Middle East railway industry news
Latest railway industry news from the Middle East, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.Haramain launches Jeddah airport service at 300 km/h
SAUDI ARABIA: High speed services to and from Jeddah airport were launched on December 11.
South African company joins the global supply chain with TMH contract
EGYPT: The TMH International subsidiary of Russian rolling stock manufacturing group Transmashholding has awarded South African company SME Exports a contract to supply 800 heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems for coaches ordered by Egyptian National Railways.
Wabtec delivers locomotives to Egypt
EGYPT: Wabtec has delivered 10 Evolution Series diesel locomotives to Egyptian National Railways and the Ministry of Transportation.
Mianeh – Bostanabad line inaugurated
IRAN: Revenue services have started operating on the first section of RAI’s cut-off which is intended to shorten the Tehran – Tabriz route serving the northwest of the country.
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
Egyptian locomotive renewal programme underway
Consortium selected to build Tel Aviv loop line
Condition-based maintenance in the desert
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