Trains
23 people arrested in Minya for blocking trains
Egypt
July 9, 2013
23 people arrested in Minya for blocking trains
The Maghagha Prosecution has detained 23 suspects for four days pending an investigation into charges of blocking railway tracks. …
Misr station suspect belonged to jihadist group
Egypt
July 4, 2013
Misr station suspect belonged to jihadist group
Azbakeya Prosecution said on Thursday that one of the two men arrested at Misr rail station for carrying weapons belongs…
Train drivers end strike
Egypt
April 9, 2013
Train drivers end strike
Egypt’s train drivers ended Tuesday morning their biggest general strike, which had brought the nation’s railway movement to halt since…
Security forces break up Luxor railway sit-in
Egypt
March 3, 2013
Security forces break up Luxor railway sit-in
Security forces broke up a sit-in by temporary railway sanitation workers after their protest blocked tracks since Sunday, arresting eight…
Separate cars for women on trains starting Wednesday
Egypt
February 5, 2013
Separate cars for women on trains starting Wednesday
The Egyptian Railways Authority is set to enforce women’s-only train cars on several popular routes to and from the capital…
Egypt to upgrade railway crossings, centralize maintenance
Egypt
February 4, 2013
Egypt to upgrade railway crossings, centralize maintenance
Transportation Minister Hatem Abdel Latif said Monday said that the government has prepared a plan to modernize Egypt’s railways, which…
Train traffic returns to normal after protests
Egypt
January 23, 2013
Train traffic returns to normal after protests
Railway traffic throughout the country has returned to normal after protests blocking both the Cairo-Alexandria and Cairo-Aswan routes were called…
Update: Four dead in taxi-train collision, including child, governor says
Egypt
January 16, 2013
Update: Four dead in taxi-train collision, including child, governor says
Four people died when a train collided with a taxi in Ard al-Lewa crossing, Giza Governor Ali Abdel Rahman said…
Report: Egypt has average of 550 train wrecks per year
Egypt
January 16, 2013
Report: Egypt has average of 550 train wrecks per year
In the wake of the deadly Badrashin train crash Monday, which left 19 people dead and 117 injured, a Transportation…
Assiut citizens avoid fresh railway catastrophe
Egypt
November 20, 2012
Assiut citizens avoid fresh railway catastrophe
The Mandara railway crossing in Assiut was almost the site of another crash Tuesday when a train passed suddenly without…