Projects

Project Type Main Line Country Tanzania Length 336 Stations 8 Category New Line Traction 2×25 kV AC OHL Capacity – Project Start 2018 Stage Under construction Cost US$ 1.924 B Financing Govt; Loan Contract Type Design-Build Project Owner Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) Background The Tanzania SGR project is a new railway network which is currently […]

Project Type Signalling/Control Country Egypt Length 953 Category Modernization Start 2010 END – Stage Ongoing Cost US$ 803 M Financing WB, AfDB Project Owner Egyptian National Railways (ENR) Background Since 2010, the Egyptian government, with the support of the World Bank (WB) and other development partners, has embarked on railway reforms to make the railways

Project Type Heavy Haul Country Tanzania Length 968 Stations – Category New Line Traction – Capacity – Project Start – Stage Design Cost US$ 1.2 B Financing – Contract Type – Project Owner Tanzania Railways Corporation (TRC) Background The Mtwara-Songea-Mbamba Bay project entails the construction of a standard gauge railway line from Mtwara Port to

Project Type Rapid Transit Country Ghana Length 194 Stations – Category New Line Traction – Capacity 380,000 ppd Project Start – Stage Feasibility Cost US$ 2.6 B Financing – Contract Type – Project Owner Ministry of Railways Development, Ghana Promoter Ai SkyTrain Consortium Holdings Background The Accra SkyTrain is a proposed elevated mass rapid transit

Project Type Main Line Country Ghana/Burkina Faso Length 1200 km Stations – Category New Line Traction – Capacity – Project Start – Stage Feasibility Cost – Financing – Contract Type – Project Owner Ministry of Railways Development (Ghana) & Ministry of Transport, Urban Mobility and Road Safety (Burkina Faso) Background Ghana-Burkina Faso Railway Interconnectivity Project

Project Type Heavy Haul Country Botwana/Namibia Length 1500 km Stations – Category New Line Traction – Capacity – Project Start – Stage Conceptual Cost – Financing – Contract Type – Project Owner Ministry of Works and Transport (Namibia) & Ministry of Transport and Communications (Botswana) Background The Trans-Kalahari Railway is a proposed 1500-km-long heavy haul

The project involves the construction of a 1522-km standard gauge railway connecting Addis Ababa in Ethiopia to Khartoum in Sudan, with an extension to Port Sudan on the Red Sea.

The project involves the extension of the Rabat light rail network to Salé airport in the northeast and Témara to the south. The project will add 30 km to the existing 19-km network.

Project Type Metro Country Tunisia Length 13.6 km Stations 6 Category New Line Traction – Capacity – Project Start – Stage Approval Cost – Financing – Contract Type – Project Owner Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens (SNCFT) Background The Metro Grand Sousse Line D runs from Sousse center to Msaken via Sousse south

Project Type Metro Country Tunisia Length 17.8 km Stations 11 Category New Line Traction – Capacity – Project Start – Stage Approval Cost – Financing – Contract Type – Project Owner Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Tunisiens (SNCFT) Background The Metro Grand Sousse Line C runs from Sousse center to Msaken via Kalaa Sghira.