Train at the Train Station Abuja - Nigeria's Minister of Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, says the government may increase the transport fares of the rail services on the Abuja-Kaduna route following the inauguration of 10 new luxurious coaches. Amaechi announced this when he fielded questions from State House correspondents after a closed-door
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SGR cargo train to Nairobi delayed on volume shortfall
Kenya Railways Commercial Cargo Train Nairobi - (BA) The second Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) freight train will not arrive in Nairobi today as scheduled, the Kenya Railways Corporation (KR) has said. Kenya Railways managing director Atanas Maina said the locomotive will instead arrive on Thursday because it’s not filled to capacity. “The second cargo
Egypt to establish 2 monorail projects linking Sixth October city, Cairo,
Egypt Acting Prime Minister -Mostafa Madbouly Egypt (DN) - Two monorails are to be established in Egypt, one to link the New Administrative Capital with East Cairo and downtown at 52 kilometres in length, and the other to link Sixth of October City with Giza at 35 kilometres in length, acting Prime Minister and
Investigators Checking whether Amtrak engineer whose speeding train killed 3 people was distracted
Dupont, Wash. (AP) — Investigators are looking into whether the Amtrak engineer whose speeding train plunged off an overpass, killing at least three people, was distracted by the presence of an employee-in-training next to him in the locomotive, a federal official said Tuesday. Imagine your Ad placed here The official, who was not authorized to
Kenya Railways suspends SGR ticket booking from Jan 1 pending reschedule
Passengers alighting from Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) Passenger Train Kenya - (BD) Kenya Railways Corporation has temporarily suspended booking of Madaraka Express tickets that are operational from January 1, 2018. Kenya Railways, through a public notice on Monday, said it would be rescheduling the passenger train service from January, occasioning the suspension. “As MNSGR will adjust
Amtrak train derails on new route in Washington state, Passengers killed
First responders are seen at the scene of an Amtrak passenger train derailment on interstate highway (I-5) in this Washington State Patrol image moved on social media in DuPont, Washington, U.S., December 18, 2017. Courtesy Brooke Bova/Washington State Patrol/Handout via REUTERS DUPONT, Wash. (Reuters) - An Amtrak train derailed on Monday
South Africa’s Metrorail Services On Cape Town Central Line Remain Suspended
Metrorail. Cape Town - Metrorail announced that its central line train service remained suspended on Monday afternoon until further notice as commuters struggled to get to and from work using alternative modes of transport. The line services areas including Khayelitsha, Philippi, Mitchells Plain, Bishop Lavis and Langa. Metrorail regional manager Richard Walker said
U.S. rail traffic rises 1.5% in November
Intermodal rail Intermodal rail traffic remains on pace to set a new annual record in 2017, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Total combined U.S. carload and intermodal traffic in November 2017 ticked up 1.5 percent, or 38,587 carloads and intermodal units, from the same month in 2016, according to the
Train Services Suspended in Tanzania After Workers’ Strike – TAZARA
THE Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA) announced an indefinite suspension of all train services between New Kapiri Mposhi and Nakonde Stations, following a strike by workers in Zambia. TAZARA spokesman Conrad Simuchile said train services between Zambia and Tanzania were suspended indefinitely after unionized employees in Zambia went on strike, demanding payment
