Egypt targets 1.5 million daily rail passengers by 2030, develops 2,250km high-speed network

Egypt is developing a 2,250km high-speed electric rail network, upgrading its 10,000km conventional railway system and targeting a combined capacity of around 4 million daily passengers on railways and high-speed trains by 2030, Transport Minister Kamel Al-Wazir said. Speaking during an inspection tour of the first lin

Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir inspected work on Sunday, August 30, 2026, along the first line of Egypt’s high-speed electric rail network, which runs from Ain Sokhna to Alamein and Matrouh, as preparations continue for trial operations on part of the line. The first line stretches 660 km from Ain Sokhna on the Red

This country has a population density of 8,225 people per square kilometer, making it the world’s second-most densely populated country.