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A group of Egypt Railways workers in protest against low pay and inadequate management, Cairo, February 17, 2011. The sign reads: 'Fed up with promises. Fed up wih threats. We want a real railways company.' As life seems to fluctuate between normal and unrest all over Egypt after massive protests that led to President Hosni Mubarak ouster, grievances - including pay equality, workplace rights, just representations in boards of state-owned companies, etc - piled up over years re-surface nationwide, prompting Armed Forces Supreme Council's calls to stop protests and to resume daily work.
Train drivers end strike
Al-Masry Al-Youm 09 Apr 2013
Egypt’s train drivers ended Tuesday morning their biggest general strike, which had brought the nation’s...
جانب من الوقفة الاحتجاجحية لسائقي القطارات، القاهرة، 17 فبراير 2011. نظم السائقين وقفة احتجاجية لمساواتهم مع بقية الفئات الأخرى في زيادة الحوافز، وطالب السائقون وزير النقل بالتحقيق مع قيادات فى هيئة السكك الحديدية.أدى قيام سائقي القطارات للمظاهرات إلى توقف حركة القطارات في الوجهين القبلي والبحري لمدة ثلاث ساعات كاملة.
Update: Railways head refers striking train drivers to prosecutors
MENA 07 Apr 2013
  Egypt National Railway director Hussein Zakariya said he has taken legal action against striking train drivers,...
Police strike front of Interior Ministry
Strikes, protests continue nationwide
Egypt Independent 10 Mar 2013
Several governorates witnessed clashes Sunday between police and protesters who are calling for civil disobedience in...
Railway stations in Egypt without safety standards for passengers
Cairo-Aswan train line closed briefly over fuel hike protest
MENA 24 Feb 2013
Railway traffic between Cairo and Aswan was briefly stopped after stone factory owners blocked railways for 15 hours...
World Bank in Washington
In meeting with World Bank, Qandil asks for railways, infrastructure help
Al-Masry Al-Youm 09 Feb 2013
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil met with senior World Bank manager Mirza Hassan Saturday, along with Finance Minister...
Egypt to upgrade railway crossings, centralize maintenance
MENA 04 Feb 2013
Transportation Minister Hatem Abdel Latif said Monday said that the government has prepared a plan to modernize Egypt...
People gathering at wreckage of Badrashin train, after two carriages were separated from the train and derailed at Badrashin stop in Giza, 15 January 2013. Nineteen conscripts were killed and at least another 117 were injured.
Qandil: Government will develop 900 new train crossings
Al-Masry Al-Youm 19 Jan 2013
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil said Saturday that the government will take responsibility for the country's railways...
Update: Four dead in taxi-train collision, including child, governor says
Al-Masry Al-Youm 16 Jan 2013
Four people died when a train collided with a taxi in Ard al-Lewa crossing, Giza Governor Ali Abdel Rahman said...
People gathering at wreckage of Badrashin train, after two carriages were separated from the train and derailed at Badrashin stop in Giza, 15 January 2013. Nineteen conscripts were killed and at least another 117 were injured.
Report: Egypt has average of 550 train wrecks per year
Al-Masry Al-Youm 16 Jan 2013
In the wake of the deadly Badrashin train crash Monday, which left 19 people dead and 117 injured, a Transportation...
President Mohamed Morsy visits the injured from the Badrashin train accident, at Maadi Military Hospital, hours after presidential guards took charge of the hospital, Cairo, 15 January 2013. Nineteen conscripts were killed and at least another 117 were injured on Monday as two carriages were separated from the train and derailed at Badrashin stop in Giza while they were on board.
Update: Protesters block railway at Ramses station sit-in
Al-Masry Al-Youm 15 Jan 2013
Dozens of demonstrators and political activists blocked railway lines at Ramses Train Station on Tuesday evening, after...