Middle East railway industry news
Latest railway industry news from the Middle East, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Financing package enables Bombardier’s Derby plant to go ahead with Egyptian monorail production
EGYPT: Bombardier Transportation’s factory at Derby in the UK is to go ahead with the production of 70 four-car Innovia Monorail 300 trainsets for two lines being built in Cairo, after the British government confirmed a £1·7bn export finance guarantee.
Mid-life overhaul for Israel Railways double-deck fleet
ISRAEL: Bombardier Transportation has begun design work for the US$15m mid-life overhaul of Israel Railways’ fleet of 143 first generation Twindexx double-deck coaches supplied in 2002-06.
Egypt plans Mediterranean to Red Sea high speed line
EGYPT: A memorandum of understanding for the design, construction and maintenance of a 1 000 km high speed rail network has been signed by the Ministry of Transport’s National Authority for Tunnels, Siemens Mobility and local companies Orascom Construction SAE and The Arab Contractors (Osman Ahmed Osman & Co).
Etihad Rail Stage Two tracklaying underway
UAE: Tracklaying on the Package A section of Stage Two of the national railway network has been ceremonially launched by Sheikh Hamdan bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Ruler’s Representative in Al Dhafra Region, during a visit to Etihad Rail’s railhead in Ruwais.
Two presidents inaugurate Afghanistan – Iran railway
AFGHANISTAN: The country’s first standard gauge railway, which links Herat province with Khaf in eastern Iran, was formally inaugurated with a ceremony on December 10.
First Iran to Afghanistan freight train
AFGHANISTAN: A trial freight train delivered more than 400 tonnes of cement from Iran to Rosnak in Herat province on December 2, ahead of the ceremonial inauguration of the newly completed railway which is scheduled for this month.
Metro to the pyramids contract awarded
Alexandria tramway to be modernised
Desiro HC EMUs en route to Tel Aviv
Haifa – Nazareth tram-train infrastructure works contracts awarded
Baghdad elevated metro letter of intent signed
Jerusalem – Tel Aviv electrification completed
RATP Dev aims to make Cairo Line 3 ‘a world reference’
Cairo metro Line 3 reaches New Administrative Capital
Egyptian National Railways puts first TMH coaches into service
Negev rail projects announced
Damascus freight service resumes after reinstatement of war-damaged railway
Virtual reality based training for tram drivers
Etihad Rail triples fleet with 842 wagon order
Saudi Railway Co signs 25-year freight agreement
Dubai Route 2020 metro extension inaugurated
Specialist cables developed for Egyptian resignalling project
First batch of TMH coaches arrives in Egypt
Cairo metro Line 3 trains delivered