All Rail projects articles – Page 2
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NewsGauge selected for Trans-Afghanistan Railway
AFGHANISTAN: Prime Minister Mohammad Hassan Akhund has chaired a cabinet meeting which considered issues including the gauge for the proposed Trans-Afghanistan Railway.
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NewsEthiopian Railways signs modernisation and project revival framework agreement
ETHIOPIA: Ethiopian Railways Corp and Italian company COIPA Italia have signed a framework agreement for strategic co-operation to modernise the country’s railways and support the revival of the Awash – Kombolcha railway project.
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NewsQiddiya High Speed Rail Project to be developed through PPP contract
SAUDI ARABIA: The Royal Commission for Riyadh City has invited expressions of interest in bidding for a public-private partnership contract to build the Qiddiya High Speed Rail Project.
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NewsAfghanistan begins construction of final phase of the Herat railway
AFGHANISTAN: The Ministry of Public Works and the Herat provincial government have formally launched construction of the final phase of the railway from Iran to the Herat industry zone and airport.
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NewsCanada aims to start Alto high speed rail construction in four years
CANADA: The Alto high speed rail project is to benefit from a Major Projects Office which the government has established to identify projects that are in the national interest and streamline their assessment and approval to accelerate development.
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Metro Report InternationalDublin MetroLink metro project bidding consortium formed
IRELAND: A consortium has been formed to bid for the contract to design, build, finance, operate and maintain the proposed MetroLink automated metro line in Dublin.
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NewsLibyan railway construction could restart
LIBYA: China Civil Engineering Construction Corp and Libyan Railways have signed a memorandum of understanding which could see work resume on the stalled national railway project.
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NewsUS backs Philippines freight railway project
PHILIPPINES: The US Trade & Development Agency is to fund technical assistance to develop the planned 212 km Subic Bay – Clark – Manila – Batangas railway, which would connect three of the Philippines’ most important ports.
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NewsCosta del Sol railway study commissioned
SPAIN: The Ministry of Transport & Sustainable Mobility has awarded a contract to study the viability of building a long-proposed a railway linking Málaga with the airport, the Costa del Sol resorts and Algeciras.
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NewsKing launches high speed rail project
MOROCCO: King Mohammed VI officially launched construction of the Kénitra – Casablanca – Marrakech high speed line with a ceremony at Rabat-Agdal station on April 24. The project to extend the existing 200 km long Tanger – Kénitra high speed line by a further 430 km ...
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NewsFinancial close delay holds up Ugandan standard gauge railway
UGANDA: A Limited Notice to Proceed has been issued along with US$83m of funding to enable lead contractor Yapı Merkezi to commence work on the 272 km Eastern Line from the capital Kampala to Malaba on the Kenyan border before the end of May.
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NewsWork starts on Kırıkkale – Samsun high speed line
Work started on April 15 on an initial 120 km section from Delice to Çorum. The mixed traffic line is planned to open in January 2030, with passenger services operating at up to 250 km/h.
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NewsTexas high speed rail project grant cancelled
USA: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has cancelled a $63·9m Federal Railroad Administration grant for the Amtrak Texas High-Speed Rail Corridor, with the main investor in Texas Central saying the ’project should be led by the private sector’. The grant funding will now be allocated to other rail projects.
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NewsKuwait railway design contract awarded
KUWAIT: Turkish engineering group Proyapı Mühendislik ve Müşavirlik has been awarded a contract to design Kuwait’s section of the planned Gulf Co-Operation Council railway corridor. The US$8·1m contract awarded on April 7 covers an 111 km electrified line running from the Al-Shadadiya area of Kuwait City ...
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NewsSouth Coast Rail commuter services launched
USA: Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and operator Keolis Commuter Services have launched passenger services on Phase 1 of the South Coast Rail project, providing Fall River and New Bedford with trains to Boston for the first time in more than 65 years.
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NewsMomentum builds behind Gdańsk suburban rail expansion
POLAND: A 7·5 km southwestern extension of the SKM suburban service that links Gdańsk with Wejherowo via Gdynia has received environmental permit. Branded as PKM Południe, the extension would run from Gdańsk Śródmieście to Kowale, serving six new stations in the growing southwestern neighbourhoods of Gdańsk. ...
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NewsKyrgyzstan railway construction PPP signed
KYRGYZSTAN: A public-private partnership agreement has been signed for the construction of a railway from Karakol to Makmal. Makmal is the planned site of the break of gauge between China’s 1 435 mm standard gauge and Central Asia’s 1 520 mm broad gauge on the proposed ...
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News‘Every dollar is accounted for’, says California High Speed Rail Authority as Trump administration announces review
USA: ‘With multiple independent federal and state audits completed, every dollar is accounted for, and we stand by the progress and impact of this project’, California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri said after recently appointed US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced a review of federal ...
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NewsCadence consortium selected to develop 300 km/h Toronto – Québec high speed railway
CANADA: The Cadence consortium has been selected to co-design and build, finance, operate and maintain a 300 km/h high speed railway between Toronto and Québec City, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced.
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Rail Business UKRegional mayor claims victory in Portishead railway reopening funding fight
UK: West Of England Mayor Dan Norris has announced a ‘landmark’ agreement with the government which paves the way for construction works needed to restart passenger services on the Bristol to Portishead line to begin this summer to enable operation by the end of 2027. A ...