CAIRO – 26 September 2021: Minister of Transportation Kamel al-Wazir headed to Spain Sunday to examine ways of delivering the first batch of Talgo trains by the end of 2021. The deal – worth €226 million - provides supplying Egypt with six trains. The contract signed in 2020 set the delivery date of the first batch for 2021 but a delay was expected because of COVID-19. The minister noted that starting January, only new and upgraded trains will operate on Egypt's railroads. Earlier this year, the delivery of 110 train engines by General Electric was concluded, while the delivery of 1,300 railcars by Transmasholding is still ongoing.
