The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Adeleye Adeoye, has inaugurated the Central Working Committee for the 2nd International Railway Conference and Exhibition. The event, scheduled for February 4–6, 2025. The initiative, led by the National Policy Advocacy Centre (NPAC) of will take place at the Abuja Chamber […]
President Bola Tinubu has approved free train rides nationwide from December 20, 2024, to January 5, 2025. This is part of measures to ease transportation costs during the Christmas and New Year celebrations, the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, told State House correspondents in Abuja. Idris explained, […]
WASHINGTON—The World Bank Board today approved $660 million in financing to support Türkiye’s efforts to expand electric rail transportation that will help improve the efficient movement of goods across the country, boost exports, create jobs and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Eastern Türkiye Middle Corridor Railway Development Project will […]
Plasser & Theurer was awarded with a significant contract with Egyptian National Railways (ENR) as part of an international tender. This prestigious agreement marks another milestone in the long-standing partnership between Plasser & Theurer and ENR, highlighting the Austrian company’s leading role in the track-maintenance technology sector. The contract signing […]
Rail service and infrastructure operators using Synectics’ security and surveillance software, Synergy, can now access a suite of AI-powered video analysis tools. Synectics, a leader in advanced security and surveillance systems, has launched ‘Synergy DETECT’, part of Synergy’s AI suite, that allows users to select and activate up to 12 […]
Spanning 176 kilometers and 85 stations, Riyadh’s new metro network serves as the backbone of the city’s public transport system. Among these lines, RATP Dev, a subsidiary of RATP Group, is proud to operate the Blue line (Line 1), leveraging our globally recognized expertise in automated metro systems for this […]
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) has awarded Stadler a 500 million USD contract to replace its existing signalling system with an advanced Communication-Based Train Control (CBTC) solution. This marks Stadler’s largest signalling project to date and a significant milestone for its international expansion. This order is the first […]
A signal fault at London Victoria was affecting Southeastern lines, caused major disruption for Kent’s rail passengers on Sunday. Severe delays and cancellations to and from London Victoria began shortly before 06:30 GMT due to multiple faults and engineering work. Southeastern said its services resumed at 17:30 but added that […]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation is to run an end-of-the-year special train service on all its routes across the country. The train service complies with the Federal Government’s directive through the Federal Ministry of Transportation. The NRC in a statement by its Deputy Director, Public Relations, Yakub Mahmood, on Wednesday, said […]
The Australian government gave final approval on November 5 for construction of a 39 km rail link in New South Wales to take Inland Rail from Illabo to Stockinbingal. The new alignment will bypass Cootamundra and Bethungra, where ARTC’s existing Main South Line follows a winding and steeply-graded alignment including […]