ZAMBIA's new president Mr Edgar Lungu has pledged to prioritise construction of the new 590km line in the northwest of the country that will link with Angola's Benguela Railway.
THE High Court in Tanzania has declared the strike by Tanzania Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) workers illegal, bringing the week-long protest over five month salary arrears to an end.
Several companies are benefiting from what is being dubbed a railway renaissance in Africa as new opportunities emerge in markets across the continent buoyed by a rush for mineral wealth. But things are far from simple, as Paul Ash explains.
TANZANIA Zambia Rail Authority (Tazara) suspended operations on January 12, shortly after employees - who have not been paid for five months - rejected an appeal from the management to "exercise further patience whilst long-term sustainable solutions were sought."
ZAMBIA Railways Limited (ZRL) has selected a consortium of Bombardier, Huawei and local contractor GMC Technologies in a $US 51m contract to supply and install ERTMS Regional on the 980km Chingola - Livingstone line.
ZAMBIA's Northwest Rail Company (NWR) has awarded Grindrod, South Africa, a contract to build a 290km railway linking copper mines at Lumwana and Solwezi with smelters at Chingola near the border with Democratic Republic of Congo.
ZAMBIA Railways Limited (ZRL) has appointed a new CEO and launched a three-year programme of reforms and rehabilitation with the aim of reversing the decline of one of southern Africa's largest railways.
TANZANIA-Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) has signed a $US 42m agreement with the Chinese government that will enable Chinese companies to implement rehabilitation projects on the ailing railway.
TANZANIA Zambia Railway Authority (Tazara) has entered negotiations with SMH Rail, Malaysia, over the rehabilitation of locomotives and wagons as part of an effort to ease the railway's chronic stock shortage.
JUST DAYS after Zambia's president announced a review of the Railway Systems of Zambia (RSZ) concession, the government has announced it will revoke the contract with New Limpopo Bridge Projects Investment.