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Radical structural reform, open access operations, the development of a standard gauge network of high speed lines and measures to address security problems are included in a White Paper on National Rail Policy which sets out the Department of Transport’s ambitions to make rail the backbone.
Posted 5 days ago by bevans
In December 2018, a leaked letter from the Kenyan auditor-general’s office sparked a rumour that Kenya had staked its bustling Mombasa Port as collateral for the Chinese-financed Standard Gauge Railway. Our new research shows why the collateral rumour is wrong.
Posted 6 days ago by Railpage System User
THE European Union has agreed to provide €123m to support the upgrade of Cameroon’s 330km Belabo - Ngaoundere line.
Posted one week ago by Railpage System User
French container transport and shipping firm CMA CGM integrated its rail freight and ocean forwarding services, offering new onward connections in Brazil and Zimbabwe last month.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
THE Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) has announced that services will resume between Kasama and New Kapiri-Mposhi in Zambia on July 22 following the repair of the Chambeshi River Railway Bridge, which was damaged by a freight train accident on May 13 2021.
Posted 2 weeks ago by Railpage System User
Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana has authorised the city of Cape Town to undertake a detailed feasibility study for the potential devolution of control of suburban rail services from the national government.
Posted 3 weeks ago by Railpage System User
The International Union of Railways has selected Morocco to host the 11th World Congress on High Speed Rail in 2023, reflecting the country’s leading position in the high speed rail sector in Africa and the Middle East.
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TANZANIA’s minister of works and transport, Prof Makame Mbarawa, laid a foundation stone for the Makutupora - Tabora phase three section of the Dar es Salaam - Mwanza standard-gauge railway project on April 12 at the Cheyo B stadium in Tabora.
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Minister of Works & Transport Makame Mbarawa laid a foundation stone in Tabora on April 12 to officially launch construction of the third stage of the 1 211 km Dar es Salaam – Mwanza standard gauge railway project.
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Work to resignal Germiston station complex, one of the busiest railway junctions in Africa, has now been completed by Siemens Mobility, marking the end of a major three-year project.
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State railway and port company Transnet has invited expressions of interest in buying train paths on two key freight corridors as a pilot scheme for wider rail reform.
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Subject to approval by competition authorities and some of the parties involved, Bolloré Group has agreed to sell its Bolloré Africa Logistics subsidiary to Italian-Swiss logistics and shipping group Mediterranean Shipping Co for €5∙7bn. This includes Bolloré’s three concessions to operate metre-gauge African railways.
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Transnet announced that as of 1 April, private parties interested in using the South African railway network can apply for their preferred slots.
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THE government of Guinea has signed a framework agreement with Rio Tinto and Winning Consortium Simandou (WCS) to continue development of the Simandou iron-ore deposit.
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Mine development company High Power Exploration and the Liberian government have signed an amended framework agreement for the Nimba Iron Ore Project in southeast Guinea to make use of existing and expanded rail and port infrastructure in Liberia.
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The first of seven Talgo trainsets for Egyptian National Railways has been delivered from Spain to the port of Alexandria.
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The Ministry of Transport is due to announce in May the winner of a competition to manage the Lobito Corridor that includes the 1 067 mm gauge Benguela Railway. The 1 344 km line was rebuilt in 2002-15 with the help of various Chinese companies after being badly damaged ...
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Caminho de Ferro de Benguela has extended the Lobito – Luena express passenger service that it launched in mid-2021 to Luau in Moxico province, close to the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo. The train departs Lobito on Mondays at 07.00, arriving in Luau on the following day ...
Posted last month by bevans
A group of gunmen bombed a rail track in Nigeria's northwestern state of Kaduna on Monday, with casualties unknown, witnesses and security sources said.
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Within the scope of “Phase-1” works for “Zambia Railway Rehabilitation Project”, the visual and non-destructive inspection works of the bridges and culverts were carried out with our solution partners “TEC4” and “RENKLER İPLE ERISIM”.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
PRASA has restored services on its Cape Town – Goodwood – Bellville suburban route after being suspended for two years.
Posted 2 months ago by 8502
Two trains have collided in Tunisia, leaving 95 people injured, civil defence spokesman Moez Triaa says.
Posted 2 months ago by 8502
A train crash in the southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has killed at least 60 people, the state rail company and local sources said.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
A Korea National Railway (KNR) led consortium has secured a Won 10bn ($US 32m) contract with Moroccan National Railways (ONCF) to provide basic and detailed design services for section three of the planned 230km Marrakech - Agadir high-speed line.
Posted 2 months ago by Railpage System User
The first of four former Austrian Federal Railways Class 1014 electric locomotives purchased by Turkish construction company Yapı Merkezi has been shipped to Tanzania for use in testing the Dar es Salaam – Morogoro standard gauge line now nearing completion.
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