94 injured, 3 killed in train accident N. Egypt
Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population said the number of injuries from the train accident in Matrouh has risen…
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Egypt Cabinet approves land reallocation for Arish Port expansion
Egypt’s Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly approved on Wednesday a draft presidential decree reallocating land needed…
Egypt, China launch trial operations of smart railway signalling institute
Egypt’s Ministry of Transport has launched trial operations of the Zheng He – Egypt Institute for Smart Railway…
CR20 completes key Malawi railway bridge
China Railway 20th Bureau Group (CR20) has completed the longest bridge on the 72-km railway line from Marka, near…
Egypt’s new Bashteel railway station nears completion
Egypt's New Bashteel railway station in Giza is now almost complete said the project manager Engineer Hussein…
Egypt’s GALDP signs MoU for Burj Al-Arab Dry Port project
Egypt’s General Authority for Land and Dry Ports (GALDP) signed on Thursday a memorandum of understanding (MOU)…
Egypt’s Transport Ministry launches online train tickets booking service
Egypt's Ministry of Transport launched ENR Tickets mobile app on Thursday to allow passengers to book train…
Egypt plans to localise railway industry with Hungary’s Ganz-MAVAG
The Egyptian Minister of Transport, Kamel El-Wazir is seeking plans to localise the railway industry in cooperation…
Egypt to spend $2.3 billion on transport sector upgrade
Egypt’s government has set aside around 40.7 billion Egyptian pounds ($2.3 billion) to be spent this year on…
Egypt on track to execute maintenance works on 156 train stations
Egypt is currently upgrading and carrying out maintenance works on 156 train stations throughout the country, at a…
Finance Minister approves 3.7 bln Egyptian pounds in allocations for Dec.
Egypt's Minister of Finance Amr el-Garhy approved 3.7 billion Egyptian pounds ($209 million) in additional…
Transport minister inspects Egypt’s newly installed train signal system
Egypt's Minister of Transport Hesham Arafat visited on Saturday a control tower where a new electronic signal…
No privatization of railway system: Egypt’s Transportation Minister
Egyptian Transportation Minister, Hesham Arafat, said Friday that the government has no plans to privatize the…
Full steam ahead, as Egypt’s rail project gets green light
A unit of China Railway Group Ltd said it will began preliminary work on a $1.24 billion-worth light rail project…
Egypt’s railway authority head resigns after Alexandria deadly crash
Egypt's transportation minister Hesham Arafat accepted on Sunday the resignation of the head of the railway…
Manual-operation system caused Egypt’s deadly train crash: minister
Egypt's Transport Minister Hisham Arafat said on Saturday that a deadly train collision in Alexandria on Friday was…
Train service to Egypt’s Qena suspended due to fire
Train services to and from Qena in Upper Egypt have been suspended after a train carriage caught fire on Sunday.…
Poland’s three delegations to discuss investment in Egypt this month
Poland is sending this month three delegations of senior government officials and investors to Egypt to explore…
Tight security measures taken at Cairo metro, railway stations
High security measures were witnessed on Monday at metro stations around the capital Cairo, as well as at the…
‘Two dead’ after train derails near Kanpur in India
A passenger train has derailed in India's northern Uttar Pradesh state, with police saying two people are…
Latvia reviews financing offers to manufacture 700 railway carriages for Egypt
One of the Latvian banks is bidding to finance a project to supply and manufacture 700 railway carriages in favour…
Railway system needs one year to show signs of improvement: Egypt’s minister
Egypt's Minister of Transportation Galal Said said Wednesday that Egypt's railway system would take a year to show…
Bulgaria warns of playing Pokemon Go on the railway tracks
This one might seem obvious, but.... Bulgarian state railway company BDZ is urging players of Pokemon GO to keep…
Qalaa-CEC Kenya railway line deal to boost Egypt’s exports to $5bn
Egyptian Chemicals and Fertilizers Export Council (CEC) agreement with Qalaa Holdings to establish a railway line…
UN calls for European ‘solidarity’ in migrant crisis response
The UN refugee chief called Tuesday for European states to show solidarity in their response to the continent's…
International Cooperation, South Korea talk over $115m Loan
Egypt’s Minister of International Cooperation Nagla Al-Ahwani is currently holding talks with the South Korean…
Egypt’s railway authority signs deal with military to upgrade 92 crossing
Egypt's national railways signed an agreement with the ministry of military production to upgrade 92…
Train delayed in Egypt’s Beni Suef after Molotov cocktail attack
A train was damaged when Molotov cocktails were thrown at it in the Egyptian city of Beni Suef on Tuesday morning,…
Egypt Railway Loses $ 33 M Since Mid-August Shutdown
Egypt's railway system has lost LE228 million (roughly $33 million) due to the suspension of passenger services…
Russia Intends to Participate in GCC Railway Project
Vladimir Yakunin –Chairman of Russian Railways Company- stated that his company discusses the idea of undertaking…
Makkah Station of Haramain railway costs SR3.2bn
The Haramain Railway's main station in Makkah will cost SR3.2 billion, Transport Minister Jabara Al-Seraisry said…