Transport Minister inspects high-speed rail project ahead of trial operations
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 high-speed rail network will connect different parts of Egypt, and the first line will provide a land link between the Red Sea and Mediterranean, which al-Wazir described as a “new Suez Canal on rails.
The minister first inspected a roughly 6-km rail connection between Ain Sokhna station and Ain Sokhna Port, designed to link the port to the high-speed rail line and facilitate freight transport to and from the port.
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