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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..

TRAXX Locomotive Fleet in Africa Completes 10 Million In-Service KMs

Bombardier's TRAXX Africa locomotives, operated by Transnet Freight Rail in South Africa, have completed 10 million kilometres in service.

Makgola Makololo New MD for Bombardier Transportation South Africa

Bombardier Transportation has appointed Makgola Makololo as the new managing director for South Africa, replacing Aubrey Lekwane.

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…

South Africa: Transnet Sign Deal with RailRunner to Develop Bimodal Rail Service

Transnet is excited to announce collaboration with RailRunner South Africa (RRSA). Transnet and RRSA have signed an agreement on a bimodal r…

Bombardier South African Production Facility Opens

The new Bombardier South African production facility and headquarters was opened at an event in Isando, Johannesburg on 25 August 2016.

Transnet Receive First 45D Diesel Locomotive

South African freight transport and logistics company, Transnet, have received the first 45D diesel locomotive from CRRC at a ceremony in Du…

Transnet Increases Capacity on Coal Line

Transnet increases capacity on the coal line between between the Waterberg in Limpopo and Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal by the construction of…

Russian Railways Agreement

South African Freight Railway specialists Transnet Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding with Russian Railways agreement.

Alstom Acquires 51% Share of CTLE

South Africa: Alstom Break Ground on Train Manufacturing Facility

Alstom to Acquire 51% Share in Commuter Transport & Locomotive Engineering

South Africa: Transnet Secures a $2.5billion Funding Guarantee from Chinese Export Credit Agency

ABB Wins Transformer Order for South Africas Expanding Electric Rail Fleet