“With COP27’s focus on implementation, Alstom commissioned this study with EY Climate Change and Sustainability Services to highlight the many benefits that increased investment in urban public transport can bring to Africa’s cities and support their sustainable growth.”- Cécile Texier, Vice President CSR and Sustainability, Alstom Group
Railway
Fidet Okhiria, the Managing Director, Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), has disclosed that six months after the Kaduna-Abuja train attack, four workers of the corporation are still in captivity. According to him, the affected staff are the loco driver, the train lightning technician and two others. He also explained that others […]
Burundi and the DRC had signed on Saturday August 20, 2022 in Kinshasa in the DRC a bilateral agreement for implementation financing and a request for financing to be sent to the AfDB for the feasibility studies for the construction of the standard gauge railway, Gitega-Bujumbura-Uvira-Kindu section.
The talk between the two countries follows the increasing emphasis of African nations on regional rail connectivity within the context of African Continental Free Trade Area and the African Union continental railway agenda.
In order to move heavy vehicles from storage to deployment areas across Europe (and other parts of the world), rail is essential. Rail provides force commanders with the ability to move heavy equipment quickly at distance and scale. It is also generally cheaper than a road, for example, moving two […]
The Nigerian Railway Corporation has announced a shift in the date of the resumption of the Abuja-Kaduna train service. NRC had earlier announced resumption of service, a move that was protested by the families of victims who were kidnapped during the terror attack in March. In a statement issued on […]
Railway contractor VolkerRail has been fined £550,000 after a worker suffered a broken pelvis and several broken ribs when he was buried after the wall of a trench collapsed, Constructionmanagement.co.uk has reported. VolkerRail pleaded guilty to an offence under the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 after an […]
University of Birmingham and University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech, Jamaica) have announced that experts from each university will work together to advance the development of railway engineering and transport in Jamaica. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been agreed between the universities which will create opportunities for researchers to work […]
Free from the rigors of the daily commute, traveling by train is by far the most civilized way to get around and really get to know a new country.We all have our favorite journeys, whether it’s conquering the Alps on a cogwheel railway or streaking across the rooftops of Tokyo […]
The smell of burnt wire and rubber still lingered in the air around the railway power station on the outskirts of Lviv Wednesday morning, hours after the blaze was extinguished. A group of investigators was collecting debris from the Russian rockets that struck this place the evening before. Now it […]