Ansaldo Honolulu was selected as core systems contractor in March 2011.

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They really need it over there. So much traffic!!!  unreliable bus schedules. Plus at last a real alternative travelling to and from HNL Airport to Downtown and Waikiki.

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This is the kind of system I'd like to see more use of in Australia instead of at-grade light rail.  If we ever replace the busway it should be with something like this.

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Railway Gazette International -> Honolulu metro track and electrification contracts awarded

1 August 2012

USA: Electrification and track supply subcontracts have been awarded for the $5·2bn Honolulu driverless metro project, a 32 km elevated line between East Kapolei and Ala Moana Center which is scheduled to open in phases from 2015 to 2019.

On August 1 Siemens Infrastructure & Cities announced it had won a 'multi-million dollar' contract to provide 750 DC electrification systems, including 14 rectifier substations, two substations connected to the utility power supply, and emergency stop equipment for the depot and 21 metro stations.

The contract was awarded by the Ansaldo Honolulu joint venture of Ansaldo STS and AnsaldoBreda, which project promoter Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transportation selected for the $1·3bn railway systems and rolling stock contract in March 2011.

Meanwhile, LB Foster has won its largest track component supply contract, a $60m deal to provide the Kiewit/Kobayashi construction joint venture with rails, fasteners, concrete sleepers and third rail equipment.