In the first phase, the proposed railway, to be built according to Egyptian rail specifications, will run from Aswan in Egypt to Wadi Halfa in Sudan’s Northern State, a length of 609 km.
Egypt, Sudan sign cooperation agreement on cross-border rail Read More »
Zambia’s NorthWest Rail Ltd (NWR), Uroven LTD and Smart Operations have signed a cooperation agreement to develop the first phase of the NorthWest Rail project.
Zambia’s NorthWest Rail Signs Cooperation Agreement Read More »
Under the $419m contract, Afcons Infrastructure will construct the 51-km Eduadin – Obuasi standard gauge rail line, six stations and pedestrian footbridges.
Afcons Infrastructure wins $419m rail contract in Ghana Read More »
The project involves the construction of a 284-km single track standard gauge rail line from Kano to Maradi in Niger through Katsina and Jibia, and a 93-km branch line from Kano to Dutse, the capital of Jigawa State.
Nigeria approves $1.96bn Kano-Maradi rail project Read More »
The 543km-long high-speed rail project will connect the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea at a maximum train speed of 250 km/h, cutting the coast-to-coast travel time to 3 hours.
Egyptian-Chinese consortium wins bid for high-speed rail project Read More »
Cairo Metro Line 3 Phase 4B extension serves 6 stations at El-Nozha, Hisham Barakat, Qobaa, Omar ibn El Khattab, Hikestep and Adly Mansour. A depot with 31 buildings was built at Adly Mansour.
Cairo Metro Line 3 Phase 4B extension inaugurated Read More »
Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) is set to begin rehabilitating the old meter-gauge railway line from Nakuru to Kisumu this month. This comes after the completion of rehabilitation works on the 240-km Nairobi-Nanyuki meter-gauge railway line. According to KRC Managing Director Philip Mainga, the rehabilitation of the line will take between 8 to 12 months and
Repair of Nakuru-Kisumu metre-gauge railway starts this month Read More »
Egypt plans to carry out a total of 22 projects by 2024 to expand the Cairo Metro at a cost of EGP512 billion ($32 billion). Speaking during a meeting with officials of the National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) on July 6, the minister of transport, Kamel El-Wazir, reported that eight projects worth EGP250.5 billion ($16
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Siveco China has won a contract to supply the Maintenance Management System (MMS) for the 10th of Ramadan Railway project in Egypt. Throughout 2019, Siveco China and China Huaxin conducted preliminary design for the MMS. The signing of the MMS contract in June 2020 takes the project to the delivery phase. In August 2017, Egypt’s
Siveco China Wins MMS Contract for 10th of Ramadan Railway Read More »
A joint venture (JV) of TSO and Orascom Construction has been awarded a $112.5m contract by a consortium of China Railway Group and AVIC International to build the track for a light rail line in Egypt. In August 2017, the consortium of Chinese companies was awarded a $1.24bn contract to build the 10th of Ramadan
TSO and Orascom JV Awarded Light Rail Contract in Egypt Read More »
