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TRANSNET has reopened the 200km Cookhouse – Blaney line in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, following a Rand 26m ($US 1.7bn) rehabilitation, which has increased the axle load on the line to 18 tonnes.
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The Portuguese construction company, Mota-Engil SGPS, S.A. (NYSE Euronext Lisbonne: MOTA ENGIL), will be building the 510 km railway connecting Mbalam in the east of the country to the deep water port in Kribi in the south. Another 71 km connecting Nabeba (Congo Brazza) to Mbalam is in the works.
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A sustainability pledge for African railways targeting a 25% market share, carbon neutrality and support for employee wellbeing has been launched by UIC Africa as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s Africa Climate week.
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Transnet Freight Rail is to invite bids for a concession to operate the 200 km Cookhouse – Blaney line in Eastern Cape, which was reopened for regular traffic on October 7.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Deputy Minister for Railway Development Kwaku Asante-Boateng has inaugurated a newly board of directors at the Ghana Railway Development Authority.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
It was five in the morning when Iggy Bassi got a phone call telling him that a $6m mill on his sustainable farm in Ghana, West Africa, had been flattened by strong winds. The locals called the destruction an act of God. That didn’t cut it for Bassi.
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Sociéte d’Exploitation du Transgabonais’ concession to operate the 650 km railway linking Franceville with the capital Libreville and the port of Owendo has been extended, and a new investor has committed to providing finance and expertise to support a modernisation to increase capacity on the line
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia have 34 per cent of the world’s cobalt reserves and over 10 per cent of global copper reserves.
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Russian manufacturer Sinara Transport Machines has been awarded a contract to supply six TGM8 ‘Elephant’ shunting locomotives to the Compagnie des Bauxites de Kindia bauxite mining subsidiary of aluminium producer RUSAL.
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ANGOLA’s Ministry of Transport is preparing to launch a tender to operate, maintain and improve the 1067mm-gauge Benguela Railway that connects the landlocked countries of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Zambia to the Atlantic coast.
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While the first passengers are due to travel over a newly built section of the Tunisian capital’s RFR suburban network later this month, the government and its contractors are struggling to complete future phases of the programme. Christian Scasso investigates.
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Malaysian rolling stock manufacturing and maintenance company SMH Rail has rolled out its first H10 Series diesel-electric locomotive. It is designed for use by African freight operators, with Tanzania Railways Corp as the launch customer.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
Restoring Africa’s third-largest train network to its former glory could throw a vital lifeline to millions
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Funding to enable the construction of the 650 km east-west coastal railway was approved by a meeting of the Federal Executive Council on August 4, Minister of Information Lai Mohammed has told local media.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Funding to enable the construction of the 650 km east-west coastal railway was approved by a meeting of the Federal Executive Council on August 4, Minister of Information Lai Mohammed has told local media. The FEC also approved plans for lines from Kano to Jibia near the border with ...
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
THE government of Nigeria has approved the $US 11.17bn Lagos – Calabar coastal standard-gauge line, and confirmed contracts for the Kano – Jibia and Port Harcourt – Maiduguri lines.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
New investment opportunities are opening up in the African rail sector, and as the continent’s largest private freight operator Traxtion wants to lead the charge, CEO James Holley tells Chris Jackson.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
International contractors are forging ahead with construction of Tanzania’s first 1 435 mm gauge railway, with a view to opening East Africa’s third standard gauge network before the end of this year. Toma Bačić investigates.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) has announced the completion of operations by the first 10,000t heavy-haul train, comprising 100 cars on railway track spanning from Dapilon Port to Santou Mine in Guinea, West Africa.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
A new rail freight service linking Maputo Port in Mozambique with three major Zimbabwean trade hubs has begun operating.
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A ground-breaking ceremony took place in Kano, Nigeria, on July 15 to mark the beginning of construction of the $US 1.2bn 204km standard gauge railway to Kaduna. This section is part of the 1343km Kano – Abuja railway project.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Loans totalling €600m have been signed to finance construction of a 100 km section of 1 435 mm gauge line on the Western Railway corridor running inland from Takoradi Harbour to Huni Valley.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
SAPRO Mayoko, a mining company with operations in southwest Congo, has signed a contract worth CAFr 600bn ($US 1.08bn) with Thelo DB, a South African-based partnership between Thelo and German Rail (DB) subsidiary DB Engineering & Consulting, to construct a 412km line from its mining operations in the Niari region to the future iron-ore port in Pointe-Noire.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
Mining group Sapro has finalised an agreement with the Thelo DB joint venture for the construction and operation of a 412 km heavy haul railway to connect its Mayoko iron ore mine with the deepwater port of Pointe-Noire on the Atlantic coast.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
SUDAN is reportedly planning to invest $US 643m in renewing its 1067mm-gauge rail network and improving international connections, as the country recovers from years of dictatorship and debt issues.
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