The European Investment Bank (EIB) and publicly-owned Spanish infrastructure group Adif Alta Velocidad have agreed to loan €430m towards a 182km high-speed rail line in Spain’s Basque Province. The double-track Basque Y line will connect Bilbao, San Sebastian, and Vitoria-Gasteiz, but aims to strengthen passenger and freight connections throughout the […]
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The Office National des Chemins de Fer (ONCF) has awarded the project management assistance contract for the infrastructure of the high-speed line between Kenitra and Marrakech to the Franco-Moroccan consortium comprising Egis (lead), SYSTRA and Novec. With a view to hosting the Football World Cup in 2030, organised jointly by […]
The Lagos government has announced a 25 percent cut in the blue rail transport fare for off-peak periods. Abimbola Akinajo, managing director of Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA), announced the reduction in a statement on Saturday. Akinajo said the 25 percent discount is for commuters travelling “within the off-peak […]
In a surprising decision, Air Canada has just joined one of three consortiums that wish to build… a high-frequency train (TGF) between Quebec and Toronto. The Montreal airline is joining the Cadence group, which includes the Caisse de dépôt, AtkinsRéalis (formerly SNC-Lavalin), Keolis and the Société nationale des chemins de […]
One of the flagship projects of the African Union’s Agenda 2063, launched in 2015, is the creation of an Integrated High-Speed Train Network that connects all African capitals and commercial centres to facilitate the movement of goods and people, thus reducing transport costs and relieving congestion of current systems. Agenda […]
France’s high-speed rail network suffered coordinated arson attacks early Friday, severely disrupting travel for hundreds of thousands of passengers just hours before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. A source close to the investigation described the incidents as deliberate acts of “sabotage,” aimed at paralyzing the TGV network. […]
In the first quarter, of 2024, Nigeria spent more on servicing the debt incurred for building its railways than the revenue generated by its railway system. The country spent 2,470% per cent more on railway debt servicing than it made from revenue from rail services in the first quarter of […]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has suspended the Warri-Itakpe rail service after a train derailed on Thursday. The train was travelling from Itakpe in Kogi to Ujevwu in Delta when the accident occurred at about 7.15pm. Ediri Oyibo, a digital strategist who was on board when the accident happened, said […]
Survivors of an Indian double train crash that killed nine people described on Tuesday their terror when a driver missed a signal and rammed a goods train into a passenger express. The force of the crash on Monday was so strong that one carriage was initially thrust high into the […]
Nigeria’s largest container terminal, APM Terminals Apapa on Wednesday, embarked on an awareness campaign on the standard gauge rail line with a rail trip to Ibadan for its customers. About 20 of its customers comprising of importers and exporters, were present on the trip which began from Ebute Metta rail […]