| Project Objectives | The project aims to raise the level of safety and reduce accidents on the Banha – Zagazig – Ismailia – Port Said railway line and the Zagazig – Abu Kabir railway line. It also aims to improve the efficiency of using the railway and increase its capacity to operate a larger number of trains on it so that it can meet the increasing demand. To transport passengers and goods by railway between Banha, Zagazig, Ismailia, Port Said and the rest of the country, and it helps to transfer the movement of goods and passengers from roads to railways, which reduces transportation costs and reduces traffic congestion on the roads and the environmental pollution resulting from it. |
| Project Description | 3-6 The project consists of modernizing the control and signaling system from the current mechanical system to an advanced electronic system for organizing and monitoring the movement of trains on the Banha - Zagazig - Ismailia - Port Said railway line, with a length of about 192 kilometers, in addition to the Zagazig - Abu Kabir link, with a length of about 26 kilometers. Kilometers. The project works include the central control system at Zagazig station, and local operating towers at 21 stations on the line that operate with an electronic link system. Their equipment includes replacing mechanical signals with electrical signals, renewing railway switching equipment, developing about 100 intersections on one level with roads to operate automatically, and installing a system. |
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