Manufacturing News South Africa

Dudula Rail joins PRASA's R123b rolling stock renewal bid

According to Cape Business News website, Swiss rolling stock manufacturer Stadler Rail Group has recently joined forces with global power and automation company ABB and local South African rail company Naledi Rail Engineering, forming a consortium named Dudula Rail (Pty) Ltd, to bid for the R123b rolling stock renewal programme launched by the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA).

The objective of Dudula Rail - which is led by Stadler - is to compete successfully in the stock renewal programme in South Africa, which will be implemented over the next 20 years. Felice Massaro, spokesperson for Dudula Rail and executive vice president of Stadler Rail Group told Cape Business News said that the consortium has been put together in such a way that the manufacturing and assembly of the rolling stock will take place in South Africa and carried out by South Africans.

Read the full article on www.cbn.co.za.

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