The Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau, NSIB, has launched an investigation into the Abuja-Kaduna train that derailed at the Jere corridor. NAN reports that some coaches of the train, which departed the Rigasa Train Station in Kaduna on Sunday morning to Abuja, reportedly derailed in a mountainous area near Jere. This […]
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The management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has reassured that normal passenger train services between Kaduna-Rigasa and Idu Abuja are continuing despite a minor derailment at Jere station. Recall that some coaches in a train which departed the Rigasa Train Station in Kaduna on Sunday morning to Abuja reportedly […]
Zimbabwes Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube revealed in a recent interview that the collaboration aims to leverage Chinas expertise and financial resources to modernise the country`s railway infrastructure, addressing both fixed and rolling stocks as well as signalling systems. Zimbabwe is in discussions with China Railway Group Ltd. to revitalise the […]
NETHERLANDS: Railway operators must pay a total of approximately €170 million annually for the use of the Amsterdam-Belgium/Breda high-speed line.This amount was agreed between the Dutch government and Dutch Railways (‘NS’), and it stems directly from the Fyra concession fee offered by NS in overpriced bidding back in 2001. In […]
Six years after it entered service, officials from Ethiopia and Djibouti have taken over the management of the China-funded 752km railway Addis Ababa to Djibouti’s port on the Indian Ocean. A handover ceremony took place in Addis Ababa on Friday. Until now, the line has been operated by the Chinese […]
By George Kaulbeck Insights from George Kaulbeck, CPCS Head of Transport Advisory on land grants: the potential to bridge the financial gap needed for railway expansion in Africa. In its quest for more and better railways, a big obstacle stands in Africa’s way, and that’s the scarcity of financing. For […]
Zambia Railways Limited (ZRL) was among over 50 local and foreign exhibitors that participated at the 3rd Annual Land-Linked Zambia (LLZ) Conference and Exhibition which was held at Lusaka International Conference Centre at Ciela Resort in Lusaka. The two day event was held under the Theme: “Connecting Zambia and SADC […]
The Nigeria Railway Property Management Company Limited (RPMCL) Kaduna has disclosed that it will soon commence renovation of their facilities within the Kaduna railway line. This is even as the management expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of the facilities stressing the need to put them in good shape for […]
Varamis Rail hosted an event at Liverpool Street station, London, showcasing how high-speed rail logistics to redefine urban logistics into central London and the City. Supported by the Rail Innovation Group – the event showcased the new zero emissions freight service from Varamis Rail into central London – as a […]
By PA News Agency The plan will nationalise the network ‘without the taxpayer paying a penny in compensation costs’, the party will say (James Manning/PA) Labour will pledge to renationalise the railways if elected, in what the party will call the “biggest overhaul to our railways in a generation.” A […]