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Robert Stephenson (1803–59) was the engineer of Egypt's first railway. In 1833, Muhammad Ali Pasha considered building a railway between Suez and Cairo to improve transit between Europe and India. Muhammad Ali had proceeded to buy the rail when the project was abandoned due to pressure by the French who had an interest in building a canal ...
Sold to Railways. Series 9301–915, 9317–9320, 9322–9342. 1935-1946 1A-Do-A1 Diesel locomotive: 75 121 6 Built by English Electric. UK. 1945-1947 4211: 0-6-0 Diesel locomotive: 42 Built by Arnold Jung Lokomotivfabrik: 1953–1956 4300 C diesel-hydraulic locomotive: 37 60 98 Loosely based on Jung's WR 360 C14 series.
On 12 March 2018, Egypt's Transport Minister Hisham Arafat said that Egypt is in the process of launching a new high-speed railway linking the Mediterranean (Most likely referring to the northern coastal governorates like Alexandria, Beheira) and the Red Sea with the participation of more than 10 international companies.
Railway stations in Egypt include: Stations served by passenger trains. Station name Route(s) 10 Ramadan Ismailiya – Suez 23 Yuliu Cairo Limun – el-Marg
Ramses Railway Station (Arabic: محطة رمسيس, romanized: Maḥaṭṭat Ramsīs), also called Misr Station (Arabic: محطة مصر, romanized: Maḥaṭṭat Miṣr), is the main railway station of Cairo, Egypt. The name is derived from the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, whose statue was erected by Nasser on the square there in 1955.
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Alexandria railway station is the main railway terminus in Alexandria, Egypt.It is the oldest railway station in the Middle East and Africa. [1] It was established in 1856 coinciding with the decision of Khedive Abbas Hilmi II to establish the first railway line in Egypt linking the cities of Alexandria and Cairo in 1851, which is the second in the world after the establishment of the British ...
The Egyptian railway system is the oldest railway network in Africa and the Middle East and the second oldest in the world [citation needed]. The first line between Alexandria and Kafer Eassa was opened in 1854. In 2018, the system is about 5,085 km (3,160 mi) long [3] and is operated by the Egyptian National Railways. ENR carries about 800 ...