Egyptian Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir announced Friday that the first Spanish Talgo trains will arrive in Egypt by mid-December. Wazir’s remarks came during his visit to Spain to tour the factories of the Talgo company, to inspect six new air-conditioned trains being manufactured for Egypt according to a contract between the two sides worth 157 million euros, including maintenance and spare parts. He stated that he agreed with Talgo officials to compress the supply schedule for the rest of the trains to arrive successively. The Transport Minister said that this deal comes within the ministry’s comprehensive plan to develop its fleet of coaches and trains at the railway facility. Each of the contracted trains consists of a locomotive, a power car, an air-conditioned buffet car, five air-conditioned first-class coaches and eight air-conditioned second-class coaches.
