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Wednesday, 24.04.2024, 11:31
Lithuanian Railways set to purchase rails from Latvia, Austria for EUR 36.5 mln
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Preliminary contracts with the winning bidders – Sigmen and Voestalpine VAE Legetecha, a joint venture of Voestalpine and LG that manufactures railroad switches – were
signed last December, according to information on Lithuania's central public
procurement website.
"Rails are being purchased for scheduled track repairs
and routine maintenance to ensure safe and uninterrupted passenger and freight
train traffic," Arvydas Dveilys,
director of the Operation Department at LG's Railway Infrastructure
Directorate, told.
The state railway operator plans to replace worn rails on
various railway sections, he added.
The duration of the contracts is two years, with an option
to extend them for another two years.
Sigmen has been
supplying rails to LG since 2016. The Latvian company was awarded contracts
worth 2.1 mln euros in 2016, 2.7 mln euros in 2017 and 7.3 mln euros in 2018.
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