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Misr station suspect belonged to jihadist group
Egypt

Misr station suspect belonged to jihadist group

Azbakeya Prosecution said on Thursday that one of the two men arrested at Misr rail station for carrying weapons belongs…
Train drivers end strike
Egypt

Train drivers end strike

Egypt’s train drivers ended Tuesday morning their biggest general strike, which had brought the nation’s railway movement to halt since…
Security forces break up Luxor railway sit-in
Egypt

Security forces break up Luxor railway sit-in

Security forces broke up a sit-in by temporary railway sanitation workers after their protest blocked tracks since Sunday, arresting eight…
Separate cars for women on trains starting Wednesday
Egypt

Separate cars for women on trains starting Wednesday

The Egyptian Railways Authority is set to enforce women’s-only train cars on several popular routes to and from the capital…
Egypt to upgrade railway crossings, centralize maintenance
Egypt

Egypt to upgrade railway crossings, centralize maintenance

Transportation Minister Hatem Abdel Latif said Monday said that the government has prepared a plan to modernize Egypt’s railways, which…
Train traffic returns to normal after protests
Egypt

Train traffic returns to normal after protests

Railway traffic throughout the country has returned to normal after protests blocking both the Cairo-Alexandria and Cairo-Aswan routes were called…
Update: Four dead in taxi-train collision, including child, governor says
Egypt

Update: Four dead in taxi-train collision, including child, governor says

Four people died when a train collided with a taxi in Ard al-Lewa crossing, Giza Governor Ali Abdel Rahman said…
Report: Egypt has average of 550 train wrecks per year
Egypt

Report: Egypt has average of 550 train wrecks per year

In the wake of the deadly Badrashin train crash Monday, which left 19 people dead and 117 injured, a Transportation…
Assiut citizens avoid fresh railway catastrophe
Egypt

Assiut citizens avoid fresh railway catastrophe

The Mandara railway crossing in Assiut was almost the site of another crash Tuesday when a train passed suddenly without…
Assiut train collision deemed avoidable, if not for neglect and state failure
Egypt

Assiut train collision deemed avoidable, if not for neglect and state failure

The remains on the railway tracks at the entrance of Mandara in Assiut Governorate spoke of the unthinkable tragedy that…
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