Railway system
It said the development process covers the infrastructure, workshops, signals as well as training of cadres, adding the trains speed will be 230KMs per hour for express trains and 160KMs per hour for slower trains.
The agreement comes with the aim of improving efficiency and safety factors in the railway system by extending the authority's main lines (Alexandria / Cairo / Assiut / Naga Hammadi and Benha / Port Said line) with 953 km controlled by the European Train Control System (ETCS-L1) to manage the course of the cars.
Egypt is working on developing the country’s national railway system after citizens have voiced their concern regarding the out-dated system.
A total of LE 67 million is set to be spent on the development strategy of the railway stations.
