ETHIOPIAN Railways Corporation (ERC) has appointed Italferr, the engineering subsidiary of Italian State Railways (FS), to provide consultancy services for maintenance and operations on the new 656km Addis Ababa standard-gauge line and the Addis Ababa light rail network, which are both being built by China Railway Engineering Company (CREC).
ETHIOPIAN Railways Corporation (ERC) has appointed Italferr, the engineering subsidiary of Italian State Railways (FS), to provide consultancy services for maintenance and operations on the new 656km Addis Ababa standard-gauge line and the Addis Ababa light rail network, which are both being built by China Railway Engineering Company (CREC).
The €1.23m contract was signed at the head offices of ERC in Addis Ababa on January 28.
Italferr will begin work next month and is expected to spend around eight months on the two projects, working in conjunction with two other Italian companies, Metropolitana Milanese and Technital.