South Africa’s Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) has signed an agreement with Bombardier Transportation South Africa (Pty) Limited for the supply of 240 electric TRAXX locomotives worth US$1.2bn
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Rail line work between Niger and Benin to begin next month
Construction work on the Cotonou-Parakou-Niamey rail link between Benin and Niger will begin on 7 April 2014, according to Nigerian officials
South Africa awards US$4.7 billion locomotive supply contract
South Africa’s state-owned freight transport and logistics company, Transnet, has awarded a R50bn (US$4.7bn) contract for the building of 1,064 locomotives to four global original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)
Tanzania and Burundi sign MoU to build cargo railway line
Tanzania and Burundi have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to construct a 195km railway cargo line between the two East African countries
Ghanaian city to get a skytrain
South Africa’s Skytrain Construction Company has announced that it will build a skytrain worth US$170mn in Kumasi metropolis, Ghana