Posted 16 hours ago by Railpage System User
Italian company Wegh Group has increased its stake in concrete sleeper manufacturer Travessas Do Norte, which was already 52% owned by Wegh Mocambique.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
Alongside the many projects to develop new 1 435 mm gauge railways to augment and gradually replace Nigeria’s 1 067 mm gauge network, the government has unveiled plans for a line running north into the neighbouring Niger Republic.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Alstom has started shipping the 15 Coradia Polyvalent trainsets which are to be used by APIX in Senegal. The first train will travel, aboard the “Grande Angola”, from the port of Le Havre (FR) to Dakar – Estimated date of arrival: 12.11.2018.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Transmashholding completed its previously-announced acquisition of the DCD Rolling Stock plant in Boksburg from DCD Group on October 29.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
The first arrest has been made by the new Rail Enforcement Unit during its short trip to Salt River station. The arrested commuter was wearing a golf cap, black leather jacket, black T-shirt, and a grey trousers and in possession of “tik”.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Alstom-led Gibela joint-venture has inaugurated the largest and most advanced centre for train manufacturing in Dunnottar, South Africa – the first of its kind on the continent.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The Dunnottar industrial park where the Alstom-led Gibela joint venture will manufacture new EMUs for Prasa was officially inaugurated by President Cyril Ramaphosa and Transport Minister Blade Nzimande on October 25.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority and Dar es Salaam Corridor Group have entered into an agreement for the development of a rail-served dry port at New Kapiri Mposhi.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Rising demand for manganese from steel mills has prompted Transnet Freight Rail to launch a programme to drive up capacity for handling manganese ore on its 1 067 mm gauge network.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa must comply with the safety requirements set by the Railway Safety Regulator under a ruling made by the North Gauteng High Court on October 11.
Posted last month by newsbot
Kenyan parents traveling with their young children from Nairobi to Mombasa or between Kenyan towns have found convenience in the standard gauge railway trains.
Posted last month by bevans
A plan to develop a $2.8 billion railway and port to ferry coal in Mozambique may collapse because miners are balking, according to the man trying to build it.
Posted last month by newsbot
A passenger was shot dead in one of three Metrorail trains that caught alight on Friday.
Posted last month by newsbot
Less than half the number of trains it needs‚ no CCTV cameras at stations‚ little or no access control and an administrative shambles.
Posted last month by bevans
The Passenger Rail Agency (PRASA) has faced criticism from the government, lobby groups, and commuters for several years now over the deteriorating rail service in the Western Cape.
Posted last month by 8077
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured to fully connect the North-South trading route by standard gauge railway before the end of 2021.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The national Moroccan railway company (ONCF) has opened a new railway terminal in the eastern city of Oujda to connect the city with Nador. The facility adds to a new 150-kilometre railway track that will link Berkane with Nador and Oujda.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
Activist group #UniteBehind has called for Minister of Transport Blade Nzimande to declare the rail crisis a national disaster, GroundUp reports.
Posted 2 months ago by newsbot
The United National Transport Union (Untu) has branded the trains of embattled Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) as “a disaster waiting to happen” and accused the government of ignoring the red flags.
Posted 2 months ago by newsbot
The Railway Safety Regulator has blamed a traffic control officer for last week’s Selby train accident.
Posted 2 months ago by newsbot
The City of Cape Town has accused the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) of being “reckless and careless” by failing to protect the safety of rail commuters.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The Dubai-based logistics operator Dubai Ports (DP) World is planning to build a rail freight station in Bamako, Mali. This is a first step in developing Mali Logistics Hub, a logistics park close to Bamako and to the rail corridor linking this city with Dakar, the capital of Senegal.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Growth in multiple sectors of Transnet Freight Rail's business helped achieve 'sterling' financial results for Transnet in 2017-18. Figures in Transnet’s annual report published on August 20 showed that overall rail tonnage was 7·6% higher at 226·3 million, with export coal handled by TFR growing by 4·3% to a record 77 million tonnes.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Freight transport agreements have been signed by Bolloré Transport & Logistics railway concessionaires Camrail, which operates in Cameroon, and Sitarail which links Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The Algerian government plans to transport 17 million tonnes of freight by rail in 2021, when the construction of a new railway station in Beni Saf, a city close to the frontier with Morocco, is completed. This was noted by transport minister Abdelghani Zaalane.
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