ONCF buys 30 electric Prima locomotives
Morocco’s national railway operator, ONCF, awarded Alstom a EUR 130 million contract for the supply of 30 electric Prima locomotives. […]
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Mombasa-Nairobi electrification contract signed
Kenya Electricity Transmission Company Limited (Ketraco) and China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Company signed a USD 240 million contract […]
Cairo Metro to receive EUR 130 million EBRD loan
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to approve the provision of a sovereign loan of up to […]
Rwanda and Tanzania sign agreement on SGR construction
Rwanda’s President, Paul Kagame, and his Tanzanian counterpart, John Pombe Magufuli, signed the agreement on the construction of a standard […]
The first Coradia Polyvalent for Algeria was shipped
On 18 January, Alstom has shipped the first of the 17 Coradia Polyvalent ordered by the Algerian national rail transport […]
Sudan receives two DMUs from China
The President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir, officially launched the two DMUs delivered by CRRC Ziyang at the beginning of this […]
CRRC delivers two more diesel locomotives to Nigeria
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari cut the ribbon for the two new diesel locomotives and 7 coaches delivered by CRRC Dalian. […]
Prasa no longer to manually authorise trains
After two recent train collisions, the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) of South Africa has prohibited the Passenger Rail Agency of […]
Egypt to purchase 1,300 railcars in 2018
Egypt is looking for opportunities to upgrade the rail infrastructure. Hence, the government in Cairo has stepped up several railway […]
This year, Gibela will complete the first train’s car body for PRASA
Alstom and South African JV Gibela will soon finalise the plant construction and, by the end of the first quarter […]