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SOUTH AFRICA PRESIDENT LAUNCH PEOPLES TRAIN IN CAPE TOWN STATION

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SOUTH AFRICA PRESIDENT LAUNCH PEOPLES TRAIN IN CAPE TOWN STATION

New PRASA “Peoples Train” launched at the Cape Town Station Today 9th April 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa launched the new Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa PRASA “Peoples Train” at the Cape Town station. According to the president, “The Peoples Train is indeed a great milestone in our effort to improve the safety and comfort of commuter rail transport”. Today we launched the new #PRASA trains at the Cape Town station. I got an opportunity to be…

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BOSTON – FIRST US CITY TO IMPORT CHINESE SUBWAY SYSTEM

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BOSTON – FIRST US CITY TO IMPORT CHINESE SUBWAY SYSTEM

Chinese train makers finally cracks US market as CRRC wins contract to supply Boston subway system with rail cars. World’s largest and Chinese state-owned train maker, China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation (CRRC), has won a US$842m contract to supply hundreds of rail cars for the Boston subway system. The first batch of 152 carriages for the city’s Orange Line will be shipped to Boston in December while another set of 132 cars will follow to replace the Hawker…

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MOROCCAN ENGINEERS READY TO TEST FASTEST TRAIN IN AFRICA

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MOROCCAN ENGINEERS READY TO TEST FASTEST TRAIN IN AFRICA

50% of the fastest train project  in Africa was financed by the french and it is ready to slash journey time. Morocco country’s rail office said on Monday that engineers in there country is preparing to test the Africa world’s first high speed railway this week with trains reaching  320 kilometres (200 miles) per hour. The ONCF said that on monday along a stretch of track between the northern cities of kenitra and Tangier, one train reached 275 kph…

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