News Webuild team wins €934m rail tunnel project in Trento, Italy Webuild and consortium partners have won a €934m contract from Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI) for a rail bypass at Lot 3A of a project in Trento, Italy. Webuild, which has…
News Nigeria inaugurates first phase of ‘Blue Line’ light railway in Lagos The first phase of a light rail project in Lagos, Nigeria was commissioned this week, China Daily reports. Speaking at a banquet held before the inauguration ceremony, Nigerian president Muhammadu…
News Most trains on Addis Ababa’s light rail system grounded for want of spare parts Some $60m is required to repair 23 of 40 trains operating on Addis Ababa’s Chinese-built light rail system, a city transport official told Ethiopian news site The Reporter. Mitku Asmare,…
News Iran, Russia, and Azerbaijan agree rail link Iran, Russia, and Azerbaijan have agreed to establish a rail link through their countries giving Iran a direct rail connection to northern Europe, the Mehr news agency reports. Iran’s deputy…
News Uganda cancels $2.3bn railway deal with China Uganda has cancelled a deal with a Chinese contractor to build a $2.3bn railway after Beijing decided not to fund the scheme, Bloomberg reports. Perez Wamburu, Uganda’s project coordinator, told…
News UNStudio team wins design competition to remodel Madrid–Chamartín station An entry from Dutch architect UNStudio, Spain’s b720 Arquitectura and Spanish engineer Esteyco has won a competition to remodel Madrid’s Chamartín station, the city’s second-largest rail hub. A 16-member jury…
News LA-to-Vegas high speed line set to break ground next year Brightline West, the company building a high-speed rail line between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, is planning to begin work on its line next year, according to the Las Vegas…
News Uganda’s rail upgrade gets $300m loan from African Development Bank The African Development Bank (AfDB) will lend Uganda $301m to upgrade the Kampala–Malaba Metre Gauge Railway (MGR) to link the landlocked country to Kenya and its port of Mombasa. AfDB…
News High-speed rail contracts awarded for Poland’s futuristic transport hub CPK, the company developing Poland’s $8bn integrated transport hub, has named the companies that will design a high-speed rail component of the project, Polish newspaper RP reports. Based around a…
News Webuild lands €450m track-building contract for Toronto’s Ontario Line The Connect 6ix consortium comprising Hitachi and Italy’s Webuild has reached financial close on the contract to deliver tracks, trains, systems, operations and maintenance for the Ontario Line, a new…
News China to invest in major Cambodian road and rail schemes Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Beijing will invest in major projects in Cambodia including a $1.6bn expressway from Phnom Penh to the Vietnamese border and the upgrading of a railway…
News Egis awarded contract for Marrakesh high-speed railway Moroccan national railway company ONCF has named French infrastructure company Egis general consultant for external control for its high-speed line connecting Kenitra to Marrakesh. The 430km railway is divided into…
News Aecom team to programme manage California high-speed rail A consortium led by Dallas engineer Aecom has been chosen to provide programme management for the California High-Speed Rail, a 500-mile route that will connect Los Angeles and San Francisco.…