Uganda: Inadequate funds slowing Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Project
The Ministry of Works and Transport has attributed slow progress in the implementation of the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project…
Category: Rail
Transnet Issues RFP to return long-standing Locomotives to Service to meet Customer Demand
In a further effort to normalise freight operations in South Africa, Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has issued an open competitive…
Premier Alan Winde Welcomes Partial Resumption of Eerste River-Bellville Train Service
Premier Alan Winde cautiously welcomes Metrorail’s partial resumption of the train service between Eerste River and Bellville in Cape Town…
Agreement signed between Botswana Railways (BR) and National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ)
Botswana Railways (BR) and National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) recently signed an agreement to improve the efficiency of services offered…
Ghana Easing urban traffic: Kumasi to get electric rail system
The first electric light rail transportation, also known as the Tram System, is to be launched in Kumasi, the Ashanti…
Sitarail receives its new tamper to maintain the railway between Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso
(Press release Bolloré – 19 august 2022) On 19 August 2022, SITARAIL took delivery at the Port of Abidjan of…
South Africa and Botswana join forces to improve trade between the two countries through rail freights
Transnet Freight Rail (South Africa) will collaborate with Botswana Rail to upgrade 126 km of rail between Swartruggens, in South…
Kenya : President Kenyatta Commissions Kisumu Railway Station
The restoration of the rail transport in Kisumu will not only lower the cost of ferrying goods along the line…
The role of railways in empowering AfCFTA’s success
Trading under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) commenced in January 2021, creating a huge single market of 54…
WFP and partners bring first-of-its-kind transport training centre to West Africa
DAKAR – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is partnering with global corporations to build a world-class Transport Training…