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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Uganda wants loan from China to fund railway construction
Uganda is hoping to secure an USD 8B loan from China to build a railway network to revamp the country’s […]
Mexico’s Puebla launches tender for cargo rail project
Mexico’s Puebla (Mexico’s fourth-largest city) state government has published a tender for the design of a rail cargo project to […]
Oman: Sohar port rail terminal will accelerate national growth
The development of a freight rail terminal at Sohar will be vital in accelerating national growth and ensuring that Oman […]