AFTER several false starts, Argentina's Ministry of Transport confirmed on July 4 that work on a project to replace the surface alignment of the Sarmiento Line in Buenos Aires with a 22.4km tunnel will resume in September.
ARGENTINA's Ministry of Transport is to invest Pesos 1.64bn ($US 115.5m) during the next four years to upgrade the 54km metre-gauge Belgrano North commuter rail line linking Buenos Aires Retiro with Vila Rosa.
THE head of the government of the City of Buenos Aires Mr Horacio Rodriguez Larreta and Argentina's minister of urban development Mr Franco Moccia confirmed at the unveiling of the city's 2016 metro masterplan on April 28 that the metro operator Sbase has signed a contract worth around €60m with Alstom for 60 additional 300 series Metropolis metro cars for Line D.
ROLLS-ROYCE is to supply 100 2200kW MTU Series 4000 diesel engines for freight locomotives in Argentina in a €30m+ deal with China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC).
INDRA, Spain, is to supply ticketing equipment and information technology to Argentinian State Railways (SOFSA) in a €35m deal.
THE City of Buenos Aires confirmed on January 26 that it is planning to order 60 additional 300 series Metropolis cars from Alstom as part of the ongoing modernisation of its metro train fleet.
ARGENTINA's minister of the interior and transport Mr Florencio Randazzo signed a letter of intent with representatives of China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) during a visit to China this week to finance the second phase of the rehabilitation of the metre-gauge Belgrano Cargas network.
THE modernisation of the Buenos Aires suburban rail network has reached a milestone with the of the shipping of the last of 709 new EMU cars from CRRC Corporation's Qingdao Sifang plant in China.
ARGENTINA's interior and transport minister Mr Florencio Randazzo inspected the first of 27 metre-gauge commuter DMUs for the Belgrano Sur commuter network at the port of Buenos Aires on July 7.
THE first of a new fleet of DMUs for Tren del Valle commuter rail services between the Argentinean city of Neuquén and the neighbouring town of Cipolletti was delivered on July 5.
