With the commissioning of twenty new pressurised oil wagons last week, the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has urged oil companies to move oil transport in the country from road to rail for security and ease of transport. Nigeria has invested millions of dollars into rebuilding its rail network since 2009. It has re-commissioned railway lines […]
24-26 February 2014 Amsterdam Visit Website Over the past 6 months we’ve met with over 40 of our global advisors from leading railways such as ProRail and RFF. Their focus is on developing the integrated railways of tomorrow. To meet this need, our industry leading Signalling and Train Control and Railway Telecommunications conferences return as […]
Speech of Engineer Hamad Al Bishri, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Program Officer of Qatar Rail in Trans4 2013 – Qatar’s International Transport and Logistics Industry Exhibition Date: 27 November 2013 Distinguished Guests, Allow me to welcome you to your second home in Qatar, and wish you that this exhibition and conference plant the […]
Eng. Ibrahim K. Kutubkhanah, Metro Jeddah Company, Khalid Al Hogail from SAPTCO and François-Xavier Perin representing RATP Dev to lead a CEO Panel Discussion at the 5th Annual Middle East Rail Opportunities Press Release: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has entered its next phase of development for railways with SAR (Saudi Railway Company) emerging […]
Welcome to the fourth edition of Broadway Malyan’s Dispatches Welcome from Chairman Stuart Rough Welcome to the fourth edition of Dispatches, the quarterly e-zine of global architecture, urbanism and design practice Broadway Malyan, designed to provide our clients and contacts with regular practice news, insight and analysis. Thanks to those of you who contacted us […]
The Saudi Railway Forum meets on the 1st to 3rd of December at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Riyadh. It will discuss how investors and contractors will manage the risk of delivering one of the largest railway expansions in the world since the Industrial Revolution. The Kingdom, in conjunction with 5 other GCC countries, is […]
It has been announced that Qatar Airways Cargo will be Diamond Sponsor of the TRANS4 international transport conference which will be held on the 26-28 November at the Doha International Conference Centre. Speaking of Qatar’s drive to be a transport hub on the Arabian Gulf, Ulrich Ogiermann, Chief Officer Cargo of Qatar Airways Cargo said […]
With the first phase of building the Omani rail network set for early 2015, senior officials say that by connecting all the ports of Oman by rail, freight could pass inland of the geopolitically sensitive Straits of Hormuz. This would cement the Sultanate’s position as a logistics hub in the GCC region. With international tensions […]
A freight train carrying construction materials hit three vehicles including a minibus that was crossing the tracks, killing 26 people and injuring 28. The accident happened in Dahshur, 25 miles south of Cairo. The train was heading from the southern city of Beni Suef. The crossing gates of the level crossing were closed at the […]
MENA Rail News is pleased to have been selected to publish KPMG’s informative transport sector September report – Transport Perspectives. In the second article, Daniel Lawrence explores the significant investment opportunity from rail development in the Middle East and the associated challenges. M&A trends in transport infrastructure Dr. Steffen Wagner and Tobias Wölfel Mergers and […]
