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Siemens Mobility to install a 2,000 km state-of-the-art high-speed rail network that will connect all major cities throughout the country with trains that can operate up to 230 km/h. The integrated system will create the 6th largest high-speed rail network in the world, and will provide 90% of Egyptians access to a modern, safe, and affordable transportation system. The fully electrified network will cut carbon emissions by 70% compared to current car or bus transport, further supporting Egypt’s efforts in transforming its mobility to a more sustainable one. Siemens Mobility will deliver its Velaro high-speed trains, Desiro High Capacity regional train sets, and Vectron freight locomotives.
Egypt will starts trials of high-speed trains in 2024, the country’s Transport Minister was quoted on Monday as saying.
Kamil Al-Wazir said Germany’s Siemens Mobility would begin work on the high-speed railway project’s Phases 2 and 3 in August, adding that Phase 1 was finished in May 2021.
“Siemens will begin preparing the rail lines and all related systems for the project shortly…we expect the train to be ready for trial in mid or end of 2024,” Wazir said, quoted by Al-Watan and other local newspapers.
(Writing by Nadim Kawach; Editing by Anoop Menon)
