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Tanzania’s Standard Gauge Railway: Most advanced, but victim of minor private sector investment Tanzania’s standard gauge railway project – that seeks to open up quicker transport corridors towards the vast hinterland of Burundi, DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda – is the most advanced on the continent, but ...

DMU's Interurban Passenger Transport Service Commences on the Lobito-Benguela Railway The interurban passenger transport service between the cities of Benguela and Lobito has officially begun on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. The launch of this service follows the completion of necessary station elevation ...

S.Africa's Tharisa driven to truck its chrome as rail fails South Africa's rail freight problems mean Tharisa Plc (THST.L) has to truck 85% of its chrome export volumes to ports, the diversified miner's CEO Phoevos Pouroulis said on Friday, adding he saw no prospect of a swift solution. State-owned...

Vandals Disrupt Rail Service to Africa’s Busiest Container Port The rail line linking South Africa’s richest province to the continent’s biggest container port ran at 25% of its capacity over the past week because of theft, vandalism and rail damage. The 688-kilometer (428-mile) line from the Port ...

USA Investment In Lobito Corridor Rail Line Is A Positive Game Changer The United States is providing support for the development of the Lobito Corridor through an initial investment in rail expansion, which has the potential to become the primary open access transportation infrastructure connectin...

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Uganda says construction of long-delayed modern railway line to start this year Uganda said on Thursday construction of its much delayed $2.2 billion Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) will commence this year, a welcome development for importers and exporters in the landlocked country who had long endure...

Kenya, Uganda source for funds to revive SGR project

Kenya and Uganda will seek an alternative financier for Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) project to connect Naivasha and Kampala via Malaba, officials said this week...

Grand Sh2.1trn plan to expand SGR to Kisumu, Malaba, Isiolo Kenya has set sights on a Sh2.1 trillion plan to extend the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) to Kisumu, Malaba and Isiolo by the end of June 2027... The plan, lifted from the Jubilee Government's grand scheme on SGR (so far Kenya’s most expens...

Kenya to extend SGR line to Uganda’s border The government of Kenya has finally accepted to extend the standard gauge railway (SGR) from Naivasha to Malaba border. Uganda has welcomed the news, saying the development will connect Mombasa and Kampala cities... Uganda has been urging its neighbour to...

Siemens completes South Africa’s largest resignalling project Work included replacing obsolete relay-based signalling, some of which predated World War II... to improve commuter services in the region. The project also included a pilot ETCS installation for seven Passenger Rail Agency of South Afri...

Derailment Incident In Vryheid: TFR Train Derails in North Corridor A recent incident in Vryheid has disrupted the operations of Transnet Freight Rail (TFR). On Thursday, May 11, 2023, Train 6605, enroute to Richards Bay, derailed on Line 01 at the Mqwabe bypass, located between Dumbe and Vryheid. ...

Possibility To Connect All Niger Delta States By Rail Could Be A Reality The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States Consulate and Atlanta Global Resources Inc. (AGRI), a United States-based firm, to construct a railway network...