China has signed contracts worth USD 571 mn with Egypt for the maintenance and implementation of its planned Al-Salam City-new capital-Tenth of Ramadan electric train line, the Transport Ministry said in a statement. This included a 13-year, USD 110 mn maintenance contract, and USD 461 mn worth of agreements with a number of Egyptian contractors, including Orascom Construction, Arab Contractors, Petrojet and Hassan Allam. The 70-km line is expected to be completed in two years and serve some 350k passengers per day.

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