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December 23, 2019 | Metros

Joint venture awarded €1.36bn Abidjan metro contact

A €1.36bn technical and financial offer submitted by the Abidjan Rail Transport Company (Star) joint venture for the construction of Line 1 of the Abidjan Metro has been approved.

December 19, 2019 | Africa

Kenya Railways opens standard-gauge Naivasha container terminal

PRESIDENT Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya flagged off the first standard-gauge freight train to Naivasha inland container terminal in Nairobi on December 17.

$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.

December 11, 2019 | Policy

Prasa placed into administration as interim board and CEO dismissed

SOUTH Africa’s transport minister, Mr Fikile Mbalula, has dismissed the interim board and acting CEO of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) and put the agency into administration.

December 6, 2019 | Africa

First 10 Wabtec locomotives arrive in Egypt

EGYPTIAN National Railways (ENR) and Egypt’s Ministry of Transport have taken delivery of the first batch of 10 ES30ACi Light Passenger Evolution Series locomotives from Wabtec.

December 2, 2019 | Financial

Alstom Network UK fined £16.4m after Tunisia tram deal corruption probe

A British court has ordered Alstom’s British subsidiary Alstom Network UK to pay £16.4m after the company was convicted in April 2018 of conspiracy to corrupt with regards to a contract to supply trams in Tunisia.

November 25, 2019 | Financial

Tanzania to sign $US 1.46bn loan agreement for standard gauge railway

TANZANIA’s government has announced plans to sign a $US 1.46bn loan agreement with local and international lenders in the middle of December for construction of the 160km/h Morogoro - Makutupora section of the standard gauge railway project.

November 22, 2019 | Uncategorized

TMH passenger coach for Egypt heads to Hungary for tests

THE first prototype Transmashholding third-class coach for Egypt has left the Tver Carriage Works plant in Russia bound for Hungary where certification tests will take place.

November 22, 2019 | Infrastructure

Guinea iron-ore mine project to include 650km line

BOKÉ Mining Company (SMB) has won a tender to exploit blocks 1 and 2 of the iron-ore deposits in Simandou, Guinea, with the conditions including the construction of a 650km railway and deep-water port in Matakong.

November 19, 2019 | Fleet

Egypt signs $US 466.3m locomotive deal with Progress Rail

EGYPTIAN National Railways (ENR) signed a $US 466.3m deal with Progress Rail, United States, on November 15 regarding the supply and refurbishment of locomotives.

November 1, 2019 | Main line

Nigeria signs $US 3.9bn contract with China for Abuja - Warri line

THE Nigerian government has signed a $US 3.9bn contract with China Railway Construction Company International (CRCCI) for the construction of a line connecting Abuja, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), with Itakpe and Warri in the south.

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