Posted 2 days ago by newsbot
A United States-based investor, Ameri Metro Incorporation, on Monday declared its readiness to provide $10bn for the construction of speed rails in Nigeria.
Posted 3 days ago by Railpage System User
China Civil Engineering Construction Corp is to complete the long-planned 1 435 mm gauge railway linking Lagos and Kano, under a U$6·68bn contract signed in Abuja on May 15.
Posted 4 days ago by Railpage System User
National operator SNTF has introduced a direct passenger service between Alger and the eastern part of the High Plateau line, with the launch of a daily Alger – M’Sila – Batna round trip.
Posted one week ago by bevans
Nigeria has awarded a $6.68 billion contract to the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) for work on a major segment of a railway linking the country’s commercial hub Lagos, in the southwest, and Kano in the north, Xinhua reported.
Posted one week ago by newsbot
They promised us we would get jobs there,” says Tadele, nodding at the grand, almost baroque edifice at the bottom of the hill. Adama’s new railway station, yellow bricks golden in the afternoon sun, is still a symbol of hope for the 43-year-old who lives in a village overlooking it.
Posted one week ago by bevans
THE Federal Government said it has reviewed the Lagos-Ibadan-Kano rail project by relocating its station within the MKO Abiola Trade Fair Complex in Abeokuta to avoid the demolition of houses, numbering about 2,000.
Posted 2 weeks ago by newsbot
A train is on fire at the Maraisburg Bridge on the N1.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The first of 15 four-car Coradia Polyvalent electro-diesel multiple-units ordered for the Train Express Régional project in Dakar is now on test at Alstom’s plant at Reichshoffen in France.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
An agreement to proceed with the interim phase of a concession to upgrade the 1 067 mm gauge rail network was signed by federal government and an international consortium on April 27.
Posted 3 weeks ago by bevans
Seven people, believed to be workers, died after a train collided with a bakkie at the Buttskop level crossing in Blackheath, Cape Town on Friday morning.
Metrorail confirmed that the accident happened just before 6am.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
Four 2 250 hp Type GT22 diesel locomotives which Sitarail had ordered from US supplier NRE were delivered to the Port of Abidjan on April 9.
Posted last month by bevans
Mozambique’s rail sector is witnessing a major boost as private sector firms have begun renovations and further developments of new lines to help transport people and goods.
Posted last month by bevans
Mozambique may have a role to play in the second wave of railroad construction in Africa, according to an article just published in the China-Lusophone Brief (CLBrief), an information service on China and Portuguese-speaking countries.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
A new Tanzania Railways Corp has been established to bring together railway infrastructure and operations, following a decade of vertical separation, Minister of Construction, Transport & Communications. Prof Makame Mbarawa explained at a ceremony in Dar es Salaam to launch the organisation.
Posted last month by Railpage System User
The governments of Tanzania and Rwanda have commissioned a feasibility study into electrification of the long-planned 521 km cross-border rail link between Isaka and Kigali.
Posted 2 months ago by newsbot
Lubumbashi - Rail traffic between the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbour Angola has resumed after a 34-year break, providing a vital boost for DRC's mining exports, officials said.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
Minister of Public Works & Transport Abdelghani Zalene attended a ceremony on March 2 to open buildings at Alger’s Agha station and mark the entry into service of national railway SNTF’s first Alstom Coradia Polyvalent electro-diesel multiple-unit. Public services between Alger and Oran were scheduled to start the following day.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
Nairobi - Kenyan conservationists expressed outrage on Thursday after construction of a railway line began inside Nairobi's famed national park, saying this defied a court order halting the project.
Posted 2 months ago by bevans
Zambia, Africa's second largest copper producer, will begin enforcing a law that requires miners to transport 30% of their cargo by train, in a move aimed at boosting the country’s rail sector.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa chose a ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the start of a joint venture between SA and Zimbabwe on Wednesday to declare the country "open for business".
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
The East African Community member states’ appreciation of rail transport has increased, a trend experts think is good for doing business because it reduces on time.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
United Wagon Co’s TikhvinSpetsMash plant has shipped the first of 114 hopper wagons ordered by aluminium producer Rusal following an international tender. The wagons will be used to transport bauxite from the Dian-Dian deposit in the Boké region.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
A two-year-old boy has been saved by a teenager after he ran along a train platform and jumped onto the tracks.
Posted 3 months ago by Railpage System User
Alstom is to supply 30 electric locomotives to ONCF for €130m. Announcing the contract on February 8, the national railway said this was the first order to be placed under a planned wider rolling stock acquisition programme which would include locomotives, multiple-units and wagons.
Posted 3 months ago by bevans
A train crash at a station near Johannesburg on Tuesday derailed one rail car and injured at least 226 people, adding to concerns about rail safety and oversight in South Africa after the second serious accident in a week.
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