Spain is challenging the ‘elitist nature’ of high-speed trains with more services and lower prices. Spain is rapidly outpacing its European neighbours in high-speed rail. Since 2021, EU member states have been obligated to open up their rail markets to foreign competitors – a reform that Spain has embraced wholeheartedly. […]
The Board and Management of the Nigerian Railway Corporation, NRC, have recommended two additional train trips on the Abuja-Kaduna train service. The NRC management in a statement on Saturday explained that the train service will resume today, Sunday, 4th June 2023. The NRC assured its passengers of their safety with […]
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 […]
In high demand for general public travel needs, the train continues to attract significant traffic in Morocco. However, the rail network does not cover the whole country, which motivates the extension projects for which the executive is looking for donors. In Morocco, 12.4 million people traveled by train during the […]
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 […]
By Mark Kidamba Right from the onset, Uganda and East Africa have had a rocky relationship with rail lines on account of issues stretching from the terrain, jiggers; blood-thirsty lions, and the cost at which these rail lines were put in the ground. These snags have traversed generations and showed […]
Kenya has set sights on a Ksh2.1 trillion ($15.3 billion) plan to extend the standard gauge railway (SGR) to Kisumu, Malaba and Isiolo by the end of June 2027, a government document seen by the Business Daily shows. According to the plan, the State Department of Transport will build another […]
●Uganda is banking on the railway to boost speed and lower the cost of transporting exports. ●China withheld funding for the final segment of the SGR to the Uganda border.Kenya last bought its 1,620 locomotives and wagons from China in 2018. Kenya and Uganda will seek an alternative financier for […]
Japanese railway operators have begun to make full-fledged efforts to introduce self-driving trains, Japan Times has reported. Railway firms previously avoided implementing such technologies on existing train lines due to safety risks, but they are now facing the need to streamline operations as Japan’s falling population gradually shrinks the pool […]
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 […]