Egypt’s first high-speed railway began trial operations in September, bringing a new logistics artery to the TEDA Cooperation Zone.
Release time:
2026-08-06 09:44
Source: Egyptian Chinese WeChat Official Account
According to Egypt’s Al-Ahram newspaper on August 2, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi chaired a special meeting on transport infrastructure that day in the New Alamein City, attended by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Transport Kamel al-Wazir, among others. The meeting reviewed progress on major national transport projects and announced that Egypt’s first high-speed electrified railway—the Ain Sokhna–Alamein–Matruh line—will begin a six-month trial run in September 2026.
The line spans 660 kilometers, running from Ain Sokhna Port on the Red Sea in the west, through Cairo, the New Administrative Capital, and the new city of El Alamein, and extending to Matruh on the Mediterranean coast. It is designed for a maximum speed of 250 km/h. The entire route includes 21 stations and will operate 15 high-speed trains, 34 regional trains, and 14 freight trains. As the core artery of Egypt’s planned high-speed rail network, which totals over 2,000 kilometers, the line has been dubbed by Egyptian Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir as the “railway‑based New Suez Canal.” This trial operation will proceed in stages, comprehensively verifying the safety and stability of the line’s track infrastructure, signaling systems, rolling stock, and operational control systems.
The Ain Sokhna Port serves as the starting point of this high-speed rail line and, like the TEDA Cooperation Zone, is located within the Suez Canal Economic Zone, just a few kilometers apart. The railway will link the major ports along the Red Sea and the Mediterranean, as well as industrial zones and consumer centers. For the TEDA Cooperation Zone, the commissioning of the high-speed rail will significantly shorten land‑based transit times for products exported via Ain Sokhna Port to European, Middle Eastern, and African markets, thereby reducing logistics costs. Egypt’s planned high-speed rail network aims to integrate the country’s seaports, industrial zones, and logistics hubs, with an anticipated annual freight capacity of 13 million tons. As the largest Chinese‑invested industrial platform in the Suez Canal Economic Zone, the TEDA Cooperation Zone has already attracted more than 200 enterprises and stands to gain from deeper integration into Egypt’s modern logistics system, further strengthening its competitiveness as a core platform for China–Egypt industrial capacity cooperation.
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