{"id":685978,"date":"2026-02-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/hardhats\/will-the-under-construction-high-speed-rail-network-put-egyptian-industrial-exports-on-the-fast-track\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T00:00:00","slug":"will-the-under-construction-high-speed-rail-network-put-egyptian-industrial-exports-on-the-fast-track","status":"publish","type":"hardhat","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/hardhats\/will-the-under-construction-high-speed-rail-network-put-egyptian-industrial-exports-on-the-fast-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the under-construction high-speed rail network put Egyptian industrial exports on the fast track?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tri<\/strong>al runs on the <\/strong>S<\/strong>okhna-Marsa Matrouh high-speed rail line<\/strong> mark the first step in <\/strong>moving Egypt\u2019s industrial logistics off the road and onto the tracks<\/strong>, with the 660-km Green Line designed to move 8.5k tons of freight and 1 mn passengers daily<\/a>. Trial operations for the first phase of the project launched<\/a> in November.<\/p>\n

Could this open up a new Red Sea-Mediterranean link?<\/strong> Instead of massive container ships navigating the Suez Canal to unload at one of many small Mediterranean ports, they can offload at the expanded Sokhna Port on the Red Sea<\/a>. Goods would then be sorted and railed across<\/a> the desert in hours to Mediterranean terminals like Dekheila or Alexandria, where smaller feeder ships can deliver goods to final destinations in Southern Europe or North Africa in a quicker and more cost-effective way.<\/p>\n

The line could also boost Egyptian export ambitions<\/strong>, as it runs adjacent to significant industrial and manufacturing hubs like the Suez Canal Economic Zone, Helwan, Fifteenth of May, Sixth of October, and the outskirts of Alexandria. The line could significantly reduce transit times for freight and structurally shift how products reach global markets.<\/p>\n

The move aligns with the state\u2019s goal of increasing rail\u2019s share of land-based freight from <\/strong>less than 1% to 15% <\/strong>\u2014 set to run in tandem with regional express and freight trains. \u201cWhat Egypt is aiming to do is very innovative because we are aiming to run a freight train, a regional train, and an intercity train on the same network, at the same time,\u201d Transport for Cairo Director Mohamed Hegazy tells EnterpriseAM. <\/p>\n

A replacement for trucking?<\/strong> \u201cIt really depends on a lot of parameters,\u201d Hegazy explained. \u201cFirstly, what is the price? After the price, what is the reliability? And remember that time is money, so a lack of reliability \u2014 which is the case of the current network \u2014 would increase the actual cost for truckers. The current Egyptian National Railway is unable to compete with trucking\u2019s hold over the national logistics market.\u201d<\/p>\n

It's hard to assess the project\u2019s potential impact when there\u2019s still lots we don\u2019t<\/strong> know about it. <\/strong>We know the location \u2014 but the timeline, stations, and operations plan have yet to be made public. \u201cThere are a lot of theoretical possibilities [offered by this project] but the issue is in the quantification of these hypothetical impacts,\u201d Hegazy said. \u201cWe would love to learn more about the details of the line\u2026 there is a great benefit to investing in the publication of information, engagement with the private sector, and filling the information gaps and requirements needed for investment in the project,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n

What\u2019s next? <\/strong>The line is part of a 2k-km high-speed rail network<\/a> linking Cairo, Aswan, the North Coast, and the Red Sea across 3 main lines. The Green Line will be followed by the Blue Line linking Cairo to Abu Simbel and the Red Line connecting Luxor to Safaga.<\/p>\n

(** Tap or click the headline above to read this story with all of the links <\/strong>to our background as well as external sources.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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