Central & South America rail industry news
Latest rail industry news from the Central and South America, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Contractual wrangles delay São Paulo metro schemes
BRAZIL: The São Paulo state government has extended the contract for construction of metro Line 6 by two months, pending further discussions on how the project should be taken forward.
Universities collaborate to support Colombian railway revitalisation
COLOMBIA: Academics from Javeriana University in Bogotá and Manchester Metropolitan University in the UK have worked together to provide government officials with training in railway development.
Ferrocarril Central concrete sleeper contract
URUGUAY: The Durmientes de Uruguay joint venture of Italian company WEGH Group and Diorama has been awarded a €35m contract to supply concrete sleepers to the Vía Central consortium which is undertaking the Ferrocarril Central route modernisation.
FS Group gets to work in Uruguay
URUGUAY: The Ministry of Transport & Public Works has appointed Italy’s FS Group to provide it with technical advice during the Ferrocarril Central project to modernise the 273 km route between the port of Montevideo and Paso de los Toros.
Salvador monorail construction starts
BRAZIL: The Skyrail Bahia consortium led by Chinese conglomerate BYD and Metrogreen began construction of the 19·2 km Orange monorail line in Salvador, on February 12.
Panamá approves Line 2 extension
PANAMÁ: Panamá Metro approved plans for a 2 km extension of Line 2 connecting the ITSE vocational school to Tocumen Airport on February 12.
Goiânia on-demand minibuses complete first year
Putting Chile back on the rails
São Paulo Metro develops a station navigation system for blind passengers
São Paulo state studies Sorocaba passenger concession
Bogotá Regiotram de Occidente contract awarded
Ferrocarril Central signalling contract awarded
Antioquia Railway reinstatement proposal submitted
Bioceanic railway studies funded
RZD signs Cuban railway upgrading agreement
Chile calls tenders for broad-gauge bi-mode trainsets
Rail projects revived in southern Brazil
US$5bn ‘Chile On Rails’ strategy unveiled
Work to resume on Transnordestina
Red Férrea de Atlántico operational support contract awarded
Japanese take over Rio suburban network
Rumo signs Ferrovie Norte-Sul concession
FlixTrain raises funding for expansion
CPTM plans tourist service to Santos