Kenya – Uganda railway, first phase, to cost USD 2.3 billion
Uganda announced the first phase of a railway designed to improve connections between the landlocked East African country and three […]
January 2017
New Caspian seaport o be completed this year
Turkmenistan intends to complete the construction of Turkmenbashy international port on the Caspian coast at the end of 2017. The […]
Russia sets up working group to develop Hyperloop
A working group for the development of Hyperloop technologies has been established within the Transport Ministry of Russia. The decree […]
Rail freight transport will reach 30% until 2021, in Iran
Railways should account for 30 % of freight transport in Iran by the end of the country’s Sixth Five-Year National […]
Canadian company wins two rail and transit contracts in the United States
SNC-Lavalin, a Canadian engineering and construction company, announced that it has been awarded two rail and transit contracts in the […]
Uganda’s SGR project to involve 40% of local content
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni said that Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project will support industrialization programme and will cut the transport […]
Russian Railways transported 1 billion passengers in 2016
In 2016, Russian Railways transported .0371 billion passengers, an increase of 1.6% on 2015. Long-distance passenger numbers amounted to 101.4 […]
Tunisia to have a new light rail line in 2021
The implementation of the light rail project in the city of Sfax, Tunisia, will begin in 2019 and operation of […]
Kenya received the first batch of locomotives from China
In January, Kenya Railways received the first batch of 6 locomotives from China and they will be deployed on the […]
Rabat-Salé light rail extension is approved
Rabat’s Council of Municipalities Group, Al-Assima (which comprises the Municipalities of Rabat, Salé and Témara), approved the extension of the […]