ESTEL RA, a joint venture of Algerian Railways (SNTF) and Siemens, has secured a contract to supply signalling, safety and control systems, including ETCS, for the 140km Algiers RER commuter rail network which is operated by SNTF.
CHINA's Exim Bank has agreed to provide $US 1.5bn to fund 85% of the cost of extending the 609km Mombasa – Nairobi standard-gauge line currently under construction 120km north to Naivasha, while the Kenya government will fund the remaining 15%.
PASSENGER Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has approached the High Court in Johannesburg in a bid to terminate the controversial €250m locomotive deal it signed with Vossloh, alleging that the tender was rigged.
ALSTOM announced on November 26 that it has signed an agreement to purchase a 51% share in Commuter Transport and Locomotive Engineering (CTLE) from South African companies Commuter Transport Engineering (CTE) and Industrial Development Corporation (IDC), which will remain shareholders.
EGYPT's Ministry of Transport has invited expressions of interest for the acquisition of a fleet of 13 trains for the Cairo metro and a consultant to advise on the introduction of a new fares policy designed to increase revenue.
SIX years after Botswana Railways (BR) became a freight-only operation, the country's president Mr Ian Khama has announced plans to restore passenger services from Francistown in the north of the country to the capital Gaborone and Lobatse on the South African border from next March.
WEIGHWELL, Britain, has supplied and installed a train weighing system for the main depot for the 183km Tangiers - Kenitra high-speed line, which is due to open in 2018.
ALGERIAN National Railways (SNTF) and Stadler Rail are set to establish a joint venture company in Algeria under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the two companies in Algiers on November 10 in the presence of Algeria's minister of transport Mr Boudjnâ Talai and Swiss secretary of state for the economy Mrs Marie-Gabrielle Ineichen-Fleisch.
EGYPT's National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) has awarded Alstom and its consortium partners contracts worth €187m to supply signalling, telecommunications and electromechanical equipment for the phase 3 extension of Cairo Metro's Line 3.
CAMRAIL, the concessionaire operating 517km of Cameroon's 1104km metre-gauge network, has unveiled nine new GPR 3000 locomotives it has acquired as part of a $US 383m modernisation programme.
