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Sisi appoints head of military engineering authority as Transport Minister
Egypt

Sisi appoints head of military engineering authority as Transport Minister

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced during the 30th Cultural Symposium of the Armed Forces on Sunday that he has nominated…
Egypt’s railways loses LE10 billion during 2017/2018 fiscal year: Finance Ministry
Economy

Egypt’s railways loses LE10 billion during 2017/2018 fiscal year: Finance Ministry

  Head of the Final Accounts Department at the Ministry of Finance Abdel-Nabi Mansour said on Saturday that the total…
Egypt to install double-decker trains by end of 2018
Egypt

Egypt to install double-decker trains by end of 2018

  Egypt’s National Railway Authority is currently planning to install double-decker trains produced locally by the end of 2018, in…
Former workers block railways in Kafr al-Sheikh over measures to evict them
Egypt

Former workers block railways in Kafr al-Sheikh over measures to evict them

Hundreds of former workers of the National Railways Authority and their families blocked the railways at Kafr al-Sheikh train station…
Metro tickets will remain ‘economical’ but best train may cost LE3: minister
Egypt

Metro tickets will remain ‘economical’ but best train may cost LE3: minister

Transportation Minister Saad al-Gioushy has promised to keep metro ticket prices economical, although he said the ticket price for the…
Railway journeys resume following Beni Suef crash
Egypt

Railway journeys resume following Beni Suef crash

Railway movement between Cairo and Upper Egypt resumed on Thursday following a halt caused by a train crash in Beni…
LE100 bn needed for railway overhaul, says minister at train crash site
Egypt

LE100 bn needed for railway overhaul, says minister at train crash site

Egyptian railway services are in need of LE100 billion in repairs and uprades to meet global standards, Egypt’s Transport Minister…
Train crash in Beni Suef injures 70, journeys to Upper Egypt halted
Egypt

Train crash in Beni Suef injures 70, journeys to Upper Egypt halted

Seventy people were injured late Wednesday when a Cairo-bound train crashed into a concrete barrier after it derailed in Beni…
Railway conductors end strike after receiving bonus
Egypt

Railway conductors end strike after receiving bonus

Conductors at Egyptian National Railways ended their partial strike late Sunday after the Transport Ministry agreed to disburse a LE600…
Railways cancel 17 more low-cost wagons citing losses
Egypt

Railways cancel 17 more low-cost wagons citing losses

Egyptian National Railways has cancelled 17 more third-class, low-cost trains citing redundancy and unprofitability. This drives the total number of trains…
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