Railways resumed operation Tuesday after a hiatus caused by protesting workers at the Tanta railway station in the Gharbiya Governorate.
The workers had previously blocked the railways, demanding fairer bonuses.
Head of Egyptian National Railways Hany Hegab said that some workers at the Tanta railway station staged a sit-in from 9:50 am to 11:30 am, demanding equal bonuses with their colleagues from other departments.
Hegab said that a delegation of the railway authority negotiated with the protesting workers and promised to consider their demands, whereby the workers voluntarily dispersed the sit-in.
He added that the protest caused an average one-hour delay for seven trains.
Blocking railway movement has become a common protest tactic since the January uprising that toppled former President Hosni Mubarak.
Late April, the Upper Egyptian governorate of Qena experienced the longest sit-in to date impeding railway movement, at which Muslim citizens protested against the appointment of a Christian governor.
Translated from the Arabic Edition
