News El Salvador plans first modern railway El Salvador plans to invest $700m in building its first modern railway to improve communication inside the country and with neighbouring states, local daily Diario El Salvador reports. Romeo Rodríguez,…
News Korean team signs agreement to rebuild Ukraine’s railways Two Korean companies have signed a memorandum of understanding with Ukraine’s rail operator to aid the rebuilding of railways in the war torn country. According to The Korea Times, Korea’s…
News Ayesa bags high-profile jobs in Poland, Italy Seville-headquartered digital and engineering consultant Ayesa has won two high-profile projects this month: a section of high-speed railway in Poland and a bridge in Italy. In Poland it will design…
News Kazakhstan to build rail bypass for Almaty as China-Europe traffic surges Kazakhstan Railway (Kazakhstan Temir Zholy, or KTZ) began work this week on a rail bypass around the commercial capital of Almaty. It will run between the towns of Zhetygen and…
News Sweco lands new role expanding Stockholm’s metro Sweco with Spanish partner TYPSA have won a $23.5m contract to provide site supervision, works coordination, and expert support services for a new 11.5km metro line in Stockholm. The new…
News Bangladesh celebrates extension of rail network to Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh Railways has opened a 104km railway that extends its network from the previous terminus of Dohazari to the coastal city of Cox’s Bazar, The Daily Star reports. The project…
Companies Hitachi Rail cleared for €1.6bn Thales acquisition by European Commission The European Commission has given a green light to Hitachi Rail’s €1.6bn acquisition of Thales Ground Transportation Systems. To make the deal possible, Hitachi is divesting its signalling businesses in…
News African Development Bank makes $196m loan to improve Namibia’s railways The African Development Bank has loaned Namibia $196m towards the second phase of its Transport Infrastructure Improvement Project (TIIP). The money accounts for 52% of the total project cost; the…
News Czechia borrows €992m to upgrade rail network The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to lend €992m to Czechia to help it upgrade its railways and cut road freight. The loan, the EIB’s largest to the country,…
News China Communications looks to invest in Vietnam’s $60bn railway China Communications (CCCC) has offered to invest in several infrastructure projects in Vietnam, including the country’s high-speed North-South Railway, news website VNExpress reports. The proposal was made by Bai Yinzhan,…
News Malaysia’s $12bn East Coast Rail Link “passes the halfway mark” Work on Malaysia’s East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) passed the half-way mark in August, said Datuk Hasbi Habibollah, the country’s deputy transport minister. According to the New Straits Times, he…
News US transport secretary Buttigieg says high-speed rail funding is ‘in the mix’ US transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg expressed support for funding high-speed rail projects at a House Transportation Committee oversight meeting this week.
News Three teams in line for $3.6bn Chicago rail extension Chicago is gearing up for a major infrastructure project: the $3.6bn, 5.6-mile overground extension of the Red rail transit line from its current southern terminus at 95th Street/Dan Ryan down to 130th Street near Altgeld Gardens.
News Maglev railway retrofit technology unveiled in Gdansk Polish rail technology start-up Nevomo this week unveiled its MagRail Booster retrofit technology at the Trako International Railway Fair in Gdansk.
News Indonesia promises to fix teething problems with Jakarta metro line President Joko Widodo of Indonesia has pledged to fix the Greater Jakarta Light Rail Transit line after technical issues came to light following its inauguration on Monday 28 August. Local…
News Egypt plans €340m upgrade to Cairo rail corridor Egypt’s National Railways has announced a plan to modernise the 125km rail corridor that runs along the east bank of the Nile between Cairo, Giza and the city of Beni…
News Kenya, Ethiopia agree to start $13.8bn railway in 2025 Kenya has signed an agreement with Ethiopia to build a 3,000km standard gauge railway network between its newly completed Lamu Port and Addis Ababa, the East Africannews site reports. Work…
News Iraq and Iran launch cross-border rail project Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani and Iran’s first vice-president Mohammad Mokhber officially inaugurated work on a long-planned, 32km railway between the two countries on Saturday (2 September). The line…