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Wazir pointed out that the decision would help the ministry pay the installments of the deals signed with international companies.
That is one day after the first officially entered service and that also operates between the same two cities.
The first trips of the luxury Talgo trains will start from Egypt station in Ramses to the stations of Sidi Gaber and Misr in Alexandria.
The train will take off at 2:00 PM from Ramses Railway station in downtown Cairo for Alexandria’s Sidi Gaber station.
The Ministry of Transport announced Wednesday the resumption of the supply of Hungarian railcars after months of suspension because global crises.
Member of the Housing, Municipal Management, and Transport Committee at the Senate Hani al-Assal demanded expanding reliance on freight trains and inland transportation to reduce traffic accidents.
Minister of Transport kamel al-Wazir stated Tuesday in a phone-in that 11 senior officials at the National Railways Authority had been referred to the Military Prosecution.
The new trains offer the highest levels of luxury and modern technology.
The Spanish company will also provide maintenance and spare parts for 15 years.
Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir stated Monday that the ticket price of trains and metro will be raised by 25 percent by the end of August.
Nagdy pointed out that 80 percent of the components are locally made.
The project's 660-km first line includes 22 stations, with a designed speed of 250 km/h, the minister said.
The minister of transport also presented other investment opportunities.
Egypt is to test its first electric LRT train in a few days for the first time without passengers before the actual operation.
The Egyptian House of Representatives, headed by Counselor Dr. Hanafi Jabali, approved, during its sessions last week, a proposal to establish a tourist train linking both the Red Sea and Luxor governorates.
Scheduled to open to the public soon, each train of the new trains includes 6 vehicles.
The Egyptian government has taken concrete steps to revamp Greater Cairo's first metro line.
The LRT line had already begun pilot operation.
The Alexandria Port Authority received the first American tractor supplied by the American company BRL, in order to pull the new Spanish air-conditioned trains supplied by the Talgo Company.
The Ministry of Transport released pictures of the progress at Adly Mansour exchange station, which includes stops for Metro Line 3, light rail transit, Cairo-Suez railway, the SuperJet bus line, bus rapid transit.
