Africa rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Africa, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
CRRC completes Angolan DMU deliveries
ANGOLA: CRRC has delivered the final three of 10 four-car diesel multiple-units ordered by INCFA for use on services between Luanda and Quatro de Fevereiro International Airport.
Cairo Metro Line 4 ticketing and telecoms contract awarded
EGYPT: National Authority for Tunnels has awarded Thales, Orascom Construction and Colas Rail a turnkey contract to design and deploy the telecoms, control and ticketing systems for Cairo Metro Line 4 Phase 1 and provide two years of maintenance.
Egyptian rolling stock localisation agreement signed
EGYPT: The National Egyptian Railway Industries Co joint venture has signed an agreement with Hyundai Rotem for the local assembly of 40 metro trains totalling 320 cars to be deployed on Cairo metro lines 2 and 3.
Locomotives for Gabon under construction
GABON: CRRC’s Ziyang factory is manufacturing six diesel locomotives which railway concessionaire Sociéte d’Exploitation du Transgabonais will use to haul 10 000 tonne manganese ore trains.
Cairo monorail ticketing contract awarded
EGYPT: Indra is to supply the ticketing system for the 22 stations on the future 54 km New Administrative City – East Cairo and 42 km October 6 City – Giza monorail lines.
Egyptian electric railway project contract signed
EGYPT: A turnkey contract has been signed covering design, construction, commissioning and 15 years of maintenance of the second and third lines of a planned 2 000 km electric rail network.
Nairobi Central station designs completed
Government sets out ambitions to make rail South Africa’s ‘transport backbone’
Cabinet approves Egyptian railway financing agreements
‘High speed rail: the right speed for our planet’ World Congress on High Speed Rail to be held in Marrakech
Work begins on third stage of Tanzania’s standard gauge line
African railway concessions to change hands
Liberian railway extension and access negotiations make progress
Egyptian Talgo train delivered
Lobito Corridor concession decision due in May
Benguela Railway launches Lobito – Luau expresses
Alexandria metro financing agreed
Korean firms seek Egyptian rail opportunities
Austrian locomotives head for Tanzania
Chambeshi railway bridge repair contract signed
Egypt – Sudan railway preliminary studies completed
African passenger locos modified for freight haulage
Rabat-Salé tram network extended
Egyptian rail freight privatisation consultation