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January 11, 2019 | Africa

KRC to order new DMUs for Nairobi Commuter Rail network

KENYA Railways Corporation (KRC) confirmed in a tweet on January 10 that it will place an order this year for 11 new metre-gauge DMUs as part of the rehabilitation of the Nairobi Commuter Rail (NCR) network.

January 7, 2019 | Africa

Non-compliant bids delay Gautrain EMU procurement

PLANS to acquire additional trains for South Africa’s Gautrain standard-gauge commuter rail network have suffered a setback after all three prequalified bidders failed to submit compliant offers.

$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.

January 3, 2019 | Africa

Hyundai Rotem nets Cairo metro train contract

EGYPT’s National Authority for Tunnels has awarded Hyundai Rotem a Won 150.8bn ($US 130m) contract to supply 48 metro trains for Cairo Line 2.

December 18, 2018 | Africa

Gibela rolls out first South African-built X’Trapolis Mega EMU

THE first locally-assembled Alstom X’Trapolis Mega suburban EMU for Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) left the Gibela plant at Dunnottar in Gauteng on December 7 bound for the operator’s depot at Woolmerton north of Pretoria.

November 16, 2018 | Africa

GE pulls out of Nigerian narrow-gauge concession

GE Transportation confirmed on November 16 that it is withdrawing from a consortium appointed earlier this year to upgrade Nigeria’s narrow-gauge railway network.

November 15, 2018 | Africa

Morocco inaugurates Africa’s first high-speed line

KING Mohammed VI of Morocco and French president Mr Emmanuel Macron attended a ceremony in Tangiers on November 15 to inaugurate Africa’s first high-speed line.

November 13, 2018 | Track

Wegh Group strengthens position in Mozambique

INFRASTRUCTURE supplier Wegh Group, Italy, has acquired further shares in Travessas Do Norte, Mozambique, in addition to its existing 52.2% holding through subsidiary Wegh Mocambique.

October 31, 2018 | Rolling stock

Transmashholding finalises purchase of South African rolling stock plant

TRANSMASHHOLDING (TMH) has completed a deal with DCD Group to acquire DCD’s rolling stock factory in Boksburg, South Africa, for a reported Rand 500m ($US 33.9m).

October 31, 2018 | Africa

Tanzania - Rwanda railway set for December groundbreaking

THE governments of Tanzania and Rwanda confirmed on October 29 that the two countries will break ground next month on a new standard-gauge railway connecting landlocked Rwanda with the Indian Ocean.

October 30, 2018 | Africa

South African president opens Gibela rolling stock plant

ALSTOM and its partners in the Gibela joint venture, Ubumbano Rail and New Africa Rail, inaugurated a Rand 928m ($US 63.5m) rolling stock manufacturing plant at Dunnottar, South Africa, on October 25.

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