Colas Rail UK’s Rail Services business unit have been collaborating with System7 to create a new autonomous tamping bank as part of a phased upgrades to our Tamping Fleet, working with cutting-edge technology to provide a range of benefits to the business and to our clients. The partnership began in […]
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On Thursday, 1 June 2023, the European rail sector co-signed a joint statement in response to the European Commission’s proposal in amending the Taxonomy Climate & Disclosures Delegated Acts. The joint statement was sent to relevant Commissioners managing the EU Taxonomy. The statement has been jointly prepared by the following […]
The African Railway Roundtable, a rail advocacy group for Africa, has called on the incoming President of Nigeria, Senator Bola Tinubu to adopt a private sector focussed and best practices model for the Nigerian Railway sector under his Presidency. In a statement issued on Monday Morning and signed by the […]
Revival of rail lines is one of the several promises of President Muhammadu Buhari pre-2015 general elections. And across the regions have been some flashes of improvement on rail tracks that had been abandoned for decades. Most symbolic has been the completion and operation of the 168-kilometre Abuja-Kaduna rail line, […]
Heads of the railways of Iran and Iraq have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on taking executive measures for completing the Shalamcheh-Basra railway, the portal of Iran’s Transport and Urban Development Ministry reported on Sunday. The MOU was signed at the place of the Iranian embassy in Baghdad, on […]
On 22 February 2023, the Federal Council issued its message on the revision of the Railways Act (RTA) with a view to implementing the technical pillar of the EU’s 4th railway package (4th FP (VT)). We consider the draft revision to be a success, as it makes possible the next […]
1. My attention and the entire Board’s have been drawn to a publication in some National dailies of the purported signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between a US firm, “Atlanta Global Resources Inc.” and the NDDC, whose Board I chair, for the “construction of a mega rail project […]
The University of Mines and Technology (UMaT) in Tarkwa in the Western Region, has awarded the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Presidential candidate Aspirant for the 2024 presidential election, Hon. Joe Ghartey, with an Honorary Doctorate Degree. UMat presented the coveted award to Hon. Ghartey in recognition of his sterling role […]
CPCS congratulates team member Ragheb Aga, recognized in the International Railway Journal’s 2022 inaugural Top 10 under 40 Young Leaders in Rail Awards 2022, which celebrates young professional leaders having an impact in the rail sector. Ragheb, a transportation management specialist, and nine other outstanding other individuals, were selected based […]
The 11th edition of the Congress, to be held from 7 to 10 March 2023 at the Palais des Congrès in Marrakech, Morocco under the auspices of #UICrail and Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF), will bring together all of the world’s players in high-speed rail. Adopting “High-speed rail: […]