Еgypt's Ambitious Plan to Introduce High Speed Rail
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If you follow the news from the railway world, then you must have heard about the turnkey contract of 8 billion euros that Egypt signed with Siemens and its partners for the delivery of state-of-art high-speed rail systems. If you missed that one, or you want to know more, you’re on the right track as that is the topic of our today's Railways Explained video.
The railway system of Egypt includes a standard gauge network 5153 km long, and it is operated by the Egyptian National Railways. It consists of 20 km of four-track lines, 1466 km of double-track lines, and the rest is single-track lines.
Sixty percent of the network is concentrated in the Nile Delta and along the Nile valley, and the railway network actually mirrors the distribution of Egypt's population. There are a few branch lines that connect the eastern and western desert regions, but they are primarily used for the transportation of mineral ores.
Now, as one of the approaches adopted by the government, in order to fulfill the vision of modern and developed Egypt, it was adopted a state-of-the-art integrated rail system, with a high-speed, fully electrified main line - which will safely connect people and transport goods across the country.
The choice for this job, to develop the future sixth largest high-speed rail system in the world, fell on German Siemens, which has great experience in developing high-speed rail systems around the world.
The expected outcome of these activities is that the Egyptian high-speed network will consist of three lines: The “Suez Canal on rails,” a 660-km line connecting the port cities of Ain Sokhna on the Red Sea to Marsa Matrouh and Alexandria on the Mediterranean. The second line of about 1,100 km runs between Cairo and Abu Simbel near the Sudan border. And finally, the third line will cover 225 kilometers, and connect the world heritage archaeological sites in Luxor with Hurghada by the Red Sea.
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@Zoza15 2 жыл бұрын
I also hope the entire African continent is fully rail connected for better transport and logistics..
@heidirabenau511 2 жыл бұрын
There are new rail lines being built all over the continent
@RailwaysExplained 2 жыл бұрын
That would be nice.
@Zoza15 2 жыл бұрын
@@heidirabenau511 That´s good news bro ✌🏽, Africa needs connected rail systems, that is economically efficient and offers new opportunities in trade and travel. And if Africa as a continent does well, then it could be linked to Europe and Asian regions an the Middle East. If the politics are agreed upon of course.
@RobbertsTravelGuides Жыл бұрын
that would be a Big W, but with what money will they pay it?
@Zoza15 Жыл бұрын
@@RobbertsTravelGuides Likely Chinese money trough corruption.
@aleksandar9234 Жыл бұрын
Brqvo Egypt! Hello from Serbia
@RailwayNetworks 2 жыл бұрын
I hope that Egypt will complete all its ambitious projects in the future. Excellent and informative video as always.. 😉
@RailwaysExplained Жыл бұрын
We hope so too!
@lmlmd2714 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a little confused by some of the route choices for HSR, and it seems to me the Egyptian government has launched into a status symbol megaproject without really doing a needs assessment. HSR is really about passenger traffic, which is overwhelmingly what ENR does as it's bread and butter, but the HSR routes really aren't covering that. The Ain-Sockhna to Cairo line could be a good freight route, but would have pretty much zero passenger traffic for HSR. A much better move here would be to kill two birds with one stone and reconnect the original Cairo-Suez line (partially closed when the Cairo Metro opened) to the mainline network at Qalyub via a Cairo freight bypass line, then extending south from Suez to the new port at Sockhna. This would also allow conventional passenger rail service on this line to reach Ramses station again, rather than terminating/starting in the suburbs as they currently do. A Cairo-Alex HSR segment makes perfect sense, through the alignment chosen which looks like it actually runs direct to Marsa Matruh, and actually sends Alex bound trains out of their way seems a little bit eccentric. The Marsa Matruh line again make no real sense as high speed rail, and the existing route sees very limited freight traffic so certainlly isn't saturated.Make this a purely Cairo-Alex dedicated pax HSR and it'll take vast numbers of cars and buses of the road. Actually getting the thing into central Cairo will be a total nightmare though. One option would be a new north-south tunnel that exclusively handles long distance and HSR trains, as this would have the double benefit of freeing up capacity on legacy routes and allow the introduction of a proper Cercanías style commuter rail system. Extending this south of the city, then running some surface level track to a temporary terminus at, say, Faiyum, would allow the Cairo station to be built as a set of comparatively simple sub-surface through platforms at Ramses, rather than having the engineering nightmare of building an entirely new HSR terminus right smack in the middle of the city. The existing ENR terminus at Faiyum is little used but has plenty of space. The Nile Valley segment does make sense as this links a number of sizable destinations, many economically deprived with a trouble history, such as Faiyum itself, along with Minya and Asyut, though extending the line all the way to Abu Simbel seems rather redundant as there's virtually no population south of Aswan, so terminating as the Aswan ferry port for connecting services to Sudan would make sense. Though there is a rail link at Wadi Halfa in Sudan (the other end of the Lake Nasser ferries), the Wadi Halfa line has a break of gauge (Sudan uses narrow gauge) and is in extremely poor condition. Should the Sudanese line be refurbished then extending conventional rail south to it would make sense to allow for through shipment of freight and conventional passenger services. The line to Safaga seems a bit strange again as HSR. There's already a well used and perfectly serviceable freight link, and passenger demand on this route is going to be pretty limited to hajj traffic for the ferry to/from Saudi Arabia. There is demand for tourism out of Hurghada, but Egypt has historically been extremely unwilling to let tourists roam freely in Egypt, especially on the trains, and most tourists are on organised day trips which are likely to stick to using operators buses, rather than paying to put them on a train, only to have a bus pick them up again at the other end anyway. That said, reintroducing conventional passenger rail to the existing Safaga line would make sense to connect with the ferries.
@mostafa_909 Жыл бұрын
Exeptionally good analysis, this was a joy to read. You're absolutely right about part of this being a status symbol megaproject, and keep in mind that "needs assessments" aren't really common while planning megaprojects in Egypt. I suppose that the Cairo-Sokhna route was favored because it passes through the New Administrative Capital, which honestly baffles me because virtually no one lives there right now, and very few people will because of the ridicilously high prices. The NAC is also being served by a monorail line (have no idea why they chose a monorail) and an LRT line. And you're right about the lack of demand for HSR between Cairo and Sokhna, all of the people I know drive there and wouldn't be willing to buy a (I assume a very expensive) train ticket. As for the HSR line stopping at Abu Simbel, I actually think it's a good idea. Abu Simbel gets a lot of tourist traffic and if it gets a decent railway connection it will be far more accessible. But using a high speed train for that would be very excessive so I'm assuming they're going to be using a regional train on the HSR line for that (at least I hope so). A Safaga-Qena connection could be also poteintially usefull if they're planning to connect Hurghada later on to the network. It would be a fast way to get tourists from Hurghada to Luxor/Aswan and back quite quickly and avoid using busses (aka death traps) and planes. However, as you said, I doubt that it'll be implemented in a tourist friendly way. In conclusion, a lot of sections of this HSR network definetly don't need to be high speed. I'm interested to see how the freight trains will operate (Alex-Sokhna, Safaga-Qena), will they actually be cost efficient or will they be hampered by typical Egyptian beauracracy and exorbitant prices :/. (I'm not an expert on any of this I'm just trying to figure out where my taxes go :D. You seem to know a lot more about egyptian railways than I do :)).
@Sondrebol Жыл бұрын
I feel building the HSR all the way south to Abu Simbel could make sense if thinking about a future pan-African rail system. A railway down the Nile into Sudan would be important for something like this. However, Sudan hasn't shown any interest in railways in itself, so i doubt they would care for a border crossing rail Line. It doesn't seem Egypt itself would care for this either. But at least the line to Abu Simbel has the potential to be usefull some time in the future.
@MrMoccachinoo Жыл бұрын
This was 100% my thought. Egypt is a 3rd world country. About 1/3 of the population has less than 1$ per day. A rising number of people can`t get enoygh food to survive. The traffic in the bigger cities, especially in the capital is a pure catastrophy. They did built a new capital city nearby. So they decide to link it with a f*cking 4 billion $ monorail. Again a totally useless status symbol project, wich will serve only a tiny, rich percentage of the inhabitants of cairo. With this money they could build countless tram lines, wich would serve a huge amount of people. You can`t dream about high-speed rail, if you don`t even have a functioning bus network. Egypt has soo many problems to targeth and so little money to spend. Instead they`re wasting it on shitty status symbol projects.
@Quickshot0 Жыл бұрын
@@mostafa_909 I guess in some good news in this, they seem to have chosen low end high-speed rail, which at least should cut construction costs and running costs in half or so I think. Still a bit more pricey then normal rail, but not by as much as it could have been at least. More speed then this is probably not really affordable at the average income level in Egypt anyway, assuming even with that, that it isn't a bit to expensive I guess.
@Dovndyr13 Жыл бұрын
@@mostafa_909 yes I also wondered of the same. But if Egypt has 150 million people in 2070, maybe some cities will grow at the Mediterranean and the Red sea? I dont know the city planning status of Egypt - except of course about the new capital
@marcin_kalbarczyk 2 жыл бұрын
Honestly I love this channel. Its the only channel that focuses on railway infrastructure.
@dylanc9174 2 жыл бұрын
No it's not.
@marcin_kalbarczyk 2 жыл бұрын
@@dylanc9174 then give me others
@dylanc9174 2 жыл бұрын
@@marcin_kalbarczyk RMTransit, Alan Fisher. I can't think of all of them. Unless you mean this guy focuses on a specific aspect of railway ingrastructure. But infrastructure is a major part of train nerdism.
@marcin_kalbarczyk 2 жыл бұрын
@@dylanc9174 well I'd say I like the choice of topics here more, but thanks nontheless.
@dylanc9174 2 жыл бұрын
@@marcin_kalbarczyk You brought it on yourself by making such a vague claim. Don't blame me.
@kwalsh2666 Жыл бұрын
Its really refreshing to see an ambitious Egyptian megaproject that could actually greatly improve the country's prospects
@sergiobasilio8098 2 жыл бұрын
The potential of this HSR system is huge!
@RailwaysExplained 2 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@nood19 2 жыл бұрын
HSR will get people into cities but what about moving inside the cities? They should also invest into metro or other public transportation systems.
@stickynorth 2 жыл бұрын
They have... Monorails, new Regional Rail lines, etc.
@Nasherrrzzz 2 жыл бұрын
@@stickynorth The monorails proposed are crap, they largely serve those in the new administrative capital. Cairo itself has poor investment in public transport which is itself woefully inadequate. Instead the government spend money of useless ball swinging items like the new administrative capital area instead of improving Cairo and other cities.
@MrDaBu 2 жыл бұрын
Seems very interesting
@RailwaysExplained 2 жыл бұрын
Very!
@michaelhall8586 2 жыл бұрын
Would love to see Egypt one day
@jermainetrainallen6416 Жыл бұрын
Good to see that Egypt is building a high speed rail network. More high speed lines need to be built in the continent of Africa. Keep up the good work👍😊
@leotard2536 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe they'll overtake Morocco as the best train network in Africa. I can't wait to see how this develops!
@yudeok413 Жыл бұрын
That should be easy to do because Morocco is reluctant to commit to the next phases of development, with urban mobility and upgrades to the standard gauge network clamoring for funds. The current HSR line was only about 2.1 billion USD, half of it enabled by concessional loans from France, and that was, and still is, a HUGE deal for Morocco. On the other hand, Egypt seems to be unincumbered with finding financing, extracting maximum value/usefulness for money and is eager to build.
@ergzoinkerz1286 Жыл бұрын
As a Moroccan living in the US, it hurts my pride to say this but yes, Egypt probably will/is going to overtake Morocco as the best train network in Africa, but as long as more and more HSR are built in Africa and the continent becomes more connected, I'm happy.
@SpotterCrazyperson 2 жыл бұрын
Seems awesome!
@Trainviking 2 жыл бұрын
I really hope this will benefit Egypt and Egyptian people. They really deserve a better and brighter future. A better international network in Africa would be great as well, although planes are not really a competition on Africa, investing in general in better international rail would be great (doesn't have to be high speed rail).
@Heo_Ashrafenko Жыл бұрын
i personally have never heard of a railway project that doesnt benefit the people. From now on its gonna be all about the ticket prices cuz thats the only thing that can go wrong, fingers crossed its not pricey
@rezaalan3991 2 жыл бұрын
Nice. But I'm curious about the high speed one, if it operated, how about the ticket fare?
@waelsapry8702 Жыл бұрын
Currently this hadith has been modified The network has become 2250 km and a fourth line has been added extending from Alexandria to Arish in North Sinai Thus it will be the fifth largest express railway network not the sixth Toshka station has been added next to Abu Simbel station Of course we thank you for your good and beautiful explanation and the use of your information
@Mrllenx 2 жыл бұрын
Been following your channel and watching well researched video. Please at one point do some about railways in East Africa. 😊
@GustavSvard 2 жыл бұрын
And make it about the whole regional plans, the international connections will be key to seeing the railways succeed.
@peterhamlinhamlin8908 Жыл бұрын
I hope the entire planet can become fully rail Transported. More energy efficient. Less waste ful of resources.
@justlikejones 2 жыл бұрын
I think it is important that KZfaq creators like Railways Explained address ambitious projects, especially in emerging and developing countries. This shows that progress in the transformation of the world to a more sustainable and CO2-free economy and society is possible and thereby motivates other countries to develop further. However, some aspects are hardly considered in such videos. These include the political and social dimensions of the project. Since 2013, Egypt has been ruled by a military dictatorship that repeatedly violates human rights. At the same time, the country has received billions in loans from Western countries, yet the population has become poorer over the same period - a third of the population lives in poverty. To what extent can these people also benefit from the government's mega construction projects? Or do they all serve only the upper and middle classes, as well as members of the military regime? As a viewer, I would be interested to know how the project is financed and to what extent the expectations for the economic impact of the project are realistic.
@Doesntmatter64 Жыл бұрын
Great topic
@RailwaysExplained Жыл бұрын
Indeed
@mrdodo6136 2 жыл бұрын
I love this video. It will be nice to see many african countries to do the same thing.
@RailwaysExplained 2 жыл бұрын
Agree
@milly-sy4bc 2 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile they closed off the beach to build a highway ON the beach. Not to mention the silly new capital for showoff in the desert. They are goofy for sure.
@user-or1rm1ol3q Жыл бұрын
Which beach. And. Which capital?
@Gil-games 2 жыл бұрын
So how much it will be done? I'm afraid it will be delayed and cut off.
@ergzoinkerz1286 Жыл бұрын
Delayed, maybe, but there is a very low chance of it being cut off
@user-xr4bo3ln6f 2 жыл бұрын
I like your videos, also you sound a lot like that channel with a muppet , I think he's called binkov :p
@geassrailfantitan3414 Жыл бұрын
Hey can u analyze Finland, Austria, and Sweden? They were all ranked very high on the 2017 Europe Railway index in fact all were ranked higher than the Netherlands. Love ur channel btw
@RailwaysExplained Жыл бұрын
We will, of course.
@giacomogalli2448 Ай бұрын
This looks like it could be revolutionary, but it should absolutely not be called High Speed if it's stuck at 230 Km/h
@stickynorth 2 жыл бұрын
Lets make Cape to Cairo HSR a reality! Africa deserves it!!!
@leotard2536 2 жыл бұрын
That would make absolutely no sense
@bucket6386 2 жыл бұрын
Nobody would use it How bout we focus on giving people clean water and a nice place to live before doing HSR lmao
@ergzoinkerz1286 Жыл бұрын
Small steps man, small steps
@Yasin49h Жыл бұрын
Can you talk about italy???
@RailwaysExplained Жыл бұрын
Yes
@ahuman7780 2 жыл бұрын
You should do Taiwan High Speed Rail Next
@RailwaysExplained 2 жыл бұрын
Will be
@rs-dp6pr Жыл бұрын
Why it's only one line and it's Japanese made? What's so special about it?
@farhanatashiga3721 Жыл бұрын
@@rs-dp6pr is that really a justification when this channel has made videos of Morocco and Indonesia which also only have one HSR line largely funded and built by foreign rail providers
@rogerschuerch7768 2 жыл бұрын
Good to hear but high speed rail is defined as a minimum of 250 km/h, so it's not really a high speed rail.
@gowthampandiarajan6027 Жыл бұрын
It depends. In some countries if legacy tracks are upgraded to handle 200 kmph then they are termed as high speed rail lines. However if it's a entirely new track with viaducts and tunnels and latest technologies then a minimum of 250 kmph is required to be termed as a HSR
@StefanWithTrains3222 2 ай бұрын
The design speed of the line will at least need to be 253 km/h due to a 10% speed (230÷100×110=253) margain on EU railways. This means that IF needed, they could introduce 250 km/h HSR.
@Ahsanali-ng6nk 2 жыл бұрын
Please make a video on pakistan railway please
@asdsdjfasdjxajiosdqw8791 2 жыл бұрын
It must sting a bit for Americans to see Africa get high speed rail before them.
@leotard2536 2 жыл бұрын
xD it does
@ergzoinkerz1286 Жыл бұрын
Already happened with Morocco when construction started in 2011 and opened on November 2018
@abdelra7man87 Жыл бұрын
Finally
@crystl5775 Жыл бұрын
The egyptian railway system is not the second oldest in the world 2:23
@Heo_Ashrafenko Жыл бұрын
"Egyptian National Railways is considered to be the first railway lines established in Africa and the Middle East, and the second in the world after the United Kingdom, where construction began in 1834, when the railway tracks were actually extended to Suez-Alexandria line"
@eveadel1861 Жыл бұрын
yes it is , come visit ramsis station or alex station
@crystl5775 Жыл бұрын
@@Heo_Ashrafenko wikipedia disagrees
@bucket6386 2 жыл бұрын
God Egypt is gonna have high speed rail before Australia does! That's gotta be embarrassing
@Heo_Ashrafenko Жыл бұрын
Egypt has the 2nd oldest railway after the UK m8
@user-or1rm1ol3q Жыл бұрын
It is not embarrassing at. All Egypt. Is. 7000 years ahead of Australia
@ergzoinkerz1286 Жыл бұрын
@@user-or1rm1ol3q How is it so far ahead of Australia with the corrupt government it has?
@user-or1rm1ol3q Жыл бұрын
@@ergzoinkerz1286 it is ahead. Dummy there is no corrupt government in Egypt. The gdp. Of Egypt was doubled in the last 5 years since 2017 Australia GDP was not doubled since 2017. So who is better ?
@samsunglg6671 2 жыл бұрын
When these projects recur centuries later I'll zombie my way back to life just to take a good look at progress ⚡💀🥂⚡
@KaiHenningsen 2 жыл бұрын
As for that, long before the current Suez Canal was built, Egypt had two or three attempts at the same thing (via a slightly different route). Digging the canal was very doable, but all versions died because, over time, they were covered in sand. Dug, covered, dug again, covered again ... keeping a canal viable pretty much in the desert seems to have been significantly harder than digging it in the first place. In any case, Egypt was one of the countries that invented mega-projects long before industrialization, for another example see the pyramids.
@samsunglg6671 2 жыл бұрын
@@KaiHenningsen Me: surprised pikachu face
@Hhutuber 2 жыл бұрын
I hope they put different A/C units into these trains than in Germany. Otherwise expect to be occasionally turned into well-done Egyptian kebab.
@moxame 2 жыл бұрын
Lol
@Heo_Ashrafenko Жыл бұрын
i assume germany uses german trains? We have spanish trains, knowing how hot spain is i hope it will be all good lol
@moxame Жыл бұрын
@@Heo_Ashrafenko Yes, here in Germany we regularly have issues with AC not working. But I assume it is mainly because it isn't used in winter at all and when it starts to get warmer it just breaks because it didn't see maintenance since last summer. So I think just doing regular maintenance before it gets hot would solve the whole problem.
@Heo_Ashrafenko Жыл бұрын
@@moxame how are trains in germany in general? I live in the uk, trains here are insanely expensive but usually not busy, but I hear in germany the cheaper tickets is met with much busier trains. maybe just a population thing?
@moxame Жыл бұрын
@@Heo_Ashrafenko I would say that the trains are pretty okay in general even though delays got significantly more this year. Regional trains are mostly fine and high-speed trains are nice even though the delays are really annoying. The problem is that our railways were underfunded for multiple centuries and that pays of now. And you may have heard of the 9€-ticket where a lot of people got on the regional trains which lead to serious overcrowding in some areas. The railways just weren't prepared. So in general the trains are quite good, especially compared to e.g. the US.
@domipa3972 Жыл бұрын
Mais pour qui connait l'Egypte, ce n'est pas encore joué.
@Schroinx 2 жыл бұрын
Any news on this will link up with Israels network? Also as both are standard gauge that would make freight traffic cheap. A second thing, is that Egypt and Sudan are also exploring a project with a standard gauge connection. This could be a game changer for Europe-Africa connection, thou that cannot happen with Israels involvement. Jordan is still a black hole, thou there are plenty of plans. That is unfortunate as Jordan is key for binding many of the other countries together.
@cat5636 2 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna be a pedant here. I doubt the Egyptian Railway system is the second oldest in the word. Railways were developed in England, the first train in continental Europe was in Belgium in 1835. So the Egyptian Railway can't be the second oldest if it was developed in 1854.
@mostafa_909 Жыл бұрын
Egypt then was part of the British Empire, arguably one of the most important british colonies back then, so they chose to invest heavily in its infrastructure.
@cat5636 Жыл бұрын
@@mostafa_909 no, that's not true. It was part of the empire in 1882, but it's true that the Brithish built (or helped) the railway in 1854. It still doesn't change my point that the Egyptian Railway System is not the second oldest in the world.
@mostafa_909 Жыл бұрын
@@cat5636 I stand corrected, it's the oldest railway in Africa but far from one of the oldest in the world. Thank you for the clarification!
@Heo_Ashrafenko Жыл бұрын
"Egyptian National Railways is considered to be the first railway lines established in Africa and the Middle East, and the second in the world after the United Kingdom, where construction began in 1834, when the railway tracks were actually extended to Suez-Alexandria line". This is from the official ENR website
@Heo_Ashrafenko Жыл бұрын
@@mostafa_909 The first real railway is Liverpool Manchester in 1830. Construction in Egypt began in 1834. So it's probably true
@Hession0Drasha 2 жыл бұрын
Moar! Egypt - levant - Turkey hsr!
@mohamedmorad3242 2 жыл бұрын
I hope you just don't repeat what the government said but actually do some digging before you lunch any vedio frist of all the integration with the old rail infrastructure stations is basically non existing in the current plans but the station will be existing om the outer edges of the cities while this can be remedied and the government are planning transport for it it will hurt the project greatly Second if the prices is close to the current frist class ticket then it will be out of the affordable price for more than 90% of the current users and these are just the surface level issues with existing programs
@UA232DennyFitch 2 жыл бұрын
Early
@Zoza15 2 жыл бұрын
Sustainable development in Egypt is a absolute joke!. But Egyptians ambitions for high speed rail network is something i can believe yeah.
@audiocrush 2 жыл бұрын
I don't understand what you are referring to in your first sentence? A electrified rail network is the most sustainable mode of transport known to mankind.
@Zoza15 2 жыл бұрын
@@audiocrush Egypt as nation isn't sustainable..
@audiocrush 2 жыл бұрын
@@Zoza15 I probably agree, but you have to begin somewhere, so this is certainly a good start
@Zoza15 2 жыл бұрын
@@audiocrush Of course ✌🏽.
@KaiHenningsen 2 жыл бұрын
@@Zoza15 That's an interesting claim about one of the oldest countries around.
@wls6788 2 жыл бұрын
this all sound great and good, but can we please think for 5 seconds? who is gonna have the money to pay for the high speed ticket? minimum wage in egypt is about 130 dollars a month, and the prices keap rising and rising, why did you not mention anything about that? those 4.5 billion dollars could have been spent on the already existing rail to make it safer instead of the multiple accedints each month, and the ammount of curruption that egypt is fillled with and how this is a bullshit project.
@leotard2536 2 жыл бұрын
This project helps stimulate the economy, allowing more people to earn a liveable wage. Also, not every train running on this network will be high speed. The project also features a lot of conventional lines. Corruption will likely be a problem, yes, but Egypt will probably benefit at the end.
@Heo_Ashrafenko Жыл бұрын
honestly if this comment was about the new capital or any of the new cities i would agree, but as an egyptian this is very dumb to say about this specific project. This might be one of the few projects that cannot possibly go wrong and are worth every penny. HSR will provide better and more modern trains/stations/rails that are better maintained so less accidents
@wls6788 Жыл бұрын
Well this project translates to: our old network isnt working, so we will start from scratch with a new one. They could have used the already existing system, and made it alot safer and better instead of tossing in the trash, and leave to the poor normal people to die in, those billions of dollars could have been spent on alot of thing such as education, work opportunities, factories, health care, these things are all lacked in egypt, and building a new HSR is not a wise desecion, no one asked for it.
@wls6788 Жыл бұрын
@@leotard2536 people cant afford HSR tickets, most likely it will be higher than 5$, or 10$, minimum wage is 150$ or less, how is this going to help?
@wls6788 Жыл бұрын
@@Heo_Ashrafenko this project has stations in the new adminstrative capital and the new alameen city also, so this not made for cairo citizins and alexandrian citizins, its made to connect these two new cities
@United_Wings 2 жыл бұрын
Do you mean china
@leotard2536 2 жыл бұрын
huh
@gg.youlubeatube6249 2 жыл бұрын
Too many build in averts. Do it next time again will force me to unsub.
@ergzoinkerz1286 Жыл бұрын
that will honestly be a good riddance
@franzhose01 2 жыл бұрын
the egyptian rail system is not the second oldest in the world. it´s not even among the top 30.
@KaiHenningsen 2 жыл бұрын
Apparently, that depends entirely on how you count them. Just found a page that claimed the oldest railway was somewhere in England, built in 3838 BCE. (Other BCE railroads in China and Greece.) None of these, however, are what we usually think of as the "first railway". Also, do you count several systems springing up in the same country as different entries, or just one per country) And I'm sure there are a lot of other questions to answer for such a list.
@Heo_Ashrafenko Жыл бұрын
Yes it is, how many modern rails where built before 1834 outside the UK? What source are you using m8 look at the official ENR website
@crusham9703 Жыл бұрын
@@Heo_Ashrafenko The source is that he made it the fuck up
@peterklein4349 5 күн бұрын
can't you read your texts a bit more vividly please? You're talking so boringly, with every sentence going up and down in exactly the same way... Or are you AI?