EGYPT: This month Czech supplier AZD Praha will begin work on a €10m contract to provide modern signalling and interlocking equipment for a tram route in the Egyptian city of Alexandria.
AZD will be responsible for installing new traffic signals, CCTV and specially modified level-crossing equipment on the city’s double-track rapid tram line between El Sayed Mohamed Korayem and Ras El-Tin Palace.
Work is due for completion in April 2010.
EGYPT: The National Authority for Tunnels has awarded a consortium of Orascom Construction and Colas Rail a €1·3bn contract to build the first metro line in Alexandria. The contract covers engineering, procurement and construction of the 21·7 km first phase of the metro line, serving 20 stations. ...
EGYPT: The European Bank for Reconstruction & Development is to provide a €250m loan to co-finance the conversion of an Egyptian National Railways line in Alexandria into a high-capacity metro. The EBRD funding announced on March 7 is part of a €1·76bn package co-financed by the European ...
TURKEY: Minister of Transport & Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloğlu has announced plans to launch tickets which can be used on all rail and metro lines in Istanbul built and operated by the ministry, and eventually on public transport across Turkey. The roll-out would start on the Marmaray, ...
