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Four arrested taking selfies flashing Brotherhood gesture
Egypt

Four arrested taking selfies flashing Brotherhood gesture

Police at Cairo’s main train station arrested four young people for allegedly taking selfies while making a pro-Muslim Brotherhood gesture…
Security official warns transit personnel to be vigilant
Egypt

Security official warns transit personnel to be vigilant

Sayyed Gad al-Haq, Assistant Foreign Minister for Transport Police, has ordered personnel tasked with securing means of transportation to be…
Daily train tickets limited to combat black market
Egypt

Daily train tickets limited to combat black market

Egypt National Railways has put a ceiling for tickets sold on a daily basis to passengers, in order to combat…
Official: Egypt has 4,000 illegally-made level crossings
Egypt

Official: Egypt has 4,000 illegally-made level crossings

Ahmed Hamed, head of National Railways Authority, said “We have 6,000 kilometers of railways and more than 4,000 illegally-made level…
Cairo-Alex railways halted after IED blast
Egypt

Cairo-Alex railways halted after IED blast

One IED bomb exploded and another was defused on the railways between Cairo and Alexandria near Karf al-Zayyat station early…
Railways authority losses LE260 million in January
Business

Railways authority losses LE260 million in January

Losses of the Egyptian National Railways reached LE260 million (US$33 million) in January, according to Ahmed Hamed, chief of the…
Official: 50 baggage scanners installed at train stops
Egypt

Official: 50 baggage scanners installed at train stops

50 baggage scanners have been installed at 30 train stops, including 11 stops in Upper Egypt and 19 in Delta,…
IED kills suspect, explosions briefly halt railways
Egypt

IED kills suspect, explosions briefly halt railways

An IED carried by two persons on a motorbike went off Wednesday morning on the Ring Road in Giza, killing…
Railways authority report shows decline in rail tractors number due to need for maintenance
Egypt

Railways authority report shows decline in rail tractors number due to need for maintenance

A recent report issued by Egyptian railways authority in October showed decline in number of rail tractors by 40 percent,…
Explosion takes place on Zagazig-Cairo railways
Egypt

Explosion takes place on Zagazig-Cairo railways

A bomb exploded on Zagazig-Cairo railway leading to separation of part of the rails without causing injuries. Major General Sameh al-Kilany,…
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