Posted on 30 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation, general contractor responsible for building 1,300km of the new rail network in the west of Libya, has awarded contracts worth €115 million for the supply of rail fastenings and turnouts to the German company Vossloh. Deliveries will be made between 2010 and 2012. There have been no railways in [...] [...more]
Posted on 20 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
A consortium of Finmeccanica companies Ansaldo STS and Selex Communications has received a €247 million contract from Russian Railways subsidiary Zarubezhstroyteknologiya to provide signalling, automation, telecommunications, power supply, security, and ticketing systems for Libya’s 551km Surt-Benghazi line. Ansaldo STS leads the consortium with an 81.8% share, which equates to around €202 million, and includes the [...] [...more]
Posted on 13 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
General contractor China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation has awarded Vossloh two contracts to supply rail fastenings and turnouts for 1,300km of the future rail network in the west of Libya. The contracts have a total value of €115m and deliveries will run to 2012. [...more]
Posted on 02 July 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
An article in Revista Ferroviária dealing with Brazilian firms working in Libya mentions the extensive rail network currently under construction, though this has nothing to do with Brazil. Author Samuel Rachdi comments: “The peculiarities of the country have required additional effort from the Brazilian companies. Due to a cultural issue, Libyans are not used to [...] [...more]
Posted on 28 June 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
President of Rossiiskie Zheleznie Dorogi (RZhD – the Russian State Railway) Vladimir Yakunin was present at the opening in Tripoli of Libya’s first international railway exhibition and conference, Lirex 2010, where railway companies and administrations of virtually every major country were represented. Yakunin also attended the ceremonial opening of a rail-welding plant in the town [...] [...more]
Posted on 28 June 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
According to the 2010 CIA World Factbook, route distance covered by railways in Liberia totals 429km, 345km on 1,435mm gauge and 84km on 1,067mm. “Most sections of the railway are inoperable because of damage suffered during the civil wars from 1980 to 2003.” The Encyclopaedia of the Nations records that “Liberia’s railways in 2002 were [...] [...more]
Posted on 18 June 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
President of Rossiiskie Zheleznie Dorogi (RZhD – the Russian State Railway) Vladimir Yakunin took part in the ceremonial opening of a rail welding plant in Ras Lanuf on 11 June. Welding equipment specialist Pskovelectrosvar built the facility on a turnkey basis. It will assist in constructing the new 54km Surt-Benghazi railway in terms of RZhD’s [...] [...more]
Posted on 07 June 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Representatives of railway companies from the five Maghreb countries – Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia – participated in a conference in Tunis at the end of May whose theme was “The railway as a vehicle for Maghreb integration”. The event was organised jointly by the Tunisian transport ministry with the Tunisian industry, trade and [...] [...more]
Posted on 26 March 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Rossiiskie Zheleznie Dorogi (RZhD – the Russian State Railway), which is building the new railway along Libya’s Mediterranean coast, has announced the completion of the first 14km. President Vladimir Yakunin visited the construction sites on 14 March where he met Libyan Railways chairman Said Mohammed Rashid. The €2·2 billion contract, signed in April 2008, currently [...] [...more]
Posted on 15 January 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
President of Rossiiskie Zheleznie Dorogi (RZhD – the Russian State Railway) Vladimir Yakunin visited Libyan Railways Chairman Said Mohammed Rashid on 5 December to inspect progress with building the new 554km Surt-Banghazi railway.. Altogether a workforce of 3,500 from Libya and Russia are involved in the four-year construction phase, and housing for more than 400 [...] [...more]
Posted on 24 December 2009 by Railways Africa Editor
President of Rossiiskie Zheleznie Dorogi (RZhD – the Russian State Railway) Vladimir Yakunin visited Libyan Railways Chairman Said Mohammed Rashid on 5 December to inspect progress with building the new 554km Surt-Banghazi railway.. Altogether a workforce of 3,500 from Libya and Russia are involved in the four-year construction phase, and housing for more than 400 [...] [...more]
