Railways
Railways cancel 17 more low-cost wagons citing losses
Egypt
December 20, 2015
Railways cancel 17 more low-cost wagons citing losses
Egyptian National Railways has cancelled 17 more third-class, low-cost trains citing redundancy and unprofitability. This drives the total number of trains…
Four arrested taking selfies flashing Brotherhood gesture
Egypt
July 20, 2015
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
June 5, 2015
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
May 18, 2015
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
March 8, 2015
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
February 22, 2015
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
February 19, 2015
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
January 29, 2015
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
November 12, 2014
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
October 27, 2014
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,…