The Minister of Transport inspects the work sites of the second line of the express electric train 22/01/2023 | 10:52 AM
Lieutenant General Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, Minister of Transport, accompanied by the Head of the Roads and Bridges Authority, the leaders of the National Authority for Tunnels and the project consultant, inspected the track of the second line of the October / Aswan / Abu Simbel express train network, which is 1100 km long, in the distance from Abu Simbel to Luxor, with a length of about 530 km. Which includes 12 stations, of which 5 are high-speed train stations and 7 stations for the regional train, after President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi approved the extension of the line from Aswan to Abu Simbel to support and serve the tourism movement and facilitate the movement of citizens by means of modern, modern and environmentally friendly transportation that provides the highest levels of service to the public and transportation of crops. And agricultural products from Toshka and East Owainat farms to residential areas and seaports such as Safaga and Alexandria.
The inspection visit started from Abu Simbel station, where the extension of the high-speed rail network to this area and the establishment of a high-speed train station in it will contribute to the service and development of this area, including its tourist attractions. The promising Toshka area as an agricultural and industrial area and a new development area, where the minister emphasized the speedy study of establishing a logistics area and a dry port for the arrival of the cargo train to this area, in order to serve the transportation of products and raw materials to and from it by a safe and fast means of transporting goods of large size and transport capacity, in addition to logistical areas in Qastal and Arqin And Wadi Karkar, in implementation of the directives of His Excellency the President, to expand in the logistical areas to serve the trade movement. The track also passes through the Medicom Industrial Zone and the establishment of a regional train station in this area, which contributes to the movement of workers and visitors to it. The express train also serves the villages and residential communities in Jabal Shisha and Arab Suhail, to reach the station after that. Aswan Airport. The minister also inspected the work site of a cargo freight station in the Toshka/Awainat junction area.
The minister also inspected Toshka and Medcom stations and Aswan Airport - New Aswan / Daraw / Mistaken Edfu El Sebaea / Esna / Armant, all the way to Luxor.
During the tour, the Minister of Transport directed to intensify work and work around the clock to complete the project according to the planned schedule, indicating that it was taken into account that the train route be near the western road campus, and that the location of the stations be close to roads, residential places, and intersection areas with the Nile axes, to serve the residents of the Upper Egypt governorates. Also, all approaches to the stations should be free and serve all directions of traffic, in order to facilitate travelers to reach the stations from all directions and from all nearby cities and villages.
In a press statement on the sidelines of the tour, the Minister of Transport confirmed that the implementation of dirt bridges, bridges, industrial works for the track, stations and fences is carried out by major Egyptian companies specialized in these fields, in addition to industrial works on the roads intersecting with the train track. In signals and communications, railway works, electromechanical works, and others, in addition to manufacturing and supplying mobile units of all kinds, including express trains, regional trains, and electric tractors, as well as workshop design, supply and installation of its equipment.
He added that the environment-friendly fast electric train system will represent a huge quantum leap in sustainable green transportation in Egypt and will cover all parts of the Republic. Besides being development arteries that serve new and existing urban and industrial areas, it will contribute to reducing and shortening travel time between governorates for more than half the time it takes a citizen. Currently, whether through the old train network or through the current roads linking the governorates, it also serves the transportation of goods between the ports and the governorates, indicating that the establishment of the high-speed electric train network consisting of 3 main lines with a total length of about 2000 km, of which about 1400 km to serve Upper Egypt, is carried out in parallel with the ongoing development. The existing railway network is 10,000 km long