Africa rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Africa, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Nigerian standard gauge network takes shape
NIGERIA: The 1 435 mm gauge north-south railway linking Itakpe, Ajaokuta and Warri has been formally opened for commercial operation, following an inauguration ceremony at Agbor in Delta state.
Legal dispute over aborted NRZ investment plan
ZIMBABWE: National Railways of Zimbabwe’s decision to terminate a US$400m recapitalisation agreement is being challenged in court by the Diaspora Infrastructure Development Group, which is seeking damages worth US$236m.
Ethiopian avocados exported by train
ETHIOPIA: Avocados for export to Europe have been transported by rail for the first time, with a pilot refrigerated consignment of 24 tonnes of fruit travelling 750 km from Modjo Dry Port to Djibouti for onward delivery by sea.
RATP Dev aims to make Cairo Line 3 ‘a world reference’
EGYPT: The government’s National Authority for Tunnels has awarded RATP Dev a €1·1bn contract to operate and maintain Cairo metro Line 3 for 15 years and commission future extensions.
Cairo metro Line 3 reaches New Administrative Capital
EGYPT: President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi was among the dignitaries at a ceremony on August 16 to mark the opening of the 7 km phase 4a of Cairo metro Line 3 in the east of the city.
Egyptian National Railways puts first TMH coaches into service
EGYPT: The first of the modern coaches supplied by Transmashholding’s Tver plant in Russia as part of an order for a total of 1 300 vehicles of five types have entered service with Egyptian National Railways, the manufacturer announced on August 14.
Mauritius light rail road-rail fleet delivered
Specialist cables developed for Egyptian resignalling project
First batch of TMH coaches arrives in Egypt
Cairo metro Line 3 trains delivered
Addis Ababa – Khartoum railway study funded
Dakar freight line rebuild completed
UIC shares ways to restore confidence in rail travel
Egypt, Russia and Hungary complete coach financing agreement
Brakes designed for Egypt’s hot and dusty desert climate
Cairo Monorail site characterisation contract awarded
Train Express Régional simulators ordered
CRRC delivers DMUs to Angola
Locomotive for Guinea rolled out
Nairobi DMU deal signed
Zambia Railways to benefit from telecoms firm’s digitalisation expertise
Zimbabwe: The long wait goes on
Tunis suburban railway modernisation backed by EBRD
TAZARA urged to seek freight traffic ‘aggressively’