Central & South America rail industry news

Latest railway industry news from the Central and South America, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.

A consortium of CAF Signalling and Revenga Smart Solutions has been awarded a €50m contract to supply signalling and telecoms for the Ferrocarril Central project (Photo: Marcelo Benoit).

Ferrocarril Central signalling contract awarded

2019-11-06T12:50:00+00:00

URUGUAY: A consortium of CAF Signalling and Revenga Smart Solutions has been awarded a €50m contract to design, supply, install, test and commission the signalling and telecoms for the Ferrocarril Central project to modernise the 273 km route between the Port of Montevideo and Paso de los Toros.

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Antioquia Railway reinstatement proposal submitted

2019-11-03T05:00:00+00:00

COLOMBIA: A draft plan for rebuilding the 63 km section of the closed Antioquia Railway between Barbosa, Medellín and Caldas has been submitted to the government by regional Governor Luis Pérez Gutiérrez, who said it could help relieve traffic around Medellín.

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Bioceanic railway studies funded

2019-10-19T05:00:00+01:00

BOLIVIA: Latin American development bank CAF has signed a US$3m grant agreement to fund pre-investment studies for part of the Bolivian section of the proposed Bioceanic Railway Integration Corridor which would connect Ilo in Peru with Santos in Brazil.

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RZD signs Cuban railway upgrading agreement

2019-10-10T08:34:00+01:00

CUBA: An agreement to undertake a 10-year programme of railway modernisation running to 2029 was signed by national railway Unión de Ferrocarriles de Cuba and Russian Railways in Habana on October 3, in the presence of Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermudez and Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.

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Chile calls tenders for broad-gauge bi-mode trainsets

2019-10-01T11:22:00+01:00

CHILE: Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado has called tenders for a fleet of passenger trains to replace the rolling stock currently used on its long-distance Santiago – Chillán service. The requirement is for six bi-mode trainsets of four or five cars with capacity for at least 250 passengers.

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Rail projects revived in southern Brazil

2019-10-01T08:37:00+01:00

BRAZIL: International bids have been called for feasibility studies covering the construction of long-planned new lines in the states of Paraná and Mato Grosso do Sul. Bids are due to be submitted by October 14.

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