China-CEEC cooperation picking up momentum
„With the support of Chinese capital, China-CEEC cooperation on large-scale projects such as construction of power stations and railways have […]
September 2014
Transnet Freight Rail to reduce loco types to four
To simplify the spares inventory etc, the present 29 different types of loco are to be reduced eventually to four. […]
Design contracts awarded for Grand Paris Express
Two consortia led by EGIS Rail have been awarded contracts by the Société du Grand Paris to design and manage works […]
Transnet purchases used Australian locomotives
Transnet Freight Rail (South Africa) has bought 34 former Queensland Rail diesel-electric locomotives as a stopgap measure as it waits […]
Final testing in Stadler Factory for two new EMUs for Serbian Railways
The manufacturing of new passenger EMUs in Swiss factory Stadler for Serbian Railways is much faster that it was envisaged […]
Network Rail opens biggest railway control centre in the country
The new Rail Operating Centre (ROC) in York is central to plans that will improve train performance and continue to […]
Brazil’s USD 18bn/y transport investments not enough
Brazil’s 40bn reais (USD17.7bn) in foreseen annual transportation infrastructure investments over the next few years will not compensate for the […]
UK: New Street station concourse soon to be flooded with natural light as new roof is completed
The final piece of Birmingham New Street station’s new atrium roof covering was put into place on 16 September 2014, […]
South Africa: Feasibility studies for Swaziland rail link project to be completed by October
Feasibility studies for South Africa and Swaziland’s proposed rail link are still underway, pushing its construction to 2017, Transnet Freight […]