The people of Sinai gave the month of October free of charge to celebrate the trial run of the train into Sinai coinciding with the October celebrations
The Ministry of Transport announced today the start of trial operation of railway trains on the Alfardan Railway – Al-Abd Gho Well, which has a length of 100 km, in the presence of Lieutenant General Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development, Minister of Industry and Transport, the President and a number of governors and railway leaders.
The team was awarded Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport The people of Sinai have a free month of October for passengers in celebration of the trial run of the train, which coincides with the October celebrations, indicating the start of the trial run of railway trains on the Al-Fardan railway line – Bir al-Abd for passengers, which has a length of 100 km, and the renewal and rehabilitation of its 100-km route and the renewal and restoration of the efficiency of its stations have been completed as a first phase of the rehabilitation and development project and the construction of the Al-Fardan/East Port Said/Bir al-Abd/Arish/Taba railway line, with a total length of about 500 km. km which is considered one of the main components of the corridor for the Al-Arish/Taba logistics corridor, the new development corridor
The Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry added And transportation: The re-operation of this line for passengers is considered a strong addition to the means of transport and communication in the beloved parts of Sinai, pointing out that the Arish/Taba logistical corridor, the new development corridor, will contribute to achieving comprehensive development in Sinai and has many economic returns and will serve the people of North, Central and South Sinai. This project is part of the Egyptian state’s plan to develop Sinai in all fields. In addition, the re-operation of this line will serve the goods transport system, and will serve the residential, industrial and mining clusters in Sinai by connecting factories with railway connections and then exporting via the ports of Al-Arish and Taba abroad. This line is connected to the railway network throughout the Republic, so that the line achieves a qualitative leap towards achieving development goals in the land of Fayrouz.
It is worth noting that the trial operation of railway trains on the Al-Fardan Railway line began today. Bir al-Abd, which is 100 km long, in the presence of Lieutenant General Engineer Kamel al-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development, Minister of Industry and Transport, the President and a number of governors of Ismailia, South Sinai, North Sinai, and Port Said, and railway leaders, where the trial operation of railway trains coincided with a railway line. Al-Fardan – Bir al-Abd with the October celebrations amidst the joy of the people who welcomed the operation of the drum and flute, starting from Ismailia Governorate, with joy on this occasion, noting that the operation of this train for passengers facilitates the movement of transport between Sinai and Ismailia.
The people added that connecting the Sinai line In Ismailia and the governorates of Egypt, transportation is facilitated, noting that before the operation of this train, transportation used to take long hours, up to a full day, but today it takes the normal time between governorates. The train from Sinai to Cairo will take 3 hours, which has never happened before.< /p>
The people indicated that the completion of the completion project the development and duplication of the old metal Al-Fardan Bridge with a length of 640 meters represents the development process undertaken by the state as well as the construction of a new double metal bridge on top of the new Suez Canal with a similar length and connecting the two bridges A double railway line on the island separating the old and new Suez Canal. The residents added that the trial operation of railway trains on the Al-Fardan railway line – Bir al-Ebb comes to coincide with the celebration of the October anniversary as well as the 9th anniversary of the opening of the new Suez Canal Noting that the new railway line connection and its trial operation for passengers is a strong addition to the means of transport and communication throughout Sinai Noting that the Al-Arish/Taba logistical corridor The new development corridor will contribute to achieving comprehensive development in Sinai and has many economic returns and will serve the people of North, Central and South Sinai. This project is part of the Egyptian state’s plan to develop Sinai in all fields. In addition, restarting this line will serve the goods transportation system.
It is worth noting that the Ministry of Transport announced the crossing of the first train to transport transit containers, which consists of 25 containers (40 feet) from the yard of the Alexandria Container Handling Company in Dekheila Port to East Port Said Port via the station. Interchange km 8 (station for the exchange of goods between railway trains and trucks) Baloza Compass / East Port Said, which is branching from the Al-Fardan / Bir Al-Abd line, the renewal and rehabilitation of its 100 km route, and the renewal and restoration of the efficiency of its stations as the first stage of the rehabilitation, development and construction project. The Al-Fardan/East Port Said/Bir al-Abd/Al-Arish/Taba railway line, with a total length of about 500 km, is considered one of the main components of the Al-Arish/Taba logistics corridor, the new development corridor.
