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| BAM Rail builds tram line in Edinburgh BAM Rail (the subsidiary of Dutch builder Royal BAM Group specialised in rail-related services) has been granted a contract from Siemens as a subcontractor for the construction of a tram line in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom. The contract includes the construction of nine kilometres of double-track tram line in the centre of Edinburgh as well as ten kilometres in the direction of the suburbs and the airport to the west of the Scottish capital. The total building costs amount to approximately € 40 million. The BAM Rail work is a part of an extensive contract that will be executed from October 2008 by a consortium made up of Bilfinger Berger and Siemens at the instructions of TIE, Transportation Initiatives Edinburgh, a project organisation of the City of Edinburgh. It is expected that the tram line will be delivered at the end of 2010. After a testing period of a few months, the first trams will be running between the airport and the port of Edinburgh during the first half of 2011. write your comments about the article :: © 2008 Construction News :: home page |