Egyptian Railways in the 21st Century

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Egyptian National Railways (Al-Sikak al-Hadidiyyah al-Misriyyah) is the national railway network of Egypt. Founded in 1854, it is the oldest railway system in Africa and the Middle East. [1]

The featured image for this article is an Egyptian National Railways (ENR) GE ES30ACi locomotive in the Alexandria railway station yard, (c) Abdelrhman 1990 and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-SA 4.0). [6]

The National Authority for Egyptian Railways is one of the largest economic institutions in Egypt and the Arab world, and it is the largest in the field of transport services (passengers and goods). It is considered the backbone of passenger transport in Egypt. Its share of passenger transportation is more than 30% of the total transportation volume at the national level.

 



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