Africa rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Africa, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.ONCF seeks to complete Kénitra – Marrakech high speed line before 2030 World Cup
MOROCCO: National operator ONCF is stepping up the pace of planning and preliminary construction work for the 40bn dirhams high speed line between Kénitra and Marrakech.
Chinese consortium starts work on Algeria’s Western Mining Railway
ALGERIA: Work has started on construction of a Heavy haul railway in the southwest of the country which will extend the national network by 575 km.
Prasa restores more suburban rail services
SOUTH AFRICA: Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa has restarted its Metrorail suburban rail services on five sections of the networks in the provinces of Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape.
First Tema – Mpakadan DMU arrives
GHANA: The first of two Pesa diesel multiple-units for the 1 435 mm gauge Tema – Mpakadan railway was delivered to the port of Tema in early April.
British Steel for the Suez Canal on tracks
EGYPT: British Steel has won a multi-million-pound contract to supply 9 500 tonnes of rail from its Scunthorpe plant in the UK for use on the 250 km/h Green Line railway. This corridor will link Mersa Matruh on the Mediterranean coast with Alexandria, the New Administrative Capital and the port ...
Cheaper rolling stock financing predicted as Luxembourg protocol comes into force
INTERNATIONAL: A global treaty designed to make it easier and cheaper for the private sector to finance railway rolling stock came into force on March 8.
Easier ticket gates for Paris and Egypt
Phosphate railway modernisation loan signed
President opens Lagos Rail Mass Transit Red Line
DMU for Ghana unveiled in Poland
Lobito Atlantic Railway freight capacity contracts signed
Investment aims to make Mozambique – South Africa railway more competitive
Port Harcourt – Aba tracklaying completed
Electric locomotive on test in Tanzania
Japanese DMUs to support DR Congo route modernisation scheme
Chinese task force to draw-up TAZARA revitalisation plan
National Railways of Zimbabwe seeks help from private operators
Prasa resumes long-distance services after two years
More high speed sets in ONCF rolling stock order
Nairobi suburban railway construction launched
Burundi – Tanzania railway financing approved
Siemens working on €1·3bn light rail scheme in Luanda
Thales to supply signalling, security and ticketing for Alexandria metro
Metro and monorail testing underway as Cairo network grows