Egypt - National Railways Modernization Project (ENRMP) — Egypt

Overview

The Egypt National Railways Modernization Project (ENRMP) aims to maximize rail transport contribution to the country’s socioeconomic development and effectively support Vision-2030, whose goal is to achieve a sustainable and all-inclusive economy by 2030. Indeed, Railway transportation in Egypt is considered to be the backbone of passenger transportation, carrying 313.7 million passengers per year or 0.86 million passengers per day, mainly serving the middle-class and low-income communities. However, the rail sector has over the years been experiencing a number of operational problems and still lags-behind road transport in terms of both freight and passenger volumes. The project involves upgrading of railway signaling systems from mechanical and electrical systems to electronic interlocking system; rail renewals and installation of Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system in selected sections of Egypt’s main railways network. It will be implemented by the Egypt National Railways Authority (ENR) with an estimate total cost of EUR 765.23 million.