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. […]
South America Leads
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 […]
Brazil, Peru and China to discuss the implementation of transcontinental rail project
A China-Brazil-Peru working group will soon be established to discuss the details of a proposed transcontinental rail line in South […]
Brazil increases rail vehicle production in 2014
The Brazilian Railway Industry Association (Abifer) says that Brazilian rail vehicles industry production increased substantially in 2014, with the industrial […]
Evraz to supply rails to Brazil
Evraz signed two contracts to supply rails to Brazil. Evraz ZSMK will ship to TIISA Construction Company four thousand tonnes […]
Brazil: Kapsch to deliver TETRA infrastructure to Rio de Janeiro
Kapsch has been selected by project lead ENG to provide the TETRA radio infrastructure for a new metro line (Line […]