Posted 3 days ago by bevans
| The new Chinese-built 156-kilometer Lagos-Ibadan rail line will cost $1.5 billion in total but is just the first part of a wider opportunity to revitalize Nigeria’s decrepit transport network. |
Posted one week ago by bevans
Railways in Nigeria dates back to the 19th century when the first railroad was constructed in 1898 under British colonial rule before the modern country was created in 1914.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Russian rolling stock manufacturers Tranmsmashholding and United Wagon Co have agreed to work together to supply ‘world class’ wagons and components to customers across Africa.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
Construction of a long-planned rail link to landlocked Niger is set to go ahead, after Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Transportation signed a memorandum of understanding with Portuguese company Mota-Engil to build a cross-border rail link from northern Nigeria.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
Namibia's railway operator TransNamib confirmed Tuesday that it had suspended passenger railway services due to the heavy rainfall being experienced countrywide.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Tanzania Railway Corp has signed contracts for two Chinese construction companies to build Stage 5 of the country’s embryonic 1 435 mm gauge network, covering the 249 km from the dry port at Isaka to Mwanza on Lake Victoria.
Posted 2 weeks ago by bevans
Tanzania will sign a $1.3 billion contract on Thursday for two Chinese companies to build a section of the East African country’s new standard-gauge railway network.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
I recently picked up a copy of each of the two volumes of ‘Permanent Way‘ written by M.F. Hill and published in 1949.
Posted 3 weeks ago by bevans
Three people were killed and 66 others injured after a passenger train derailed in central Tanzania on Saturday evening, said the Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) on Sunday.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
CRRC Qishuyan has begun delivering eight DF8B twin-cab diesel locomotives and six CDA5A1 single-cab locomotives which the SMB-Winning bauxite mining consortium ordered in two batches in November and December last year.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Work has started on a project to rehabilitate Trans-Namib’s main line from Walvis Bay to Swakopmund as part of a government-backed project to develop a transport and logistics hub serving southern Africa.
Posted last month by newsbot
The rehabilitated 240 kilometre Nairobi-Nanyuki metered gauge railway has commenced operations as the government seeks to open the next chapter for the region tourism sector.
Posted last month by newsbot
Nairobi rail commuters will from Thursday not be able to access the service to various destinations in the capital city for more than 10 days as part of scaling down the service during the festive season.
Posted last month by newsbot
Chief Commissioner of Railway Safety(CRS) has given his nod for running of trains on the 28 kilometers Deoband-Tapari section of Northern railway, where doubling of tracks were completed recently.
Posted last month by newsbot
Six people were injured on Saturday, when a freight train and a passenger train collided in North West, paramedics said.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The $N 1.029bn ($US 67.5m) project, called A1S1, is part of the Namibian government’s plan to become a transport and logistics hub for southern Africa.
Posted last month by bevans
Plans to build a trans-African railway between the ports of Dar es Salaam in the east of the continent and Lobito in the west have been proposed by Sandri De Oliveira, Angola’s ambassador to Tanzania.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Bombardier’s fleet of TRAXX locomotives in South Africa, which is operated by Transnet, has completed more than ten million kilometres in service.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The trains are part of an order worth around €900m for up to 60 Desiro HC regional EMUs awarded to Siemens by IR in 2018, which included an initial order for six four-car trains and 18 six-car trains.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
National railway TransNamib is aiming to double the volume of freight which it moves, CEO Johny Smith told a recent Transport Events online conference.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The signing was carried out following a virtual meeting between Egypt’s minister of transport, Mr Kamel Al-Wazir, and Mr Hashim Ibn Auf, the Sudanese minister for infrastructure and transport, on November 8.
Posted 2 months ago by GheringhapLoop
‘These eclairs are fresh?’ I ask in faltering French, pointing at the meal-sized pastries bulging with piped cream and topped with a thick coating of chocolate. ‘Of course, sir!’ comes the reply from the patient proprietor.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The government has appointed a permanent management board for national operator Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa for the first time since 2017.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Prasa has formally inaugurated its R2∙8bn Rail Management & Train Control Centre at Bellevue in Cape Town, as part of its programme to modernise its signalling and infrastructure, including adoption of ETCS tailored to local conditions.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Rolling stock leasing and engineering company Traxtion Group has announced plans to invest in additional locomotives and wagons to support open access operations as the 22 500 km Transnet network is opened up to new entrants.
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