{"id":682607,"date":"2026-01-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2026\/01\/22\/transport-ministry-preps-tender-for-usd-380-mn-semla-salloum-railway\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T00:00:00","slug":"transport-ministry-preps-tender-for-usd-380-mn-semla-salloum-railway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2026\/01\/22\/transport-ministry-preps-tender-for-usd-380-mn-semla-salloum-railway\/","title":{"rendered":"Transport Ministry preps tender for USD 380 mn Semla-Salloum Railway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Th<\/strong><strong>e Transport Ministry is preparing to take the USD 380 mn Semla-Salloum Railway to a <\/strong><strong>global tender<\/strong>, a government source tells EnterpriseAM. The move signals that the state is moving to lock in the logistics required to support <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/11\/06\/qatar-to-invest-usd-29-7-bn-in-north-coast-project-2\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Qatari Diar\u2019s USD 29.7 bn<\/a> Alam El Roum project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>What we know: <\/strong>The Madbouly government is launching a feasibility study on the project. Once wrapped, a tender may be next, offering the project under the public-private partnership model. The project is scheduled to take around two years to complete once construction begins, the source added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>REMEMBER- <\/strong>Diar has paid USD 3.5 bn for the land and will contribute USD 26.2 bn in in-kind investments to develop the project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">What else is in store? <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>We\u2019re revamping the outdated 262-km railway line to accommodate for the sprawling <\/strong><strong>urban space.<\/strong> A EGP 48.8 mn direct award contract has been issued internally by the Transport Ministry to launch preliminary rehabilitation operations on the project, in anticipation of the launch of a major tender.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>The rail project has been in the pipeline since 2023<\/strong>, when it was originally included in the government\u2019s transport and road network plans. However, economic conditions have delayed the project\u2019s rollout till now, the source said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">It\u2019s a pull to attract FDI<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Why does it matter? The North Coast is no longer just a summer getaway<\/strong> \u2014 it has become a top destination for large-scale foreign investment, including the landmark <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/02\/25\/adq-acquires-development-rights-to-ras-el-hekma-for-usd-24-bn-will-invest-a-further-usd-11-bn-in-real-estate-and-other-prime-projects\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">USD 35 bn Ras El<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2024\/02\/25\/adq-acquires-development-rights-to-ras-el-hekma-for-usd-24-bn-will-invest-a-further-usd-11-bn-in-real-estate-and-other-prime-projects\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Hekma agreement with ADQ<\/a> back in 2024. Efforts are underway to attract further agreements to transform the coast into a year-round global destination \u2014 gradually upping population density in tandem with infrastructure expansion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">A possible link to Libya?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>What\u2019s next? <\/strong>The ministry is mulling plans to extend the rail line to Libya, the source tells us, alluding that the project could be the needed momentum to push the larger project into fruition. As it stands, the project would link the railway to the anticipated <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/09\/28\/fuel-price-hike-could-be-days-away\/?repeat=w3tc\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Gargoub Special Economic Zone<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/12\/31\/state-eyes-usd-2-3-bn-in-investment-from-ministries-square-redevelopment-_storyhedweb_-egypt-eyes-usd-2-3-bn-in-investment-from-ministries-square-redevelopment\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Jawf Dry Port<\/a> via the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mped.gov.eg\/singlenews?id=6166&lang=en\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Salloum Land Port<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>This could also serve as a link to wider African trade.<\/strong> The Madbouly government <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/12\/31\/state-eyes-usd-2-3-bn-in-investment-from-ministries-square-redevelopment-_storyhedweb_-egypt-eyes-usd-2-3-bn-in-investment-from-ministries-square-redevelopment\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">plans to<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2025\/12\/31\/state-eyes-usd-2-3-bn-in-investment-from-ministries-square-redevelopment-_storyhedweb_-egypt-eyes-usd-2-3-bn-in-investment-from-ministries-square-redevelopment\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">invest<\/a> EGP 6 bn in the first phase of a new road project connecting Egypt to Libya and Chad.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>(** 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":"<p>A connection onward to Libya could also be in the works, we\u2019re told<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":682608,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7261],"tags":[72,9883,7101,207],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-682607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-transport","tag-enterpriseam","tag-rail","tag-railways","tag-transport","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"fe70a316-3abe-44b5-bc63-26d9f0563375","order":"7","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2026\/1\/858.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Egypt preps tender for USD 380 mn Semla-Salloum Railway","related_issue":[682596],"teaser":"A connection onward to Libya could also be in the works, we\u2019re told"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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