Peru to launch tender for USD 2 billion rail tunnel project
Peru’s Transport and Communications Ministry (MTC) has decided to build the trans-Andean tunnel, BNAmericas reports. A tender for technical studies […]
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Alstom to maintain Trensurb metros for the Porto Alegre Metro line 1
Alstom signed a contract with Empresa de Trens Urbanos de Porto Alegre (Trensurb) to provide preventive maintenance for 15 metro […]
Brazil to rise rail infrastructure investments until 2018
Brazil’s national development bank BNDES is expecting infrastructure investments in 2015-2018 to be 30.6% higher than in 2010-2013, reports Bnamericas. […]
Rail companies launched a new international procurement initiative
Six companies in the railway industry, Alstom Transport, Bombardier Transportation, Deutsche Bahn, Knorr Bremse, Nederlandse Spoorwegen and SNCF, launched on […]
Alstom inaugurates its first Citadis tramway manufacturing line in Latin America
Alstom has inaugurated a new production line for Citadis trams at its Taubaté plant, state of São Paulo, in Brazil. […]
Argentina to nationalize railways
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced that the Executive Power will sponsor a bill to nationalize the country’s railways. “I […]
UIC: IFIs will grant 40% of transport funds to railways
“Worldwide, there is a series of railway infrastructure projects underway, while others are due to be initiated over the next […]
Panamá metro attracts bidders from Europe and China
For the construction of metro line 2, Metro de Panamá received bids from three consortia: – Consorcio UTE Panamá II, […]
Brazil: Rio receives first Chinese metro train
The first train to run on Line 4 of the Rio de Janeiro metro connecting the Olympic Village to the […]