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TAZARA: Temporary suspension of passenger train services in Zambia
The Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) has announced that passenger train operations in Zambia have been suspended until further notice. This is due to … read more
Madagascar seeks bids to repair railway infrastructure after tropical storm ANA
The government of Madagascar has secured funding from the World Bank for the Project for Sustainable Development of the Road Sector (PDDR) and intends to use a portion of the proceeds to pay for the repair of damages to railway infrastructure caused by tropical depression ANA.
The Project for Transport Connectivity Support (P… read more
What Is Up Next For The Machipanda Line?
The Machipanda railway line is part of the Beira corridor, serving the landlocked countries of Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The original 317km railway was built in 1899. Rehabilitation of this line began in August 2021, and is a vital line for the economy of the central region of the count… read more
Cameroon-Chad transport corridor
The proposed project development objective is to improve the efficiency and safety of regional trade transport along the Douala-N’Djamena intermodal corridor.
In Chad, the financing agreement was signed on April 28, 2022, and reached effectiveness on December 21, 2022. The pre-qualification process for the works divided into … read more
Refurbishment of the Kampala-Malaba Meter Gauge Railway Line
EAC Railway Rehabilitation Support – Project Refurbishment of the Kampala-Malaba Meter Gauge Railway Line.
The Government of Uganda has secured a loan from the African Development Bank for the EAC Railway Rehabilitation Support Project, which aims to refurbish the Kampala-Malaba Meter Gauge Railway Line. The project has two primary … read more
North Congo-Ntam-Port Of Kribi Railway Line Construction Project
Cameroon entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), with Bestway Finance Ltd and Austsino Resources Group Ltd in 2021, to build a 540 km railway line connecting the iron ore site at Mbalam to the multimodal ore port at Kribi. The port, with a capacity of over 100 million tonnes per year, is currently under construction. The project will e… read more
Namibia upgrade of railway line from Kransberg to Otijwarongo station
The African development bank has published the final Environmental And Social Impact Assessment Report Phase 1 Kranzberg Station To Otjiwarongo Station – as part of the Namibia Transport Infrastructure Improvement Phase II programme.
In essence, the primary focus of the project is to enhance the line’s capacity to accommodate 20 ton… read more
Kenya Railways commences early works of the Nairobi Railway City
Phase 1 of The Nairobi Railway City, a transformative project to redevelop the Nairobi Central Railway station and surrounding areas into a Multi-Modal, Transit Oriented, Urban Development, has begun with early works construction by Kenya Railways. On December 7, 2022, H.E Hon William Samoei Ruto led the groundbreaking ceremony at the Nairobi Ce… read more
Lagos commences test run Of the Blue Line Train
The Lagos State Government has begun testing the Blue Line Train, which runs from Marina Station to Mile 2 Train Station. The Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LMRT) is an ambitious urban rail project designed to revolutionize transportation in the state, and it is an offshoot of the Lagos Strategic Transport Master Plan, which seeks… read more
Ukrainian Railways relaunches Ukraine-Romania railway connection
The twice-daily connection between Ukraine and Romania has reopened. Back in August 2022, amid the Russian aggression and invasion in Ukraine, railway workers rebuild twenty kilometers of new track, which was closed for seventeen years. Ukraine waited another four months for Romania to complete their part.
The new network was build between… read more
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