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November 17, 2025 | Light Rail

Hitachi to supply rail systems for Alexandria tram upgrade

Contract includes supply of signalling and telecommunications systems.

May 1, 2025 | Metros

New metro fleet for Alexandria

21 trains for Alexandria will be built in Egypt by Neric.

May 30, 2023 | Metros

IRJ News in brief - transit

French loan for Alexandria metro, Bordeaux light rail extension opens, and construction starts on underground stations on Metro Manila Subway.

May 19, 2023 | Middle East

Egypt: a railway investment hotspot

More than 20 railway, metro, light rail and monorail projects are underway or planned in Egypt, a current investment hotspot. Simon Artymiuk profiles each of the schemes using data and insight from IRJ Pro.

October 18, 2022 | Infrastructure

ERBD provides €40m loan for new Egyptian line

Sum will part-finance link to new dry port for freight and passengers.

September 16, 2021 | Africa

Egyptian’s president inaugurates first air-conditioned third class coaches delivered by TMH

Inauguration marks the start of the second round of deliveries for 1300-coach order with Transmashholding.

August 12, 2021 | Africa

Alexandria metro project nets EBRD loan

Funding will be used for infrastructure improvements and new rolling stock.

February 1, 2021 | Fleet

Tatra-Yug completes delivery of Alexandria LRVs

Order was placed in February 2017.

January 12, 2021 | Financial

EIB agrees loan for Egyptian transport projects

THE Egyptian government and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a €1.13bn agreement to rehabilitate and expand metro and light rail lines in the cities of Cairo and Alexandria.

October 30, 2020 | Infrastructure

Egypt awards contract for Alexandria light rail line modernisation

EGYPT’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) awarded a contract on October 27 for the design and supervision of the €360m rehabilitation of Alexandria’s 13.8km Raml light rail line to a Systra-led consortium.

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