Railway Improvement and Safety for Egypt Project

The development objective of the Railway Improvement and Safety Project for Egypt is to improve safety and service quality of the railway services along the Alexandria-Cairo-Nag Hammadi corridor. The project comprises of three components. The first component is safe system signaling modernization. It consists of following sub-components: (i) upgrading of the railway signaling system along the Cairo-Giza-Beni Suef line; (ii) completion of upgrades of the railway signaling system along the Cairo-Alexandria line; and (iii) completion of track upgrades at priority stations for the safe functioning of the upgraded railway signaling system along the Alexandria-Arab El Raml; Beni Suef-Asyut; and Asyut-Nag Hammadi lines commenced under the Egypt National Railways Restructuring Project (ENRRP). The second component is safe system asset management improvement. It consists of following sub-components: (i) carrying out of the following safety improvement works at stations, tracks, crossroads, and on locomotives; and (ii) implementing priority activities under the stakeholder engagement plan with a view to strengthening stakeholder engagement, such as the establishment and operationalization of user committees along the railway lines and development of a citizen’s charter. The third component is project delivery, institutional, and human resource development. It consists of following sub-components: (i) implementing the following project-delivery activities; and (ii) supporting institutional development of the railway sector.