Africa rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Africa, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Specialist cables developed for Egyptian resignalling project
EGYPT: Nexans has supplied 1 700 km of cables specially developed to an Egyptian National Railways and Alstom specification for use on the project to upgrade signalling systems on the 240 km Beni Suef – Asyut section of ENR’s main line along the River Nile south of Cairo.
First batch of TMH coaches arrives in Egypt
EGYPT: TMH International delivered an initial batch of 22 third-class, forced ventilation loco-hauled passenger coaches to the port of Alexandria on June 25 as part of its contract to supply 1 300 vehicles of five types to Egyptian National Railways.
Cairo metro Line 3 trains delivered
EGYPT: Hyundai Rotem has begun delivery of 256 metro cars ordered for Cairo Line 3 which is being extended to run 45·5 km east–west across the city and serve the international airport.
Addis Ababa – Khartoum railway study funded
AFRICA: Funding has been awarded for a comprehensive study of the technical, economic, environmental and social feasibility of building a 1 435 mm gauge railway linking Addis Ababa in Ethiopia with Khartoum in Sudan, together with an extension to Port Sudan on the Red Sea.
Dakar freight line rebuild completed
SENEGAL: Reconstruction of the metre-gauge freight railway through the suburbs of Dakar has been successfully completed, despite the constraints imposed by new working arrangements to protect against coronavirus.
UIC shares ways to restore confidence in rail travel
COVID-19: The International Union of Railways has published a summary of potential steps that could be adopted to increase customer confidence in rail transport following the coronavirus pandemic.
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’
TAZARA and Copperbelt University form skills development partnership
First of 30 Prima M4 locomotives delivered to ONCF
South African company joins the global supply chain with TMH contract
PRASA put into administration
Wabtec delivers locomotives to Egypt
Africa’s first high speed line covers its costs
National Railways of Zimbabwe orders Russian wagons