Friends of the Rail Forum

Three years since going silent, Roodepoort’s train stations are being reclaimed by nature PRASA aim to have services resume buy {sic} mid-2024 at a cost of R700 million... Next week marks three years since commuter activity on the platforms of South Africa’s train stations was brought to a halt. Sh...

Buildings to be demolished to pave way for railway line in Mombasa Buildings worth billions of shillings have been earmarked for demolition among them a newly build government primary school in Miritini, Mombasa county to pave way for the construction of railway line to connect Miritini rail termin...

Tanzania And Burundi Seek Consultancy Services For Design And Supervision Of Standard Gauge Railway Construction The Governments of the United Republic of Tanzania and the Republic of Burundi are seeking financing from the African Development Bank for the construction of the Tanzania/Burundi (Uvinz...

Two trains derail in Washington and Arizona amid rising rail safety concerns Two BNSF trains derailed in separate incidents in Arizona and Washington state on Thursday, with the latter spilling diesel fuel on tribal land along Puget Sound. There were no injuries reported. It was not clear what caus...

Why sleeper trains are being revived across Europe

sleeper trains are continuing to make a comeback in mainland Europe, with a number of new services being launched since last summer, or due to start later this year, or in 2024...

Rail Development Key To Sustainable Economic Growth In Africa: Insights From The 9th Africa Regional Forum On Sustainable Development Rail development would provide African economies with the means for strong and sustainable economic growth especially with Agenda 2063 being the blueprint of the Afr...

A Block Train Container Solution To Ensure Better Supply To Burkina Faso Since January 20, 2023, the SITARAIL teams have implemented a new block train container solution aimed at ensuring regular and fast delivery of imported goods from Côte d’Ivoire to Burkina Faso. Launched in Abidjan on, January...

US safety board investigates rail firm Norfolk Southern after Ohio derailment The National Transportation Safety Board will look into five significant accidents involving the operator since December 2021... it will take a broad look at the railroad’s safety culture... Norfolk Southern... announced ...

Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM One of Greece's worst-ever rail disasters, which claimed at least 43 lives, was due to "tragic human error", the country's prime minister has said... The local stationmaster has been charged with manslaughter. The Greek transport minister ha...

Namibia Upgrade Of Railway Line From Kransberg To Otijwarongo Station The entire length of the Project spans about 500km, commencing from Kranzberg Station, which is situated roughly 11km east of Usakos in the Erongo Region. The route then extends in a northeastern direction towards Otjiwarongo, lo...

South Africa: Amendment Of Regulations On Notifiable Railway Occurrences

Whilst signed off by the Minister of Transport in December 2022, the documents pertaining to the amendments of notifiable railway occurrences was officially gazetted on 17 February 2023...

Transnet Freight Rail And CFM Sign A Historic Agreement To Implement A Borderless Train Service Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) and Mozambique’s state-owned railway operator, Caminhos De Ferros De Mocambique (CFM), have signed an in-principle agreement for the uninterrupted passage of all freight train...

Carnage after trains collide near Greek city of Larissa Two trains have collided in northern Greece with the loss of at least 29 lives and dozens of people injured, emergency services say... A train said to be carrying some 350 passengers hit a freight train. Footage published on local news sites s...

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