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November 25, 2020 | Africa

Kenyan court quashes mandatory use of SGR for freight

KENYA’s High Court has dealt Kenya Railways Corporation’s (KRC) rail freight business a major blow after quashing an earlier government directive requiring the transport of all imported containers on the 578.8km standard gauge railway (SGR) between Mombasa and Nairobi.

November 24, 2020 | Signalling

Egypt commissions signalling upgrades on three lines

EGYPTIAN National Railways (ENR) has commissioned updated signalling systems on seven interlockings on three main lines in the past six months, following upgrades by Thales.

$A 1.96bn Sydney Metro West tunnelling contract awarded

Sydney Metro has awarded the Acciona Ferrovial joint venture a $A 1.96bn ($US 1.44bn) contract to build the central section of the Sydney Metro West line.

November 20, 2020 | News

UIC annual report: safety continues to improve

THE International Union of Railways (UIC) says that safety standards continue to improve in its annual report on railway safety, released on November 19, which covers 31 national railway networks plus Eurotunnel.

November 13, 2020 | Africa

Egypt and Sudan to cooperate on international rail link

THE governments of Egypt and Sudan have signed a joint cooperation agreement to carry out economic, social and environmental feasibility studies for the creation of a new cross-border railway between the two countries.

November 11, 2020 | Fleet

Kenya introduces DMUs on Nairobi commuter network

KENYA Railway Corporation (KRC) began operation of five metre-gauge class 61 DMUs on the Nairobi Commuter Network (NCR) on November 10, following a ceremony at Nairobi Central station attended by Kenyan president, Mr Uhuru Kenyatta.

November 11, 2020 | Infrastructure

Zambia Northwest Rail Phase 1A agreement signed

ZAMBIA’s Northwest Rail (NWR) has signed a cooperation agreement with Uroven, Britain, and Transmashholding (TMH) subsidiary Smart Operations to build the first phase of the 590km east-west railway.

November 11, 2020 | Main line

Setrag’s new CEO set to oversee Gabon line modernisation

THE board of directors of Gabon passenger and freight railway Setrag has appointed Mr Christian Magni as CEO.

November 11, 2020 | Fleet

IRJ In-Brief - Fleet: Skoda trains finally authorised in Germany; Perm to purchase 15 LRVs; New EMUs on their way to Israel

Germany: DB Regio will begin operating services in the state of Bavaria using six Škoda double-deck push-pull trains from November 12. Following testing on the Munich - Ingolstadt -Treuchtlingen line that is due to begin on November 16, they will enter service from December 13 on Nuremberg - Munich Express regional services.

November 6, 2020 | Rolling stock

Casablanca orders Alstom LRVs for Line 3 and 4

CASA Transport, which operates public transport in Casablanca, Morocco, has awarded a €130m contract to Alstom for the supply of up to 88 Citadis X05 LRVs for operation on the city’s new line 3 and 4 light rail routes.

October 30, 2020 | Infrastructure

Egypt awards contract for Alexandria light rail line modernisation

EGYPT’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) awarded a contract on October 27 for the design and supervision of the €360m rehabilitation of Alexandria’s 13.8km Raml light rail line to a Systra-led consortium.

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