Rabat tramway line to be extended
A proposal to extend the Rabat tramway line to serve the neighborhoods of Hay Riyad and Hay El Fath is […]
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Alstom to modernise the signalling system in Egypt
Alstom has been awarded a contract worth EUR 100 million by Egyptian National Railways (ENR) to supply signalling equipment for […]
Construction of Djibouti-Ethiopia railway begins
President of Djibouti Republic has recently inaugurated the initiation of works to the national section of the Djibouti-Addis Ababa railway, […]
SNCF and ONCF sign TGV fleet maintenance agreement
Moroccan and French Railways have agreed to set up a joint company („Société Marocaine de maintenance des rames à grande […]
Transnet and CSR, MoU for setting up manufacturing plants in South Africa
Transnet and CSR Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive (CSR) signed in December a MoU to set up manufacturing facilities in South Africa […]
Tangier to have a tram network
Studies for the implementation of tramway lines in the city of Tangier should be ready by early 2015, According to […]
UN adopts first ever Resolution on International Transport Corridors
The UN General Assembly unanimously approved at the end of December the “Resolution on the Role of Transport and Transit […]
Uganda needs EUR11b for standard gauge railway
Uganda will have to borrow $13.8 billion (11.2 billion euros) from the Exim Bank of China for the project of […]
Transnet invests to increase modal share of railways
Transnet has increased its capital investment by 66.8% to R18.7b (EUR 1.3b) in its road-rail programme, aimed at transferring the […]
Zambia: ZRL to embark on inter-mine line
Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) says it will construct a depot at Nchanga railway station in Chingola for shipping copper […]