Africa rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Africa, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Lagos Governor launches Red Line works
NIGERIA: Construction of the long-planned Red Line in Lagos was launched on April 15 with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of the future Ikeja station attended by the Governor of Lagos state Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Transport Minister Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi.
AfDB backs Egyptian railway modernisation
EGYPT: The African Development Bank has approved a €145m loan to support reliability and capacity upgrading works as part of the Egypt National Railways Modernisation Project.
SGR operating contract to be terminated
KENYA: The government has given notice that it intend to transfer control of operations on the country’s standard-gauge railway to Kenya Railway Corp from May 2022.
Railway Improvement & Safety for Egypt funding approved
EGYPT: The World Bank’s executive board has approved a US$440m loan to support the Railway Improvement & Safety for Egypt project.
Indian designed and built locomotives for Mozambique
MOZAMBIQUE: Indian Railways’ Banaras Locomotive Works in Varanasi has rolled out the first two of six 1 067 mm gauge diesel locomotives ordered by Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique along with 90 stainless steel coaches.
Delivering coaches from Hungary to Egypt
EGYPT: DHL Global’s complex logistics subsidiary DHL Industrial Projects is managing the delivery of 676 coaches which are being built in Hungary for use by Egyptian National Railways.
RATP to operate Cairo light rail line
Casablanca tramway construction contracts awarded
Traxtion supplies locomotives to Sénégal
Mauritius light rail Phase 2A contract awarded
Algeria: Recovery elusive as expansion plans await funding
African Rail Industry Association says reform and regulatory stability will unlock economic growth
Financing package enables Bombardier’s Derby plant to go ahead with Egyptian monorail production
Egypt plans Mediterranean to Red Sea high speed line
Mota-Engil to build Niger – Nigeria link
Partnership to supply ‘world class’ wagons for African railways
Chinese companies awarded Mwanza – Isaka standard gauge contract
Mostaganem tram starts test running
TransNamib upgrade underway
Locomotives on the way to Guinea
OWLS provides accurate measurement of Dakar TER track
Metro to the pyramids contract awarded
TransNamib locomotive acquisitions to support a doubling of freight traffic
Alexandria tramway to be modernised