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February 13, 2019 | High-speed

Saudi high-speed services stepped up

OPERATIONS were stepped up on Saudi Arabia’s Haramain high-speed line on February 13 with the launch of Wednesday services on the 453km route between Mecca and Medina.

February 6, 2019 | Fleet

CAF wins fleet maintenance contracts in Spain and Saudi Arabia

CAF announced on February 6 that it has been awarded four contracts with a total value of €240m to maintain rolling stock fleets in Spain and Saudi Arabia.

February 5, 2019 | Track

SAR awards track monitoring contract to Perpetuum

SAUDI Railway Company (SAR) has awarded a contract to Perpetuum, Britain, to install track condition remote monitoring equipment on two SAR passenger trains as part of a two-year contract to monitor the condition of 1242km Riyadh - Hail - Qurrayat section of the North-South Railway.

February 5, 2019 | Track

Israel launches track course to bridge skills gap

ISRAEL’s Ministry of Transport and Israel Railways is launching a degree course in civil and mechanical engineering specialising in track engineering to address a shortage of track engineers needed to implement mainline, metro and light rail projects in the coming decades.

January 29, 2019 | Middle East

Rail regains momentum in the Gulf states

With higher oil prices and diversified revenue sources, the Gulf states are picking up the pace on rail investment with many major projects back on the agenda, as IRJ Pro market analyst Oscar Sinclair explains.

January 21, 2019 | Fleet

Pakistan Railways issues tender for 230 coaches

PAKISTAN Railways (PR) has issued an international tender for 230 long-distance passenger coaches.

December 14, 2018 | Metros

Israel announces three-line Tel Aviv metro network

A metro network consisting of three lines will be built in Tel Aviv, Israel’s minister of transport and intelligence, Mr Yisrael Katz, announced on December 12.

December 10, 2018 | Signalling

Israel Railways awards onboard ETCS contract

ISRAEL Railways (IR) has awarded Alstom a Shekels 186m ($US 49.8m) contract for the design, supply, installation, testing, and preparation of ETCS Level 2 on 192 trains.

December 6, 2018 | Light Rail

CRRC Sifang to supply Cairo interurban EMUs

CRRC Sifang and a consortium of China’s Avic International and China Railway Group signed a contract on December 3 to supply 22 trains for the inter-urban light rail line between Cairo and 10th of Ramadan City.

November 27, 2018 | Middle East

UAE agrees finance for Etihad Rail Stage 2

THE UAE Ministry of Finance and the Abu Dhabi Department of Finance have signed an agreement to finance Stage 2 of the Etihad Rail network.

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