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.…