Today .. trial operation of railway trains on the Al-Ferdan-Bir al-Abd line in Sinai – Youm7

divorce Ministry of Transport Today, the test work of the railway trains on the Al Fardan railway line – Bir al-Abd 100 km long in Sinai, in the presence of Lieutenant General Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Business Development, Minister of Industry and Transport, and leaders of the Ministry of Transport and the Railway Authority.

The Ministry of Transport, through the Railway Authority, completed the development and renovation Al Fardan Railway – Bir al-Abd, with a length of 100 km, in Sinai, and restoring the efficiency of its stations as the first stage of the project to restore Al-Fardan / Eastern Port Said / Bir al-Abd /, to develop and establish the Arish / Taba railway line, with a total length of about 500 km, which is considered one of the main parts of the corridor for the Al-Arish / Taba logistics corridor.

The Railway Authority is preparing to operate the line after its trial operation to transport goods, as announced by Lieutenant General Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport, on August 6, that the first train arrived. to transport transfer vessels containing 25 containers (40 feet) from the yard of the Alexandria container handling company at Port Dekheila to Port East Port Said via Km 8 exchange station (a station for the exchange of goods between railway trains and trucks).

The Deputy Prime Minister for Business Development and the Minister of Industry and Transport said that the reworking of this line currently for goods and in the coming period for passengers is considered a strong addition to the means of transport and communications in the beloved Sinai, pointing out that the Arish/Taba logistics corridor, the new development corridor, will help achieve comprehensive development in Sinai. intends to develop Sinai in all areas, in addition to restarting this line it will serve the freight transport system, and serve the residential, industrial and mining clusters in Sinai by connecting factories with rail connections and then exporting through the port of Al -Arish and Taba abroad, since this line is connected to the rail network throughout the Republic, so that the line will achieve a qualitative jump on the way to to achieve development goals in the land of Al-Fayrouz.