Posted 20 hours ago by Railpage System User
The 1 435 mm gauge north-south railway linking Itakpe, Ajaokuta and Warri has been formally opened for commercial operation, following an inauguration ceremony at Agbor in Delta state.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
The project includes the construction of new branch lines from Port Harcourt to Bonny and Owerri, and from Gombe to Damaturu and Gashua, minister of transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi, announced on October 7.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Ghana Railways Development Authority (GRDA) has signed an agreement for the construction of a standard gauge railway line in the Ashanti Region.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Hundreds of kilometres of overhead cables, signalling wires and catenary masts have been stolen, affecting every Metrorail route in the province of Gauteng, South Africa’s economic heartland.
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
National Railways of Zimbabwe’s decision to terminate a US$400m recapitalisation agreement is being challenged in court by the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group, which is seeking damages worth US$236m.
Posted last month by bevans
In South Africa, Gauteng's railway system grinds to a halt, leaving hundreds of thousands stranded
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Avocados for export to Europe have been transported by rail for the first time, with a pilot refrigerated consignment of 24 tonnes of fruit travelling 750 km from Modjo Dry Port to Djibouti for onward delivery by sea.
Posted last month by GheringhapLoop
A project to upgrade 68 rail bridges and rail track will allow Canyon to support a low capex, low opex solution to deliver high-grade, seaborne bauxite from Minim Martap project.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Badisa Matshego was appointed as the de facto head of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa by the national finance ministry on September 1, joining the embattled passenger operator from airport management company ACSA.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The High Volume Transport Programme (HVT) has revealed that 10 research projects have been commissioned following the recent Open Call for co-created research.
Posted last month by bevans
The project includes the construction of a road and rail bridge between Brazzaville in Congo and Kinshasa in the DRC.
Posted last month by bevans
West Africa's first standard gauge railway, the Lagos-Ibadan Railway, connects Nigeria's largest port city to one of the country's most important industrial cities.
Posted last month by NSWGR8022
A couple of weeks ago, I took the train to Nanyuki. Both the rail car I rode in and the train track are refurbished. And what an experience this turned out to be, both in itself and in what it portends for Kenya’s future.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The 2650-tonne coal shipment was initially transported 60km by road from the mine in Mmamabula to the the Tshele Hills rail siding in Kgatleng, southern Botswana, which was upgraded to support the loading of coal onto freight trains following the approval of construction in 2017.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
China Civil Engineering Group, which is constructing new standard-gauge lines in Nigeria, awarded CRRC Qishuyan a contract in January 2019 for four NDJ3N locomotives, six DF11GN passenger locomotives, nine DF8BN freight locomotives and two DF7GN shunting locomotives.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
The new equipment will be supplied by a consortium of Chinese companies led by Dongfang Electrical, in partnership with CRRC Dalian and the CRRC Qiqihar Rolling Stock Company (QRRS), in a deal agreed on June 23.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
Transnet has re-opened the freight route between Pretoria North and Hercules, which has been closed since August 2014 owing to cable theft and sabotage.
Posted 3 months ago by NSWGR8022
The rail line to the Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) will resume full capacity this evening following six days of disruption caused by a derailed train.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Kenya's appeals court has ruled that the contract between the Kenyan government and China Road Bridge Corporation(CRBC) failed to comply with its laws.
Posted 3 months ago by NSWGR8022
South Africa’s rail, port and pipeline company, Transnet, confirmed the incident, noting that no injuries or fatalities had been reported.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
The African Development Bank (ADB) has awarded a $US 1.2m grant to the government of Ethiopia, covering 34% of the study’s $US 3.4m cost.
Posted 4 months ago by Railpage System User
The upgrade, which took two years, was designed to substantially improve the reliability of services to and from Dakar, eliminate derailment risks and optimise the line to handle increased traffic volumes. The non-electrified line partially runs parallel with the electrified double-track TER passenger line.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
South Africa’s largest national park is about to be the home of a boutique, luxury hotel situated inside a series of converted 1950s train carriages on top of a bridge.
Posted 5 months ago by bevans
Resource Generation (RES) has entered into non-binding term sheet agreements to finance a key rail link to its Boikarabelo Coal project in South Africa
Posted 5 months ago by newsbot
MORE THAN A mile long and consisting of 200 freight cars, Mauritania’s Train du Desert is one of the longest and heaviest trains in the world.
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