- Approximately
2,000 kilometers of modern, safe and integrated rail system to link 60 cities for people and goods across the country
- Siemens
Mobility to provide 41 Velaro
eight car high-speed trains, 94 Desiro high-capacity four car regional train
sets and 41 Vectron freight locomotives
- Turnkey
contract includes latest rail infrastructure technology, eight depots &
yards and 15-year maintenance agreement
- Will
create sixth largest high-speed rail system in the world
- To
complete all aspects of the project the consortium will create up to 40,000
local jobs
Siemens Mobility and its consortium partners Orascom
Construction and The Arab Contractors have signed a contract with the Egyptian
National Authority for Tunnels (NAT), a governmental authority under the
jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport of Egypt, to create the sixth largest
high-speed rail system in the world. The Siemens Mobility share of the combined
contract is 8.1 billion EUR and includes the initial contract of 2.7 billion
EUR for the first line signed September 1, 2021.