08/11/2009
Al-Ahram Newspaper 2009/NOVEMBER /08
Al-Ahram Newspaper 2009/NOVEMBER /15
Railways are Egypt’s most strategic public utility. They can be described as “rich in potentials and poor in revenues”, according to Dr. Riad. Part of these potentials and capabilities should be used in financing projects to expand and develop the railways themselves. (Available in Arabic -German in PDF)
The recent accidents brought the file of Egypt’s railways to the surface while new studies say railways conditions always need tens of billions of pounds to be improved. Railways are Egypt’s most strategic public utility. They can be described as “rich in potentials and poor in revenues”, according to Dr. Riad. Part of these potentials and capabilities should be used in financing railway projects Some key elements need to be taken into account to consider a plan or a project to develop Egypt’s railways and achieve the country’s national ambitions.