Africa rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Africa, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Casablanca tramway construction contracts awarded
MOROCCO: Casablanca transport authority Casa Transports has awarded Colas Rail two contracts for the construction of tram routes T3 and T4
Traxtion supplies locomotives to Sénégal
SENEGAL: Société des Nationale Chemins de Fer du Sénégal has awarded Traxtion Group a contract to supply five refurbished main line diesel locomotives and one shunting loco, in a two-year leasing deal which includes maintenance at the operator’s workshop.
Mauritius light rail Phase 2A contract awarded
MAURITIUS: India’s L&T Construction has been awarded a contract to build Phase 2A of the Mauritius Metro Express.
Algeria: Recovery elusive as expansion plans await funding
With no passenger trains operating in the 10 months from March 2020 to January 2021, the future for Algeria’s national operator SNTF looks uncertain. Christian Scasso contrasts political aspirations with a bleak outlook on the ground.
African Rail Industry Association says reform and regulatory stability will unlock economic growth
AFRICA: The independent RailRoad Association of South Africa has rebranded itself as the African Rail Industry Association, positioning itself to play a greater role in revitalising railways across the new African Continental Free Trade Area.
Financing package enables Bombardier’s Derby plant to go ahead with Egyptian monorail production
EGYPT: Bombardier Transportation’s factory at Derby in the UK is to go ahead with the production of 70 four-car Innovia Monorail 300 trainsets for two lines being built in Cairo, after the British government confirmed a £1·7bn export finance guarantee.
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
Kenyatta inaugurates Nairobi commuter DMU service
Tram styling to reflect the history and culture of Casablanca
Nigerian standard gauge network takes shape
Legal dispute over aborted NRZ investment plan
Ethiopian avocados exported by train
RATP Dev aims to make Cairo Line 3 ‘a world reference’
Cairo metro Line 3 reaches New Administrative Capital