Colas Rail, leader of a consortium that includes Thales and Egis, has been selected by Mitsubishi Corporation to design and build the turnkey rail system for the first underground line of the Metro Manila Subway, for a total contract value of about €1 billion, of which €760 million* for Colas Rail

Colas Rail was awarded the contract for the extension of line B extension of the Lyon metro by SYTRAL (Syndicat mixte des transports pour le Rhône et l’agglomération lyonnaise). This 2.4 km extension will connect the current Line B terminal “Gare d’Oullins” to the newly built “Hôpitaux Lyon Sud” station located in the city of Saint-Genis-Laval. The line will serve the southwest of greater Lyon and connect business and education centers to the central city.

Colas Rail UK, working as a key partner for the Midland Metro Alliance, have resumed the second phase of the Birmingham Westside Metro extension to Edgbaston.

Among the renewal and maintenance activities carried out for our Italian customer Rete Ferroviaria Italiana in March and April, Colas Rail Italia was involved in some revamping activities in Genova, as part of the ongoing construction of the new Genova Bridge.

For the fourth year running, Colas Rail teams from the Tracks and Siding Agency, North East, and in particular those working on sidings, are working on a project to replace 42,000 sleepers for the Grand Port Maritime du Havre (GPMH).