In many developing economies, growth relies on cross-border trade aided by robust logistics infrastructure. flow’s Clarissa Dann looks at a remarkable collaboration between international banks and export credit agencies to help Ghana improve its rail network and remove freight and passengers from the roads Railway networks first arrived in sub-Saharan […]
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Infrastructure managers from all over Europe have participated in the UIC “DRONE4RAIL – Harmonised methodology for drone/UAV uses for bridge inspection” project to research the use of drones (UAS – Unmanned Aerial Systems) for railway bridge inspections. In order to ensure the long-term performance of bridges, it is necessary to […]
By Raillway Working Group IntroductionThe Rail Working Group is a not-for-profit organisation based in Switzerland representing directly over 70 stakeholders in the rail and rail finance sectors and indirectly, through member organisations, many hundreds of key operators in the rail industry. The majority of its members are based in the […]
Addis Ababa, November 10, 2022 – The Ethiopian Ministry of Transport and Logistics has announced a National Transport and Logistics Master Plan to be implemented for the next 30 years. The Minister of Transport and Logistics, Dagmawit Moges, stated that the master plan is designed to modernize the transport sector […]
Construction of Lot 3 of Caransebes-Timişoara-Arad railway • Webuild consortium to upgrade, widen 14 kilometres of railway• Lot 3 part of one of most important railways in Romania• Part of project to connect cross-country railway to Rhine-Danube TEN-T Corridor• Contract to create 600 jobs, direct and indirect MILAN, November 7, […]
Kenya’s transport minister has made public documents about a massive Kenyan railway project signed with China after years of secrecy. The $3bn (£2.6bn) Chinese-funded and operated railway line is Kenya’s biggest infrastructure project since independence in 1963. Its viability has been repeatedly questioned since it was launched. The line runs between […]
2nd African Rail Digital Congress hosted by UIC and SNCFT, as African Union of Railways (AUR), in Tunis on 17-20 October 2022, united about 100 participants representing railway networks from different countries of the continent. After the 1st congress in Cape Town in 2019, UIC organized the event to exchange […]
Development of railway transport, the future shape of the TEN-T network and energy prices. These were the main topics of an informal meeting of the Council of Ministers for Transport in Prague. The heads of the ministries also discussed how to make railway transport more attractive and reliable. “The strengthening […]
As Finland will be the first digital rail project on a public 5G network, they won’t be able to look to other European projects for guidance.
Railway Industry Association chief executive Darren Caplan said there was “a real concern that this delay will lead to a hiatus in work, hitting confidence and certainty in what are already difficult economic circumstances”.