Central & South America rail industry news
Latest rail industry news from the Central and South America, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Salvador monorail design contract awarded
BRAZIL: Salvador monorail PPP concessionaire leader BYD has awarded SENER a contract to prepare detailed designs for the railway systems.
Uruguayan freight operating contract awarded
URUGUAY: Finnish paper group UPM has awarded a consortium of Christophersen Group, Cointer Concesiones and Deutsche Bahn International Operations a 22-year contract to move up to 3 million tonnes/year of wood pulp, chemicals and fuel between its future pulp mill at Paso de los Toros and the port of Montevideo.
Tax deal helps pulp supplier source transport fleet
BRAZIL: Wood pulp and cellulose production company Bracell has qualified for an incentive scheme offering tax benefits towards the acquisition of rolling stock needed to move pulp between Pederneiras and the port of Santos in São Paulo state on the Atlantic coast, a distance of around 400 km. The trains ...
São Paulo Metro Line 6 concession reallocated
BRAZIL: The state of São Paulo has signed a formal agreement transferring the concession to build, operate and maintain São Paulo metro Line 6 from the Move São Paulo consortium to the Acciona-led Concessionária Linha Universidade, with the aim of restarting the project which has been at a standstill since ...
Brazilian passenger rail revival agreement
BRAZIL: An agreement intended to pave the way for the eventual introduction of more passenger services on the national rail network has been signed by the ANPTrilhos association of passenger operators and the Ministry of Infrastructure.
FS International completes Ferrocarril Central advisory work
URUGUAY: FS Group has completed its six-month technical advisory contract covering work on the Ferrocarril Central upgrading project, the Italian state railway holding group said in early August.
São Paulo plans longer Line 20 following monorail cancellation
EMD Joule battery shunting locomotive under development
CAF awarded São Paulo train maintenance contract
Siemens to resignal Buenos Aires Line D
Locomotives exported from the USA to Peru
Vossloh wins first contract in Uruguay
Rumo signs Paulista railway concession
Cuenca tramway opens
Military help to complete FIOL railway
Santiago tenders Line 7 construction
Ferrogrão railway concession to be tendered in 2021
FIOL revival planned in stimulus package
UIC shares ways to restore confidence in rail travel
São Paulo Line 2 extension work starts
Paulista concession extension to be signed
Contractual wrangles delay São Paulo metro schemes
Regiotram del Norte study contract awarded
Universities collaborate to support Colombian railway revitalisation