Egyptian Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir announces that at the end of 2021, all railway coaches will be either new or completely renovated. Wazir said in June that the railway development process includes the modernization of locomotives and coaches, at a cost of up to LE200 billion and is set to be finalized by 2023. Egypt signed a contract back in 2018 with the Russian-Hungarian Transmashholding Company to supply 1,300 train coaches to the ENR. This deal represents 40 percent of the ENR’s coach numbers, and therefore represents a breakthrough in the development of passenger trains. The railway system’s strides in development comes via the great interest that President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has attached to developing the transport sector, providing all capabilities to upgrade it according to the latest global technologies.
