Africa rail industry news
Latest railway industry news from Africa, including operations, infrastructure, rolling stock and policy.
Tanzanian electric train service reaches Dodoma
TANZANIA: The 258·2 km Morogoro – Dodoma standard gauge line was handed over with a ceremony on July 25 and the first electric passenger train service ran on August 1 with President Samia Suluhu Hassan onboard.
Moroccan high speed line extension support contract awarded
MOROCCO: National railway ONCF has appointed a Franco-Moroccan consortium of Egis, Systra and Novec to provide project management assistance services to support the development of the Kénitra – Marrakech high speed line.
Locomotives ordered to support Simandou iron ore venture
GUINEA: The SimFer mining joint venture has awarded Wabtec a US$277m contract to supply Evolution Series ES43ACmi diesel locomotives for the Simandou iron ore project.
Transnet obtains US$1bn loan to stabilise South African rail network
SOUTH AFRICA: The African Development Bank has approved a US$1bn corporate loan to support national rail, port and logistics company Transnet’s business recovery plan, and is considering two targeted grants.
Guardian of the Nile luxury cruise train planned
EGYPT: Italian high-end hospitality company Arsenale and Egyptian National Railways have signed heads of terms for the launch of a Guardian of the Nile luxury cruise train in 2027.
More coaches to boost capacity on Kenya’s Standard Gauge Railway
KENYA: A further 20 coaches which CRRC Nanjing Puzhen is supplying to increase capacity on the 480 km Standard Gauge Railway route from Mombasa to Nairobi were shipped from Shanghai at the end of June.
Production of Lobito Atlantic Railway container wagons begins
Tanzania launches electric passenger train services
Africa: Reviving Sénégal’s run-down network
Interview: ‘The commuter experience will be back to its best’
Nairobi battery commuter train study
Kenya Railways sets out strategic plan for 2023-27
Abuja metro services relaunched
Inland port association aims to get more freight onto South Africa’s railways
Alstom to support Kinshasa urban rail project
Egyptian resignalling project completed
Locos modernised for African lease fleet
Velaro EGY high speed train for Egypt on test
Cairo metro line 3 Phase 3C opens
President unveils Sierra Leone iron ore railway locos
Modernised Port Harcourt – Aba railway reopens
Prasa reports completion of resignalling schemes
Spain – Morocco tunnel investigations underway
Siemens presents Egyptian Desiro as high speed rail construction progresses