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News‘Fast, comfortable and reliable’ urban rail services launched in Madagascar
MADAGASCAR: A passenger train service has launched in Antananarivo to offer ‘a fast, comfortable and reliable alternative for daily commutes’.
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Ministry of Transport & Meteorology, Madagascar
The Ministry is responsible for land, sea and air transport, ports and harbours, and meteorology. AddressPO Box 4139AnosyAntananarivoMadagascarPhone+261 22 650 10Emailcellcom@primature.gov.mgWebsitewww.primature.gov.mg
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Madarail SA
The main (Northern) network of the state railway Réseau National des Chemins de Fer Malagasy (first line opened 1903) is operated on a 25-year concession by Vecturis subsidiary Madarail. The isolated line linking Fianarantsoa with the east coast port of Manakara is operated separately as the Fianarantsoa-Côte Est Railway. See ...
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NewsNew locos confirm Madagascar rail renaissance
MADAGASCAR: The arrival of five Chinese-built locomotives is a significant step in the revitalisation of the island’s railways, which were in a parlous state just five years ago. State-owned Madagascar Northern railway Rncfm had just one operable locomotive and its employees had not been paid for seven ...
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Malagasy railway concession awarded
MADAGASCAR: Comazar Group subsidiary Madarail has been awarded a 25-year concession to operate the northern network in Madagascar from January 1 2003. The agreement was signed on October 10 by Minister for Privatisation Horace Constant and Comazar’s Managing Director Eric Peiffer. The concession can subsequently be extended every 10 years. ...
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CFM sales move ahead
MADAGASCAR: Last month the Malagasy government’s privatisation committee announced that it had selected the South African joint venture Comazar as preferred bidder to operate the 730 km metre-gauge northern railway on the island of Madagascar. Under the privatisation process started last year, the deal is due to be completed by ...