President El-Sisi witnesses the signing of a contract to establish a high-speed rail network with Siemens 29/05/2022 | 01:14 PM
President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi witnessed the signing ceremony of the contract with the international company "Siemens", to establish an integrated system for the rapid electric train in Egypt, with a total of 3 lines with a length of about 2000 km across the country.
The signing was attended by the Minister of Transport, Lieutenant-General / Kamel Al-Wazir, and Dr. Engineer / Essam Wali, head of the National Authority for Tunnels
The President also stressed that the new electric train network comes as a consolidation of fruitful cooperation between Egypt and Germany in the field of infrastructure, and will represent a great addition to the transportation system, marking the beginning of a new era for railways in Egypt, Africa and the Middle East.
For his part, the Chairman of the International Siemens Company expressed his pride in the fruitful cooperation with Egypt in the development projects that made an honorable history for the company in the region and the world, pointing out that the high-speed electric train project in Egypt is the largest in the history of Siemens.