Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli attended
onWednesday1/9/2021 the signing ceremony of designing and implementing the first line of Egypt’s electric express train (Ain Sukhna-Alexandria-Alamin-Matrouh).
During the ceremony, the prime minister asserted President Abdel Fattah El Sisi’s interest in the project which is considered a civilized leap in the field of Egypt’s transportation.
The prime minister asserted that the new train would contribute to the aspired development process, thanking Siemens international company over its efforts to implement the project.
He described Siemens as “a success partner” for Egyptians in different sectors.The ceremony was also attended by Minister of Transport Kamel Al Wazir and German Ambassador in Cairo Frank Hartmann.
The contract stipulates that the 660KMs-long line be designed and implemented with conducting maintenance operations for 15 years at costs of 4.45 billion dollars at EPC+F system represented in the National Authority for Tunnels and an Egyptian-German consortium under Siemens, the Arab Contractors company and Orascom.
Minister Wazir said the consortium would carry out all the project systems including signals, communications and electro-mechanics and will also design carriages and and maintenance workshops.
Source: State Information Service Egypt