British Steel wins its largest steel sleeper contract
British Steel won its largest ever order and will provide Guinea Bauxite Company (CBG) 244,000 steel sleepers which will be […]
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NGE wins HSR construction contract in Egypt
Orascom and Arab Contractors awarded NGE, with its rail expertise subsidiary TSO, a contract for the construction of a high-speed […]
Algeria opens Mostaganem tramway
Algeria’s Minister of Transport, Kamel Beldjoud, the Wali of Mostaganem, Aissa Boulahia and other senior representatives from local authorities have […]
Egypt and TMH sign railcar maintenance contract
The head of Egyptian National Railways, Mohamed Amer, and the Vice President of Transmashholding (TMH), Sergo Kurbanov, signed a framework […]
Abu Qir rail project enters EIB evaluation
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is assessing the Abu Qir railway project covering the rehabilitation and upgrade of the obsolete […]
Thales to deliver OCC for Line 7 in Santiago
Metro de Santiago and Thales signed two contracts to design, install, test and commission the Operation Control Centre (OCC) for […]
JICA signs agreement for Cairo metro Line 4
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the Government of Egypt signed a loan agreement of JPY 41 billion (USD […]
China wins contract to build a new SGR line in Tanzania
Tanzania Railway Corporation (TRC) signed a USD 2.2 billion contract with a joint venture of China Construction Civil Engineering (CCECC) […]
AfDB loan for Uganda’s essential line modernisation project
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has provided USD 301 million to Uganda Railways Corporation to overhaul Kampala – Malaba […]
Alstom to establish a rail academy in Egypt
Alstom and the Egypt Ministry of Transport (MOT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during the 27th Conference of […]