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Siemens Mobility Concludes South Africa’s Largest Railway Signalling Project

Siemens Mobility has completed a re-signalling project in Gauteng, South Africa to improve the reliability and safety of PRASA services.

South Africa: Siemens Mobility Completes Germiston Resignalling Project

Work to resignal Germiston station complex, one of the busiest railway junctions in Africa, has now been completed by Siemens Mobility..

Industry Insider Week 15 – 9 Must-Read Rail News Stories

The Railway-News Industry Insider Week 15, with all the week's rail news, including problems with the ICE 4 and new trains for South Africa.

PRASA Presents Alstom JV Gibela Trains to Cape Town

PRASA has unveiled the first X'Trapolis Mega trains to Cape Town. Manufactured by the Alstom JV Gibela, the total order is for 600 units.

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 …

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…

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…

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…

Alstom Acquires 51% Share of CTLE