Egypt receives 30 more railway coaches from Russian Transmashholding

Egypt’s Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir announced Friday that the Alexandria port has received 30 passenger railway coaches from the Russian Transmashholding company, bringing the total to 755 coaches.

This comes as part of a deal to manufacture and supply 1,300 coaches signed between the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) and Transmashholding (the representative of the Russian-Hungarian alliance) at a cost of 1.16 billion euros.

Wazir said that this batch consists of third-class air-conditioned coaches, with the rest of the coaches to arrive according to schedule.

He added that these new coaches are entered into service according to the ENR’s daily operating schedule so that citizens each month can see them operating firsthand – all part of the ministry’s efforts to improve its services.