Africa rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Africa, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Hyundai Rotem among bidders to supply 150 trainsets to ONCF
MOROCCO: National railway ONCF is seeking bids for the supply of up to 150 trains, with Hyundai Rotem among the suppliers involved in the procurement.
Second rolling stock assembly plant planned in Morocco
MOROCCO: Minister for Transport & Logistics Abdessamad Kayouh has announced that a second train assembly facility is to be built to serve the needs of national operator ONCF.
Egyptian National Railways orders ‘state-of-the-art’ track maintenance fleet
EGYPT: Plasser & Theurer has signed a contract to supply a fleet of track maintenance machines to Egyptian National Railways.
Marrakech high speed line contracts awarded
MOROCCO: Work on the 430 km high speed line from Casablanca to Marrakech is moving rapidly into the construction phase, following the letting of a series of civil engineering contracts to local and foreign contractors.
President launches construction of Ugandan standard gauge railway
UGANDA: President Yoweri Museveni officially launched construction of the standard gauge railway programme’s 272 km Eastern Line from the capital Kampala to Malaba on the Kenyan border during a ceremony in Tororo district on November 21.
Ghana’s Tema – Mpakadan railway commissioned
GHANA: President Nana Akufo-Addo has formally opened the 97·7 km Tema – Mpakadan standard gauge railway. Built by Afcons Infrastructure Ltd for US$447m, the line connects Tema’s port with a transfer quay on Lake Volta.
Modern wagons arrive for Angolan railway capacity upgrade
Bashteel hub in Greater Cairo opens
Moroccan high speed line track component contracts awarded
Ugandan standard gauge railway construction contract signed
Sinai passenger train launched
Dakar Airport Express train delivered
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