THE first batch of coaches for the Mombasa - Nairobi Standard-Gauge Railway (SGR) line arrived at the port of Nairobi on January 29.
CHINA Railway Rolling Stock Corporation’s (CRRC) Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive subsidiary announced on January 12 it has signed an €8m contract with Macedonia’s national freight and passenger operator MẐ Transport to supply four electric locomotives.
CHINA Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC) has successfully delivered the first six Df8B freight locomotives which will operate on the new standard-gauge railway in between Mombasa, and Nairobi, Kenya.
CRRC Dalian rolled out the first two CDD3B1 diesel locomotives for Nigeria at its plant in China on January 5. The units will provide passenger services on the 186.5km standard-gauge Abuja - Kaduna railway, which opened in July 2016.
ANKARA’s fourth metro line was inaugurated on January 5 by the president of Turkey Mr Recep Erdoğan, prime minister Mr Binali Yildirim, minister of transport, maritime affairs and communications Mr Ahmet Arslan, and the city’s mayor Mr Melih Gökçek.
THE first locomotives for the initial phase of Kenya’s standard-gauge railway network were officially presented to Kenyan Railways Corporation (KRC) at CRRC Corporation’s plant in Qishuyan, China, on December 16.
THE Chinese city of Qingdao opened the second phase of its first metro line on December 18, when passenger operations began on the 13km 12-station southern section of Line 3 from Shuangshan to Qingdao Railway Station.
MASSACHUSETTS Bay Transportation Authority’s (MBTA) Fiscal and Management Control Board voted on December 12 to order 120 additional metro cars from CRRC Corporation subsidiary CRRC MA at a cost of $US 280m.
CRRC Corporation confirmed in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on November 28 that its CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive subsidiary has entered negotiations regarding the potential acquisition of a 100% stake in Škoda Transportation.
THE first train for the inaugural metro line in the Chinese city of Urumqi was unveiled at CRRC Corporation’s plant in Zhuzhou on November 1.
