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78% of Egypt’s 1st electric railway project complete: Transport Minister
First two phases of electric railway expected to be finalised by October 2021, says Kamel El-Wazir

Egypt receives 19 new railcars under deal to manufacture, supply 1,300 units
Deal is worth more than €1.16bn

Ministry of Transport, EBRD, PRL discusses new railway tractors contracts
‘We negotiate with Egyptian private sector companies to enter developing railway sector,’ says Al-Wazir

Transport Ministry signed agreement of EGP 22bn to improve railway infrastructure
Agreement signed with Russia’s TransMach Holding on Supplying, manufacturing 1300 railway vehicles

Ministry of Transport says it will not hike prices of train tickets before development
Egypt’s railways have suffered for a long time from lacking any safety standards

Lack of approval for NAT allocations negatively affects its ability to fulfil international contracts: ministry official
NAT requests allocations worth EGP 35bn, while allocations last year reached EGP 8.144bn, including new projects worth EGP 110m, independent projects worth EGP 8bn

Metro ticket will increase to EGP 6 starting July 2018: Ministry of Transport
Parliament meets Arafat on 26 December, government did not discuss decision with parliament, says Desouky

Egyptian-French alliance to implement civil works for Metro’s third line
The third phase will cost EGP 10.8bn to implement, says official

Revenues of Egyptian Railways increased to EGP 129.1m in August: CAPMAS
15.1 million train passengers in August, and 366,700 tonnes of goods transported

EGP 2.8bn in urgent funds to improve public services: Finance ministry
Ministry of Finance dedicates EGP 74.1m for operation of non-economic railway lines and student subscriptions, says Abdel Fattah

Public entities debts to EGPC amount to EGP 195bn by end of January: El Molla
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mehleb formed a committee to fix the current financial issues between the Ministers of Petroleum, Finance, and Electricity.
Transport ministry, Suez Canal Authority reject Port Said pier allocation to import gas: Petroleum ministry
Ain Sokhna port to accommodate two ships, as Port Said is not economically feasible, says Dahi

Transportation ministry to build 4 new ports for major projects: Ministerial advisor
Technical bids to build a link between Damietta river and sea ports will be received in November

RO-RO agreement not to be renewed
The Egyptian government made a decision not to renew the agreement with turkey after it ends in April 2015.

Investment projects in transportation sector total $3.5bn: Transport minister
A number of transportation projects included in the stimulus package have been completed, says El-Demeiry

Cairo rail service resumes on limited basis
The Ministry of Transport indicates gradual resumption of rail activity

EU allocates €123m to develop Egypt’s transport sector
€40m to build third phase of Cairo Metro

Workers protest closure of port
The demonstrators at the counter protest opposed the closure of the port.