Posted on 30 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Israeli transport minister Yisrael Katz has revealed plans for an east-west railway from Rosh Ha’ayin in Israel via Ariel to Nablus in the West Bank, and between Ramallah in the West Bank and Latroun in Israel. There, passengers would link up to main lines serving the Jerusalem and Tel Aviv areas. A line will also [...] [...more]
Posted on 30 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Union Railway is delaying the start of the prequalification process for construction contracts on Phase I of Abu Dhabi’s $US11 billion railway network. Prequalification documents were originally expected to be issued in July. According to a Union Railway spokeswoman: “Dates will change from time to time and that is very normal in a very dynamic [...] [...more]
Posted on 20 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Israel Railways has awarded the NIS 558 million tender for the second segment of the Tel Aviv to Jerusalem high-speed line to Minrav Engineering and Construction and the Russian tunnel excavator Moscow Metrostroy. This segment is the last of four. The first, from Modi’in to Latrun, was completed in 2009 at a cost of NIS [...] [...more]
Posted on 20 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The Kuwaiti ministry of communications (MoC) has asked for an extension till November to the time limit for preparing a dossier on the proposed railway project. The ministry has asked a legal technical committee to review and study the project, the prices quoted and the companies that are capable of executing it according to international [...] [...more]
Posted on 13 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The Israeli Treasury has decided to stop the Tel Aviv light-rail project permanently, according to a report by Channel 10 television. The decision followed a failure in negotiations with the winning bidder for the project. A senior finance ministry official was quoted saying, “Lev Levayev and his partners have been violating the agreement in a [...] [...more]
Posted on 10 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
Locomotives for Saudi Arabia’s North-South railway are being built in Canada by EMD at a cost of SR337 million. Six of the 25 are currently ready and expected arrive in the kingdom by the end of August. The remaining wagons and 19 locomotives will arrive in October. The Ministry of Finance awarded a $765 million [...] [...more]
Posted on 10 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The first consignment of 125 wagons for the mineral railway line project was received by the Saudi Railway Company (SAR) at a formal function held at the King Abdulaziz Port in Dammam on 31 July. SAR President Mansour Al-Mayman said that the rest of the consignment of 688 wagons ordered from China are to follow [...] [...more]
Posted on 10 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
On 1 August, Jordan became the 46th member of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail OTIF), and the first member to accede with associate status. When planned international rail services develop the country will seek full voting membership of OTIF, which provides a legal framework for international rail transport. Jordan currently has no [...] [...more]
Posted on 02 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
“A new integrated mass transit system is operational in Istanbul, capital of Turkey, with 37km of subway completed and more to come. There are surface tramways that connect to heritage sites where underground tunnelling is impossible; funiculars that negotiate steep hills, and ferries that connect to the European and Asian sides of the city. A [...] [...more]
Posted on 02 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
According to the Anatolia News Agency, Turkey’s north-western province of Bursa – described as a long-established automotive hub with a highly qualified labour force – “aims to be a centre for tramways and rail cars. A project launched by the Bursa Metropolitan Municipality and Durmazlar Makine, a private machine manufacturer in the city, aims to [...] [...more]
Posted on 02 August 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The government of Yemen recently completed an economic and financial study for a proposed 729km railway to Saudi Arabia at an estimated cost of $US3.5bn. Five cities in the country will be served by the line, according to yobserver.com. “A second axis includes an international line to Oman, which extends across the Yemeni-Omani borders at [...] [...more]
Posted on 25 July 2010 by Railways Africa Editor
The North-South Railway (NSR) project in Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest railway construction and the longest route to adopt the European Train Control System (ETCS) to date. It is a 2,400km passenger and freight rail line originating in the capital city Riyadh, in the north-west of the country, to Al Haditha near the border [...] [...more]
