Middle East railway industry news
Latest railway industry news from the Middle East, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Saudi Railway Co and Russian Railways to co-operate
SAUDI ARABIA: Russian Railways Chief Executive Oleg Belozerov, CEO of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev and Saudi Railway Co CEO Dr Bashar Al Malik signed a co-operation agreement in Riyadh on October 14.
Etihad Rail awards Stage 2 systems & integration contract
UAE: Project promoter Etihad Rail has awarded Hitachi Rail STS the 1·6bn dirham railway systems & integration contract for Stage 2 of the national network
Prototype Egyptian coaches unveiled by TMH
EGYPT: Two prototype third class coaches for Egyptian National Railways were unveiled when Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir visited Transmashholding’s Tver Carriage Works in Russia on October 4.
Egyptian locomotive renewal programme underway
EGYPT: Egyptian National Railways has invited expressions of interest in the supply of up to 100 diesel-electric locomotives for use on long-distance passenger services, with tendering expected to get underway by the end of the year.
Consortium selected to build Tel Aviv loop line
ISRAEL: The Electra Infrastructures consortium has been selected as preferred bidder to undertake civil engineering works on the planned 30 km line between Rishon Le-Ziyyon and Modi’in, Israel Railways announced on September 10.
Condition-based maintenance in the desert
SAUDI ARABIA: CAF is to install its LeadMind real-time remote monitoring and condition-based maintenance technology on the six trainsets it supplied to Saudi Railway Co for passenger services on the 1 242 km north–south route between Al-Qurrayat and Riyadh.
Tehran – Ankara passenger service relaunched
Cybersecurity firm raises seed funding
Talgo signs Egyptian co-operation agreement
Higher capacity double-deck coach on test
Motorola wins Israel Railways communications contract
Etihad Rail awards Abu Dhabi – Dubai construction contracts
Bombardier to supply 74 more double-deck coaches to Israel
AŽD Praha awarded turnout monitoring contract
ENR orders 160 km/h Talgo trainsets
Saudi Railway Co ETCS certified
Qazvin – Rasht section of Asia to Europe link opened
An academic route to train track specialists
Alstom commissions second Egyptian interlocking
Etihad Rail awards Stage Two construction contract
Aqaba railway feasibility study agreed
Saudi Railway Co to deploy track monitoring system
CRRC wins Egyptian EMU order
Alstom wins Israel Railways ETCS contract