Central & South America rail industry news
Latest rail industry news from the Central and South America, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
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
BRAZIL: A consortium of GPO, Geocompany and Geotec has been awarded a contract covering preliminary engineering design and an environmental impact study for the planned Line 20 metro in São Paulo.
EMD Joule battery shunting locomotive under development
BRAZIL: Progress Rail has announced EMD Joule, a lithium-ion battery shunting locomotive which it hopes to make available to the global market in early 2021.
CAF awarded São Paulo train maintenance contract
BRAZIL: São Paulo suburban operator CPTM has awarded CAF a four-year contract for the maintenance of eight suburban electric multiple-units which it supplied in 2011-12 for use on Line 10.
Siemens to resignal Buenos Aires Line D
ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires metro authority SBASE has selected Siemens Mobility to install Communications-Based Train Control and a new passenger information system on the capital’s Line D.
Locomotives exported from the USA to Peru
PERU: Logistics company Dachser has delivered two 180 tonne diesel locomotives to Lima from the Port of Houston in the USA.
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
Ferrocarril Central concrete sleeper contract
FS Group gets to work in Uruguay
Salvador monorail construction starts
Panamá approves Line 2 extension
Goiânia on-demand minibuses complete first year