President Nursultan Nazarbayev formally opened the East – West and North – South railway lines across Kazakhstan this week. The two lines will enable cargo to cross the country between key trading partners. The East to West 988 km Zhezkazgan – Saksaulskaya – Shalkar – Beyneu line enables cargo to travel from the Chinese border […]
Trams due for delivery to Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa have been unveiled at CNR’s Changchun plant in China. The new trams are to be delivered in January after a 50 day transit from manufacturer to client. The same model of trams are hoped to be sold to other countries in the region including Egypt. The […]
Myanmar’s new civilian government has set aside plans for China to build a high speed railway through the country as the superpower’s influence wanes with Myanmar’s new-found proto-democracy. Traditionally an eager client of China’s, Myanmar seems to be concerned about its future independence as the country moves from military rule toward democracy. The high speed […]
Talks are underway between nations about building a new railway line between China and Eastern Europe. Such a line would cost $150 billion and could well be near completion by 2020 and fully operational by 2030. The 6000km line would come from Xinjiang Province in China, pass through Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Turkey […]
Central Asian countries and China are talking of the concept of a ‘Steel Silk Road’ linking Europe with China through the region, speeding up links between the two economic powerhouses and boosting trade in the countries through which the railways lines pass. There are already regular services between Germany, Poland and China which passes through […]
Two people have been arrested after a taxi loaded with stolen railway clips was stopped in Rotapr, in the Port Loko district of Sierra Leone. Thefts from the African Minerals Limited (AML) line, which takes iron ore from the mines at Tonkolili to the new mineral port of Pepel, are endemic and problematic for the […]
Engineering company Mota-Engil has won a USD $3.5bn contract to build a deep water port and railway in Cameroon so the country can export high grade iron ore to trading partners. There will be a branch line linking Congo - Brazzaville to the new railway network. The contract will involve design, construction, testing and commissioning the […]
As the country rebuilds after its 27 year civil war, Angola is diversifying its economy away from crude oil. In a deal brokered through the US Export Import Bank (ExIm), General Electric has won a contract to supply USD $350 million of railway machinery and USD $650 million of energy generating machinery to the country. […]
The Chinese company building the light railway network in and around Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa has started to install the electrification system for the 34.3 km network. The China Railway Engineering Corporation is hanging 143 km of overhead catenary on 850 masts and installing 18 substations on the two lines running north - south and […]
China’s President Xi Jinping welcomed a cargo train arriving in Duisburg from Chongqing on Saturday as he met German ministers for talks about boosting trade on the 11000 km route. The route is 16 days shorter than by sea, and half the cost of sending cargo than by air. According to experts, there is far […]
