Additional funds awarded for Metro de Quito
European Investment Bank (EIB) Vice President Román Escolano and Ecuador’sFinanceMinister Fausto Eduardo Herrera Nicolalde signed a USD 44 million loan […]
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Santiago Metro awards station contract on Line 3
Metro de Santiago awarded Arrigoni Engineering & Construction- Strukton International joint venture the contract to build five stations on Line […]
Brazil: MRS sells locomotives to Vale
Mining company Vale reached a deal with Brazil-based railway operator MRS Logistica to buy 23 locomotives and train parts. The […]
Bombardier starts rail control project for Quito metro
Bombardier Transportation has started the implementation of its first project for rail control in Ecuador on Quito Metro Line 1. […]
Alstom starts delivery of trainsets for Guadalajara metro
Alstom shipped the first Metropolis trainset for Guadalajara metro Line 3 from its factory of Santa Perpetua (Barcelona, Spain). This […]
Brazil: CSN’s investment in Transnordestina under doubt
The Brazilian government has been skeptical over Companhia Siderurgica Nacional’s (CSN) investments at its 1,728 km Transnordestina railway. According to […]
Siemens electrifies Quito metro Line 1
Siemens has been commissioned by the Acciona-Odebrecht construction consortium to electrify the entire Metro Line 1 in Ecuador’s capital of […]
Acciona prepares TBM for Quito Metro
Acciona which will construct Line 1 of the Metro de Quito (Ecuador), is preparing one of the three tunnel boring […]
Bay Line to operate transload facility at Panama Port
The Bay Line Railroad, L.L.C., a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), has entered into an agreement with the […]
Tests launched on Salvador Metro Line 2
CCR Metrô Bahia, the concessionaire responsible for the construction and operation of Salvador Metro, announced that it has has started […]