How will express trains transform Egypt’s transport map?

How will express trains transform Egypt’s transport map?

CAIRO – 10 February 2021: Thirteen hours is the minimum duration of a trip from Cairo to Upper Egypt's city of Aswan, where passengers arrive to their destination exhausted due to the long distance and ride.

What if this duration can be reduced to only four hours? An express train that Egypt will have in two years is expected to solve this problem. One electric train can accommodate up to 4,500 passengers. Imagine saving a day for 4,500 passengers.

Egypt's new express train network is seen as a pillar that will change the transport map in the country, according to former Egyptian transport minister.

Although Hisham Arafat, Egypt's ex-transport minister, says the step taken to start having a high-speed train came 40 years late, he believes it will transform the transport system in Egypt thanks to political will to not surrender to the policy of fait accompli, unlike predecessors.

The express train network will save around $280 million to the state and the citizens, besides contributing to Egypt's entering a new stage in the transportation of cargo by railways.

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