Posted 13 hours ago by Railpage System User
To what extent has MATISA already taken big strides in utilising technology?
Posted 20 hours ago by Railpage System User
The Alstom Ubunye joint venture’s modernised factory in Ekurhuleni near Johannesburg was officially inaugurated on October 17, in the presence of Premier of Gauteng province David Makhura and the French Ambassador.
Posted 22 hours ago by Railpage System User
A limited commuter service will start on October 17 between Nairobi, Rongai and Ngong. A passenger service will also run from Nairobi via Ngong to Suswa on two days per week. Phase 2A will eventually have 12 stations.
Posted yesterday by bevans
The second phase of a multibillion-dollar railway in Kenya funded and built by China opened to passenger traffic on Thursday to little fanfare but amid growing concerns about its financial viability.
Posted yesterday by Railpage System User
Kenya has commissioned the second phase Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project linking the capital city of Nairobi to Naivasha.
Posted 2 days ago by Railpage System User
The next 120 km section of the Chinese-built Standard Gauge Railway was formally inaugurated by President Uhuru Kenyatta on October 16.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
The Nigerian Federal Government has awarded a $3.9bn public-private partnership contract for the new Abuja-Itakpe-Lokoja rail line to China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC).
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
A ceremony at Lobito’s main station on October 3 marked the final handover of the Benguela Railway to the government from construction company China Railway 20 Bureau Group.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Two prototype third class coaches for Egyptian National Railways were unveiled when Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir visited Transmashholding’s Tver Carriage Works in Russia on October 4.
Posted 2 weeks ago by 8077
Building railways in Africa can present tough problems. In the case of the Uganda Railway in the late 1800s, designed to carry produce from Uganda and Kenya to the port of Mombasa, it was serial killing of the Indian workers.
Posted 4 weeks ago by Railpage System User
GRCL took over the 1067-gauge line in January for restoration works as part of the first phase of the narrow-gauge network rehabilitation programme, which is funded by Government of Ghana.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Phase 2A extends the line 120km from Nairobi to Naivasha. Construction was launched in October 2016 and the line is due to open in December.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The Grain Marketing Board of Zimbabwe has awarded Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority, Zambia Railways Ltd and National Railways of Zimbabwe a contract to transport 17 000 tonnes of maize from Tanzania to Bulawayo.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Following the implementation of a Zambian regulation requiring 30% of selected bulk commodities to be transported by rail rather than by road, Delta Energy Zambia has awarded Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority and Zambia Railways Ltd a contract to transport petroleum from the Port of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania to Ndola in Zambia.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Tunisian National Railways (SNTF) awarded Hyundai Rotem a Dinars 416m ($US 147m) contract in October 2018 to supply 28 of the four-car trains.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
A bilateral agreement for the modernisation of the Abidjan – Ouagadougou – Kaya route and the construction of an extension to manganese deposits at Tambao near the borders of Niger and Mali was signed by the presents of Côte d'Ivoire and Burkina Faso at the Eight Summit Conference of the Treaty of Friendship & Co-operation on July 31.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Société de Transport Ivoiro-Burkinabe has acquired rolling stock formerly used by Appenzeller Bahnen in Switzerland.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
On August 2 a passenger train set out on the return leg of a coast-to-coast trip across Africa. Departing from the port of Lobito on Angola’s Atlantic coast and bound for the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam on the Indian Ocean, the train had arrived in Lobito on July 30, having left the Tanzanian city two weeks earlier.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
A fairly bare bones effort, probably located at the Lem Hotel station as it gets called out with a “You Are Here” red dot and is also named on the map itself.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Diesel locomotives which South African freight and financial services company Grindrod Ltd supplied for use at a mine in Sierra Leone which has now ceased operating have been recovered for use elsewhere.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The revival of freight operations on the country’s 438 km Usambara Railway was marked by a ceremony at Moshi on July 20 attended by Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Future Rail is back for another issue packed with technology news and industry analysis.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Outline plans to extend Gautrain to serve more of the Gauteng region have been drawn up as part of an assessment of the project’s economic and social impact.
Posted 3 months ago by 8077
Does Fortescue's unexpected landing in Monrovia mean that the Pilbara's third force wants to join Rio and BHP on the frontiers of Guinean iron ore?
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Canyon Resources Ltd (ASX:CAY) is set to benefit from the completion of an independent feasibility studying construction of a rail line from Edea to Kribi Poron in Cameroon.
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