CAIRO – 11 July 2020: Chairman of the Egyptian Railway Authority (ERA) Ashraf Raslan affirmed the receipt of 10 Transmashholding railcars as they arrived in Alexandria Port Friday. In July 2019, ERA endorsed the technical specifications of two passenger railcars that were supposed to be supplied by Transmashholding in September of the same year. The contract states that 650 railcars will be supplied from Hungary, 500 will be delivered by Russia, and 150 will be manufactured by Egypt under the supervision of Transmashholding. The contract consists of 500 third-class air-conditioned railcars, 180 second-class air-conditioned railcars, 90 first-class air-conditioned railcars, 500 third-class dynamic-ventilation railcars, and 30 air-conditioned cabooses. Also, the total number of railcars delivered by June had to be 180.

Source: Egypt Today July 11, 2020 10:41 UTC