The railway sector has been undergoing a revolution in Egypt for several years. The country wants to reshape this segment of public transport to improve its quality and reduce the number of accidents recorded.
The Egyptian National Railways (ENR) will receive a batch of 7 new trains from the Spanish manufacturer Talgo, the first of which will be delivered in mid-February, according to a press release from the Ministry of Transport issued on January 27.
The order launched in April 2019 thanks to financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), actually concerns 6 locomotives for a total cost of 158 million Euros. According to the Ministry of Transport, Talgo will donate an additional train to Egypt.
Egyptian rail transport has long been plagued by repeated train accidents and derailments that have claimed many victims. To change the situation, the current government has drawn up an emergency plan unveiled in 2014 and which includes major rail projects (metro, monorail line, SGR line).
These acquisitions are therefore part of the policy of renewal and densification of the national train fleet, intended for the new railway lines that the country is developing. In a statement dated March 27, 2021, Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir indicated that a budget of 225 billion Egyptian pounds (nearly $14.3 billion) has been allocated to the development of the entire country’s rail network.
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