Africa rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Africa, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Modern wagons arrive for Angolan railway capacity upgrade
ANGOLA: Lobito Atlantic Railway has taken delivery of the first of 275 container wagons ordered from Galison Manufacturing in South Africa.
Bashteel hub in Greater Cairo opens
EGYPT: President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated Bashteel main line station in Giza, west of Cairo, on October 12.
Moroccan high speed line track component contracts awarded
MOROCCO: National railway ONCF has awarded Vossloh two contracts to supply track components for the construction of a 320 km/h high speed line between Casablanca and Marrakech.
Ugandan standard gauge railway construction contract signed
UGANDA: The Ministry of Works & Transport has signed a €2·7bn contract for Turkish firm Yapı Merkezi to build an electrified standard gauge railway running 273 km from Malaba on the Kenyan border to Kampala.
Sinai passenger train launched
EGYPT: The first passenger service in more than 50 years ran on the 100 km line linking Al Ismailia on the Suez canal with Bir-al-Abd in the north of the Sinai Peninsula on October 7.
Dakar Airport Express train delivered
SENEGAL: The first trainset has been delivered for Phase II of the Dakar Train Express Régional, which will extend the 36 km Dakar - Diamniadio line by 19 km to Blaise Diagne airport.
Tanger railway study commissioned
Prasa deploys vibration detection tool to prevent intrusion
Cairo operator trials sign language services
Casablanca tramway adds two lines
Zambia Lobito railway concession signed
Velaro high speed train designed for Egypt’s hot and sandy conditions
Tanzania-Zambia Railway concession to be signed this year
Transgabonais modernisation moves to next phase
Cairo Metro Line 1 to be modernised
Indian and Malaysian rolling stock manufacturers announce strategic co-operation
Railway partnership to enhance food security
Tunisia to Algeria passenger train services restart
Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Botswana sign draft railway agreement
Tanzanian electric train service reaches Dodoma
Moroccan high speed line extension support contract awarded
Locomotives ordered to support Simandou iron ore venture
Transnet obtains US$1bn loan to stabilise South African rail network
Guardian of the Nile luxury cruise train planned