Category: Rail

Namibia: African Development Bank approves $196 million loan to modernize railway infrastructure

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The loan, approved on 31 October 2023, represents 51.8 percent of the project’s total cost The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group has approved a loan of $196.43 million for Namibia to implement the second phase of its Transport Infrastructure Improvement Project (TIIP).   The loan, approved on 31 October 2023, represents 51.8 percent of the project’s total cost. The Namibian government will provide the remaining 48.2 percent. The project aligns with Namibia’s long-term Vision 2030 to the country’s Namibia’s logistics value chain by tackling railway infrastructure…

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SENEGAL-RAILS-RELANCE / Revival of the railways: rehabilitation works delivered in December, assures Mansour Faye

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(APS) – The rehabilitation works of the country’s railways, 60 to 70% executed, will be delivered in December 2023, announced Thursday the Minister of Infrastructure, Land Transport and Opening up, Mansour Faye. “We are sure that eventually in December 2023, according to the contractual deadlines, the freight train will run, either at the end of December or at the beginning of January (2024)”, said Mansour Faye. He was visiting the railway rehabilitation sites, aboard one of the three locomotives received, which he took at Pout bound for Diourbel, making a…

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South Africa: Transport on relieve of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) Chairperson

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The Ministry of Transport has today announced that Mr Leonard Ramatlakane has been relieved of his duties as a Board Member and Chairperson of the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (PRASA).   This follows an investigation by the Entity on the misuse of one of its properties in Cape Town by the Chairperson without due and proper processes being followed. The Rail Lines and Stations were hit by vandalists during the lockdown period and the Rail Recovery Programme is a robust government response to that destruction Transport Minister Chikunga has…

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ALGERIA TO BUILD 1,000 KM RAIL NETWORK TO TRANSPORT IRON ORE

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( Ecofin Agency) – The country is seeking to create new rail links to densify its network in order to facilitate freight transport, mass transport, and limit the deterioration of roads. Algeria plans to build a 1,000 km railway network to facilitate the evacuation of iron ore from its Gâra Djebilet mine, located in the western province of Tindouf, Algeria Presse Service reported. The railroad will link the mine to Bechar, a province in the northwest of the country. “Technical teams of the National Agency for Studies and Monitoring of…

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Morocco – 11th UIC World Congress on High-Speed, with the topic : High-speed rail: the right speed for our planet

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The 11th edition of the UIC World Congress on High-Speed Rail is taking place from 7 to 10 March 2023 at the Palais des Congrès in Marrakech, Morocco under the auspices of the International Union of Railways (UIC) and the Moroccan Railways (ONCF). The 3 days global event, which brings together the world’s key players in high-speed rail, is organised under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohamed VI, on the topic: High-speed rail: the right speed for our planet. This slogan, has been adopted for the congress to…

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French Group (NGE) will build 330 km of high-speed line in Egypt.

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NGE’s rail expertise subsidiary, TSO, will be in charge of laying 330 km of track in Egypt, beating its own record set in France in 2017 with the laying of 320 km on the South East Atlantic line This rail project in Egypt will connect 60 cities across the country, increase freight traffic and provide approximately 500 million trips annually. NGE will provide its expertise and human and material resources to local companies Orascom and Arab Contractors. “Work will begin in early 2023 and will require the mobilization of 500…

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Launch of the African Association of Urban Transport Authorities (AAUTA) in Abidjan

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  The Greater Abidjan Urban Mobility Authority (AMUGA), in collaboration with the Africa Transport Policy Program (SSATP, an international partnership administered by the World Bank) organized the founding General Assembly of the African Association of Urban Transport Authorities (AAUTA) from 21 to 22 February 2023 at the Noom Hotel in Abidjan.   This meeting organized to address the challenges of African citizens in urban transport and mobility, in the face of rapidly increasing rates of urbanization and motorization of the continent, was attended by more than 40 leaders of the sector from…

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Kinshasa’s mass transit system to be rebuilt by Africa Finance Corporation and Trans Connexion Congo

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Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (www.AfricaFC.org), the leading infrastructure solutions provider on the continent, has entered into a joint development agreement with Trans Connexion Congo (TCC), to jointly develop a mass transit system covering a linear route of 300km of railroad in Kinshasa, Africa’s most populous city, in the Democratic Republic of Congo.   The development of this urban train is to be executed in four phases, with the first phase being a 25km rail connection from the central station of Kinshasa to the city’s N’Djili International Airport. Implementation will involve…

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Uganda: Inadequate funds slowing Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Project

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The Ministry of Works and Transport has attributed slow progress in the implementation of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project to inadequate funds.   This, according to the ministry, has affected pre-construction activities such as land acquisition and compensation of Project-Affected-Persons (PAPs) at the first phase of the Malaba-Kampala SGR project. This was revealed during a meeting between Works Ministry officials led by the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Katumba Wamala and the Committee on Physical Infrastructure chaired by Hon. Robert Kasolo (over the SGR project on Thursday, 09…

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Transnet Issues RFP to return long-standing Locomotives to Service to meet Customer Demand

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In a further effort to normalise freight operations in South Africa, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has issued an open competitive tender inviting eligible original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to step in to rehabilitate the non-operational Chinese-manufactured locomotives awaiting critical spare parts. This follows on the impasse with the CRRC E-Loco Supply, the Chinese stateowned supplier of locomotives. CRRC is unwilling to engage with the relevant authorities in South Africa to normalise its operations in the country. Details on the matter of the CRRC has been widely published. TFR has published the…

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