The National Company of Railway Industries of Egypt (NERIC) has signed an agreement of € 275 million (approximately EGP 15.16 billion) with the National Tunnel Authority (NAT) on Saturday, May 10, to manufacture and deliver for Alexandria, for Alexandria to Alexandria to Alexandria to Alexandria to Alexandria. statement By the Egyptian cabinet.
The contract announced the visit of Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly to the Neric factory in East Port, he said on Saturday, includes the supply of 189 wagons, spare parts, equipment and a comprehensive maintenance plan that covers 10 years. This includes an important review and is expected to be completed within 38 months.
The trains are part of the largest Alexandria Metro project, an initiative of € 1.3 billion (approximately EGP 68 billion) directed by NAT to transform and modernize public transport of the city. The new line will be extended 43 kilometers and will be built in three phases.
Prime Minister Madboulny emphasized that the project is a direct implementation of the directives of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi to expand the network of sustainable and ecological public transport options of Egypt.
“This firm reflects our commitment to build a modern, efficient and green mass transport that facilitates movement for citizens and increases the standard of services they receive,” he said.
This last contract is based on a series of location efforts, including an earlier agreement Between the Ministry of Transportation and Neric, together with Hyundai Rotem of South Korea, to manufacture 40 metropolitan trains (320 wagons) for the second and third metropolitan lines of Cairo.
First phase in progress and key benefits
The construction has already begun in the first phase of the Alexandria Metro, which extends to 21.7 kilometers from the ABU Qir station to the MISR station in the center of Alexandria. The line includes a surface track of 6.5 km from the MISR station to just before the Al-Dhaheriya station, followed by a high track of 15.2 km that leads to Abu Qir, with a total of 20 stations.
The second and third phases will expand the metro line to the west: 8 kilometers to El-Max and then another 15.5 kilometers at Borg el-Arab. The extension will connect with the High Speed National Railway Network of Egypt, which Alexandria links with Alamein and the new administrative capital.
The Metro Project will be operational for 2026 and promises to offer a change in the public transportation of Alexandria. Designed to be completely electric, the system will reduce the consumption of traffic and fossil fuel while increasing capacity and efficiency.
Key improvements include the increase in the capacity of passengers from 2,850 to 60,000 passengers per Hor in the direction, reducing the travel time from 50 minutes to 25 minutes, increasing the operational speed of 100 km/Hy decrease in progress. Time.
The Metro will also offer integration with other traffic systems, including the Cairo – Alexandria railway (at the Misr and Sidi Gaber stations), the Raml tram (in Victoria and Sidi Gaber) and the Rashid rail line (at the Mamoura stations).
