GE Transportation secures a first private rail contract in Turkey
Körfez Ulaştırma is the first private operator in Turkey to make such a purchase since the government began issuing licenses […]
2018
Haramain High-Speed Rail inaugurated
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has officially launched the Haramain high-speed railway line linking the holy cities […]
China drilled Kenya’s longest SGR tunnel
Kenya celebrated the breakthrough of the longest railway tunnel in East Africa, Ngong, which was drilled by China Communications Construction […]
EOI announced for Geelong’s Fast Rail Reference Group
Victorian Government has opened the Expressions of Interest for the Fast Rail Reference Group, which will work alongside technical advisers […]
Kazakhstan develops cross-border e-commerce
KTZ Express, Huawei International and Ili Baitexing Commercial Trading signed a framework agreement on strategic cooperation for the development of […]
Egyptian Railways awards EUR 1 billion contract
Egyptian National Railways (ENR) signed with Transmashholding-Hungary Kft., a Russian-Hungarian consortium a contract for the supply of 1,300 passenger cars. […]
EIB to provide loan for Alexandria tram modernisation
The European Investment Bank may award Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) a EUR 150 million financing for the rehabilitation […]
New York opens Long Island Rail Road double-track
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the completion of the Long Island Rail Road double track more than a year […]
3,000 exhibitors and 160,000 trade visitors at InnoTrans 2018
3,062 exhibiting companies and institutions from 61 countries contributed to the ‘success’ of InnoTrans 2018 edition, which attracted around 160,000 […]
Poland receives EU funding for level crossing modernisation programme
The European Commission allotted PKP Polskie Linie Kolejowe a EUR 46.4 million (PLN 200 million) co-financing for the implementation of […]