Middle East railway industry news
Latest railway industry news from the Middle East, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
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
ASIA: The Transasia Express passenger service between Tehran and Ankara has been relaunched after a four-year suspension.
Cybersecurity firm raises seed funding
ISRAEL: Railway cybersecurity startup company Cervello has raised US$4·5m during a seed funding round. Investors include North First Ventures of Israel and Awz Ventures of Canada, along with Nissim Bar-El, the founder of technology security consultancy Comsec Group.
Talgo signs Egyptian co-operation agreement
EGYPT: Spanish rolling stock manufacturer Talgo has signed a framework co-operation agreement with the Arab Organization for Industrialization for the joint development of capacity and performance improvement projects on the Egyptian rail network.
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
Etihad Rail Stage 2 funding agreement signed
Saudi Railway Co affiliates with UK safety and standards body
Greenbrier announces 'solid results'