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October 27, 2020 | Financial

Transnet records strong decrease in profit in 2019-20 financial results

TRANSNET, South Africa, has reported a 34.9% decrease in net profit to Rand 3.9bn ($US 241.7m) for the 2019-20 financial year ended March 31, despite a 1.3% increase in revenue to Rand 75.1bn.

October 26, 2020 | Africa

Uganda launches Tororo - Gulu line rehabilitation

UGANDA has launched a project to rehabilitate the 375km metre-gauge Tororo - Gulu railway at a cost of €34.6m with financial support from the European Union.

$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.

October 12, 2020 | Infrastructure

Renewal of Nigeria’s Port Harcourt - Maiduguri line approved

NIGERIA’s Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved contracts worth $US 3.02bn for the rehabilitation and reconstruction of the Port Harcourt - Maiduguri 1067-mm Eastern Line.

September 30, 2020 | Infrastructure

Extensive cable thefts and looting halts South African rail services

SOUTH Africa’s commuter rail services have all but ground to a halt following a cable theft epidemic and widespread vandalism that has prevented Metrorail services from operating across most of its network. Almost the entire Metrorail network, which is also partially used by Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) services, has been affected.

September 26, 2020 | Policy

Kenyan parliamentary committee recommends renegotiation of SGR costs

A report by the Kenyan Parliament’s Transport Committee has recommended a programme of reforms to reduce losses on the 729km Mombasa - Nairobi - Naivasha Standard Gauge Railway (SGR).

September 24, 2020 | Financial

Funding approved for $US 1.96bn Nigeria - Niger line

THE Nigerian Federal Executive Council has approved $US 1.96bn in funding for the construction of the 284km cross-border Kano - Katsina - Jibia - Maradi line, which includes a 93km branch from Kano to Dutse.

September 21, 2020 | Infrastructure

Egypt to build 543km Suez - Mediterranean line

An Egyptian/Chinese consortium has reportedly won a $US 9bn contract to construct a 543km, 250km/h railway from Ain Sokhna on the Gulf of Suez coast to the new Administrative Capital east of Cairo and El-Alamein on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast. The line will also pass through the cities of Sixth of October, Alexandria, and Burj al-Arab.

September 18, 2020 | Africa

Egypt plans to build train factory in Port Said

EGYPT’s Ministry of Planning and Economic Development has announced plans to establish the country’s first plant to build EMUs, DMUs and monorail trains in East Port Said industrial zone.

September 3, 2020 | Africa

RATP Dev to operate and maintain Cairo Line 3

EGYPT’s National Tunnel Authority (NAT) and RATP Dev have signed a 15-year contract to operate and maintain Line 3 of the Cairo metro network.

August 24, 2020 | Locomotives

Prasa launches bid to acquire additional Afro locomotives

THE embattled Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has presented a business case to parliament to acquire the remaining Afro 4000 and Afro Dual locomotives built by Vossloh Spain (now Stadler Rail Valencia), which were ordered but never delivered after it was discovered they exceeded the loading gauge on part of the country’s network.

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