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Morocco High-Speed Rail Line Between Tangiers and Kenitra Opens
The inauguration of the high-speed rail line between Casablanca and Tangiers took place on 15 November 2018. The inauguration was attended b…
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Railway-News Industry Insider: 11 Must-Read Rail Stories for Week 44
The Railway-News Industry Insider for the week 29 October – 2 November 2018: all the key news from the major industry players such as Alstom…
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Transmashholding Acquires Rolling Stock Facility in South Africa
A subsidiary of Transmashholding, the largest manufacturer of locomotives in Russia, TMH Africa announced on Monday, 29 October that it has …
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Railway-News Industry Insider: This Week's 14 Must-Read Rail Stories
The Railway-News Industry Insider for the week 22–26 October 2018: covering all the industry's news from around the world, from Europe to As…
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Africa's Largest Train Manufacturing Plant Opens in Dunnottar
The largest and most cutting-edge train manufacturing facility in Africa was opened today by the Alstom-led Gibela joint venture in Dunnotta…
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Alstom to Deliver 15 Coradia Polyvalent Trains to Senegal
Alstom is about to ship fifteen of its modular Coradia Polyvalent regional trains to Senegal on the West African coast. They have been manuf…
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Transmashholding-Hungary to Supply 1,300 Passenger Cars to Egypt
Egyptian National Railways, which is managed by the Egyptian Railway Authority, has signed a contract with the Russian-Hungarian consortium …
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First Coradia Polyvalent Train for Algeria Enters Commercial Service
Mr. Abdelghani Zalene, Algeria’s Minister of Public Works and Transport, today celebrated the commercial entry into service of the first Cor…
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Middle East Rail: What’s New for the Biggest Rail Show in the Region?
...building transport corridors of the future, upgrading signalling and telecommunications systems, and financing new networks; Middle East …
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United Wagon Company to Supply Freight Cars to Guinea
UWC has won an international tender organized by UC RUSAL, one of the world’s largest aluminum producers, for the supply of freight cars to …
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Alstom to Supply 30 Electric Locomotives to ONCF in €130 Million Deal
Alstom has been awarded a contract with ONCF for the supply of 30 electric locomotives. The contract – which is the result of an internation…
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New Train Manufacturing Plant in South Africa Nears Completion
Alstom and its partners of its local South African joint venture company Gibela, have now moved since last week in the new train manufacturi…
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CAF to Supply Bi-Directional Trams for Mauritius Light Rail
CAF has signed a contract exceeding €100 million for the supply of 18 Urbos Trams with Larsen & Toubro Limited, India, which is executing a …
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Coradia Trains for Algeria Begin Dynamic Testing
Alstom began its first dynamic tests at the Velim railway test centre in the Czech Republic for the first of the 17 Coradia trains for Alger…
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Bombardier and Transnet Celebrate Handover of First TRAXX Locomotive
Bombardier Transportation and Transnet have celebrated the handover and acceptance of the first of 240 Bombardier TRAXX locomotives for frei…
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Increasing Capacity on Morocco’s Major Rail Corridor
Bombardier Transportation has reached a significant milestone in its rail modernisation projects with the Moroccan State Railway, ONCF.
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Alstom to Supply Additional Citadis Trams to Morocco
Alstom has signed a contract with the Rabat-Salé transport company (STRS) for the supply of 22 Citadis trams that will run on the entire net…
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SKF to Supply Railway Wheelset Bearings to Morocco’s National Operator
The Moroccan rail operator, ONCF has placed an order with SKF for the delivery of 15,000 railway wheelset bearings over a period of...
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Algeria's New Citadis Trams Enter Commercial Service
Alstom’s Citadis trams in Sidi Bel Abbes, north-west Algeria, was inaugurated yesterday by the Minister of Transport and Public Works, Abdel…
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African Forum to Address Rail Maintenance and Rehabilitation
The poor or even non-existence of rail maintenance and rehabilitation in Africa is often a result of a lack of revenue that is supposed to b…
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Accelerating Innovative Finance, Development & Renewable Solutions for Smart Cities in Africa
The 3rd annual edition of the Urban & Infrastructure Development Conference (UIDC 2017) provides a powerful platform to unlock the growth po…
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South African X’Trapolis Mega Trains Enter Service
Alstom is pleased to announce that its South African joint venture (JV) partner Gibela has seen its first 13 X’Trapolis Mega trains...