Category: Rail

THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT WITNESSES THE SIGNING OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE RAILWAY AUTHORITY AND ALMAVIVA S.A. WITH ME . I (ITALIAN) SPECIALIZED IN TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS

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The Minister of Transport witnesses the signing of a memorandum of understanding between Egyptian National Railways (ENR) represented by Trans-IT Company and Almaviva S.B.A Company (Italian) specialized in the field of transportation systems to cooperate in technological projects that serve Egyptian National Railways and passenger transportation systems. Lieutenant-General Engineer / Kamel Al-Wazir – Minister of Transport witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in technological projects that serve the Egyptian National Railways and passenger transportation systems, between the Egyptian National Railways represented by Trans IT Company, the…

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THE MINISTER OF TRANSPORT ANNOUNCES THE ENTRY OF MINYA AL-QAMH MAIN SIGNAL TOWER AND KOM HELIN SECONDARY SIGNAL TOWER INTO SERVICE

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According to the political leadership’s directives to complete the development and modernization projects of railway signaling systems to increase the safety and security factors of the lines The Minister of Transport announces the entry of Minya al-Qamh main signal tower and Kom Helin secondary signal tower into service, as part of the project to develop signaling systems on Benha / Zagazig / Ismailia / Port Said — Zagazig / Abu Kabir lines. According to the political leadership’s directives of the Egyptian government represented by the Ministry of Transport with the…

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YAPI MERKEZI TO BUILD TANZANIA’S BIGGEST RAILWAY LINE

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Yapı Merkezi has signed on to undertake a $1.9-billion project in Tanzania. Having successfully developed an impressive array of world-class projects, Yapı Merkezi has recently signed another contract to construct the third phase of the Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam–Mwanza Railway, which will be the fastest railway line ever to be built in East Africa. The company has already undertaken the first and second phases of the railway line. The third phase will stretch from Makutupora to Tabora. In addition to the infrastructure works of the turnkey, single-line railway project in…

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RETURN TO SERVICE OF THE MABOPANE LINE AND OVERSIGHT ON INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION

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Following relentless efforts since 2019 to rehabilitate and upgrade infrastructure in the Mabopane Corridor, the Railway Safety Regulator finally granted a No-Objection Notice allowing PRASA to commence operations with the new trains. A programme to upgrade the infrastructure and implement necessary refurbishments was introduced in February 2020 following the President’s announcement of a R1.4 billion allocation for this purpose. The Mabopane line has seen its fair share of challenges before the declaration of state of disaster and needed major infrastructure upgrades before the new trains could be deployed on this…

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