Ministry of Transport
Subway kiosks up for tender in February
Business
January 24, 2016
Subway kiosks up for tender in February
Kiosks meant to provide jobs for youth and improve sales at Cairo’s subway stations will be put up for a…
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…
Transport Ministry to establish ports, logistics centers in 3 cities
Egypt
November 16, 2015
Transport Ministry to establish ports, logistics centers in 3 cities
The Transport Ministry initiated a feasibility study for the establishment of three land ports and logistics areas in the cities…
Alamein-Wadi al-Natroun road to reopen next week
Egypt
September 2, 2015
Alamein-Wadi al-Natroun road to reopen next week
The Wadi al-Natroun-Alamein road will reopen next week in the Cairo direction after construction on the toll gates are completed,…
Transport Ministry signs MoU with Siemens company
Egypt
July 27, 2015
Transport Ministry signs MoU with Siemens company
Transport Minister Hany Dahy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Egyptian National Railways and the Siemens company to…
Transport Minister: Ministry to implement largest metro projects in Egypt’s history
Egypt
July 20, 2015
Transport Minister: Ministry to implement largest metro projects in Egypt’s history
The Transportation Ministry is currently working on the implementation of a number of infrastructure projects related to electric trains and…
Korean-made, air-conditioned metro wagon introduced on Thursday
Egypt
June 18, 2015
Korean-made, air-conditioned metro wagon introduced on Thursday
The Ministry of Transport has ordered the introduction of a new air-conditioned subway wagon on Cairo’s first metro line (Helwan-Marg),…
Govt report: 33.000 dead in car accidents in 5 years
Egypt
March 12, 2014
Govt report: 33.000 dead in car accidents in 5 years
An average of 100,000 car accidents took place from 2008 to 2012, leaving nearly 33,000 dead and 155,000 injured, according…
Government to push river transport as cost saver
Business
June 16, 2011
Government to push river transport as cost saver
Egyptian authorities announced Thursday that the volume of river traffic in 2010 more than tripled compared to the year before,…
Conductor’s strike brings railways to a halt
Egypt
February 17, 2011
Conductor’s strike brings railways to a halt
Railway transport in Egypt was stalled on Thursday as conductors staged a protest calling for equality with workers in other…