Infrastructure

The 1,860km railway connects Zambia - a landlocked nation in southern Africa - to the seaport of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania and is operated by the Tanzania-Zambia Railway.

Engineers will work around the clock, seven days a week, to minimise disruptions to Adelaide, but the tram network will not be affected.

Edinburgh's Heriot-Watt University is conducting tests to see whether slab track technology used around the world is suitable for the construction of a high-speed railway in the UK.

Work is to begin on India's first high-speed rail project - known as the Indian Bullet Train - thanks to financial and technical support from Japan.

Downer EDI’s maintenance depot in Maryborough, Queensland, has been awarded a series of maintenance contracts worth $70 million.

Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) has awarded the first three civils contracts for the Circle Line 6 (CCL6) extension project.

The Government of Western Australia has allocated $1.34 billion from its 2017-18 budget for Metronet, to expand Perth's rail network.

An expression of interest has been launched by Nigerian Railways Corporation as it looks to find a new ticketing provider. 

Services are set to resume on the railway line between Picton and Christchurch for the first time since the devastating Kaikoura earthquake struck 10 months ago.

The French firm's contract covers signalling, communications and operation control centre systems for the new transit system in Akeng, in New Taipei City.