Posted on 08 March 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
According to Radio Free Iraq, quoting “Iraqi officials”, foreign firms will be invited to take part in a tender to build an elevated monorail as well as subway lines in Baghdad. Mayor Salih Abdel Razzak said these facilities will help unsnarl a city notorious for its traffic jams. Iraqi railways Director Rafil Yussef Abbas told RFI [...] [...more]
Posted on 08 March 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
According to the Dubai Road and Transport Authority (RTA), construction work on those Red Line stations as yet uncompleted will be finished by 25 April. All will then be opened for public service. [...more]
Posted on 08 March 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
On 28 February, Iraqi minister of transport Amer Abduljabbar opened the 50km second stage of the Hilla-Basra railway project. The Aswat al-Iraq news agency quoted Babel province railways department chief Anwar al-Rehimi explaining that in the second stage the al-Hashemiya district has been linked to al-Diwaniya city, as part of the larger Hilla-Basra project. Work [...] [...more]
Posted on 01 March 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
In mid-February, the first train from Iraq in many years arrived at Gaziantep in southern Turkey, via Syria. It departed from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, covering the 500km in 18 hours. It is intended to run a weekly service in each direction, the Gulf Times reports. The route forms part of the line [...] [...more]
Posted on 01 March 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s NIS51 billion plan for a network of highways and railways has been halved, he announced at a special press conference. Cuts include the proposed lines to Eilat and Kiryat Shmona. The compromise Israel Transport plan will cost NIS27.5 billion, on which the cabinet is to vote shortly. When he asked [...] [...more]
Posted on 01 March 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The first test run by Jerusalem’s light rail took place late on 24 February. Two coaches were moved from the railway yard to the line, where they travelled for two kilometres under their own power from French Hill in northern Jerusalem. The section is part of the Red Line, the first light railway in [...] [...more]
Posted on 19 February 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Torkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryollari (TCDD – the Turkish State Railway) plans to invest about $US12 billion over the next decade in constructing its high-speed rail network, a major aim being to shift more traffic off the roads. Board director of TCDD’s vehicle-production unit Muammer Kantarci says rail currently carries 3% of passenger and 5% of freight [...] [...more]
Posted on 19 February 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The Haramain railway project is on track, the Saudi Railway Organisation (SRO) says, following the completion of procedures to invite tenders to begin the second and final phase of the project. This covers the construction of the 450km electric railway, signal and communication systems and the supply of high-speed trains, as well as operation and maintenance [...] [...more]
Posted on 12 February 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Torkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryollari (TCDD – the Turkish State Railway) is seeking consultants to analyse options for freight traffic that will run between Europe and Asia through the newly constructed Marmaray tunnel under the Bosphorus. [...more]
Posted on 12 February 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The lack of fast, efficient transport from Tel Aviv to other parts of Israel has long been recognised as hampering the country’s economic growth. The government, it is understood, is expected to announce an ambitious programme shortly that will involve spending some $US13.5 billion on roads and railways over the next 20 years. Existing train services [...] [...more]
