THE Catalan Ministry of Territory and Sustainability (TES) and Barcelona Metropolitan Transport (TMB) are to head a European project to provide technical and legal support for the reform of the safety regime on the Cairo metro.
THALES Spain has signed a Euros 109m turnkey contract to modernise and renew signalling systems on the Cairo-Alexandria line, in a project which will double capacity and raise the maximum line speed from 140km/h to 160km/h.
EGYPT's National Authority for Tunnels has placed a $US 360m contract with Hyundai Rotem, Korea, for 20 nine-car trains.
EGYPTIAN National Railways (ENR) reportedly lost £E 70m ($US 11.6m) between January 28 2011 and January 12 2012 in the midst of the uprising to overthrow the regime of former president Mr Hosni Mubarak.