CAIRO – 24 January 2022: The Egyptian Railways Authority is preparing to receive the first batch of Spanish air-conditioned trains contracted with the Spanish company Talgo within days. The batch was shipped by sea from Spain towards the port of Alexandria. The deal includes six trains being manufactured in Spain at a total cost of 126 million euros, to be financed through a soft loan provided by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, official sources told Egypt Today. He pointed out that the entire deal trains are expected to arrive by the end of 2022, as these will work on the main line from Alexandria to Aswan and back. They also have designated places for people with special needs, each seat of the first air-conditioned carriages is equipped with a display screen, in addition to the presence of central screens in the second-class air-conditioned carriages, and there will be surveillance cameras in the trains to secure the passengers.
