Latin America News

Latest news and developments from Latin America region

• Rolling stock contract awarded for Chillan–Alameda line, Chile

  December 7, 2020
  A consortium led by CRRC Sifang Company Limited has secured a contract from the Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications of Chile and Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE) to supply six new trains to be deployed on the express rail service of the Chillan–Alameda line, a commuter rail line.

• Award proposals delivered for Santiago’s Red bus system; El Conquistador electrical terminal launched in Maipu, Chile

  December 7, 2020
  The Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications of Chile has delivered award proposals for five bus lots, which will introduce 2,030 new buses in Santiago’s Red Metropolitana de Movilidad system (Red bus system).

• Renovation and modernisation contract awarded for Mexico City Metro Line 1, Mexico

  November 30, 2020
  CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Company Limited, a subsidiary of China Railways, has secured a MXN39,000 million contract to provide renovation and modernisation services for Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro network.

• Rolling stock delivered for Monterrey Metro Line 3, Mexico

  November 19, 2020
  The first four remanufactured railcars of Monterrey Metro Line 3 have been delivered.

• Metrocali to deploy electric buses on MIO, Colombia

  November 19, 2020
  Metrocali will deploy nine electric buses on Masivo Integrado de Occidente (MIO), a bus rapid transit system in Santiago de Cali.

• Electric buses to be deployed in Bogota, Colombia

  November 16, 2020
  China-based Yutong has delivered the first 13 of 483 electric buses in Bogota to be deployed in Bogota’s integrated public transport system (SITP).

• New NS-16 trainsets deployed on Santiago Metro Line 5, Chile

  November 10, 2020
  The Ministry of Transport of Chile has deployed four new NS-16 trainsets on Santiago Metro Line 5.

• Rolling stock contract awarded for Bogota Metro Line 1, Colombia

  November 5, 2020
  China-based CRRC Changchun (CRRC) has secured a contract to supply rolling stock for Bogota Metro Line 1.

• Rolling stock contract awarded for Panama Metro Line 3

  November 3, 2020
  A consortium of Japan-based Hitachi, Hitachi Rail STS, and Mitsubishi has secured a USD833 million contract to supply rolling stock for the Panama Metro Line 3 monorail project.

• CRRC to deliver 26 metro wagons in Nuevo Leon, Mexico

  October 30, 2020
  China-based CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co. Ltd. (CRRC) will deliver 26 wagons for the Nuevo León Metro Line 3 by March 2021.

• CAF and CRRC Zhuzhou shortlisted for modernisation of Metro STC Line 1, Mexico

  October 30, 2020
  Spain-based Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) and China-based CRRC Zhuzhou Locomotive Co. Ltd. (CRRC) have been shortlisted for the contract for the modernisation of Line 1 of the Metro Collective Transport System (STC).

• Volkswagen delivers 60 buses in La Rioja, Argentina

  October 30, 2020
  Germany-based Volkswagen has delivered 60 buses to be deployed on the bus network of La Rioja province.

• Agreement signed to promote development of electric buses in Jujuy province, Argentina

  October 24, 2020
  Jujuy Energía y Minería Sociedad del Estado (JEMSE) and the National University of La Plata/ Universidad Nacional de La Plata have signed an agreement to promote the development and transfer of technology for the reconversion and subsequent maintenance of passenger transport vehicles fuelled by diesel into electric vehicles.

• Belo Horizonte Subway Line 2 to be financed by the private sector, Brazil

  October 22, 2020
  The Government of Brazil has issued a decree to qualify Line 2 of the Belo Horizonte Subway for the Investment Partnership Programme/ Programa de Parecerias de Investimentos (PPI).

• Contract signed to start construction of Bogota Metro Line 1, Colombia

  October 22, 2020
  METRO LÍNEA 1 SAS, the concessionaire of Line 1 of Bogotá Metro, has signed an agreement with the city government of Bogotá to commence construction.

• Buses unveiled for Acabus, Mexico

  October 21, 2020
  MAN Truck & Bus México, in collaboration with Volkswagen, has unveiled buses to be deployed on Acabús, a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in Acapulco, a city in the state of Guerrero.

• Electric and gas buses to be deployed in Salvador, Brazil

  October 20, 2020
  The state government of Bahia has announced plans to conduct a pilot of electric and gas buses in Salvador, the state capital.

• Contracts awarded to construct section of TransMilenio Avenida Ciudad de Cali corridor, Colombia

  October 17, 2020
  Instituto de Desarrollo Urbano (IDU) has awarded contracts under four lots to construct the southern section of the Avenida Ciudad de Cali corridor, a corridor under the TransMilenio network.

• Proposals received to supply buses in Santiago, Chile

  October 16, 2020
  Chile’s Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications/ Ministerio de Transportes y Telecomunicaciones (MTT) has received 23 proposals across three batches to supply buses in Santiago.

• Government of Mexico to invest in rail projects

  October 8, 2020
  The Government of Mexico has announced plans to invest over MXN297 million in 39 projects in communications, transport, energy, water, and environmental projects