Egypt
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Urban & Transport
5/22/2023 4:42:35 PM
Four newly-imported Talgo trains will operate daily between Cairo and Alexandria and vice versa, two trips for each direction, starting June, Spokesperson of the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) Ahmed Gad told Ahram Online.
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Arts & Culture
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Music
5/5/2023 1:54:16 PM
The commuter trains that take wearied workers out of Moscow every day can be difficult — a long and slow trip in close quarters with strangers, some of them drinking alcohol or sprawled sleeping across the seats.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
5/1/2023 11:16:28 AM
Egypt is running three additional daily trains to transport people fleeing violence in Sudan from Aswan city in the south to the capital, Cairo.
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World
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International
4/9/2023 5:59:15 PM
Police warned people in Hamburg, Germany, to close their windows early Sunday after a large fire that engulfed several warehouses sent black, chemical-laden smoke drifting over the city.
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World
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International
4/3/2023 12:45:03 PM
Five weeks after Greece's worst rail disaster, which killed 57 people, partial service resumed on Monday on the main train line linking Athens and Thessaloniki, the country's second-largest city.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
3/28/2023 3:17:57 PM
The fourth high-speed Spanish Talgo train in Egyptian service will start making daily runs on Wednesday along the Cairo-Aswan line, according to the Egyptian National Railways Authority (ENRA).
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World
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International
3/27/2023 10:41:04 AM
Trains, planes and public transit systems stood still across much of Germany on Monday as labor unions called a major one-day strike over salaries in an effort to win inflation-busting raises for their members.
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
3/22/2023 7:03:10 PM
Egypt has signed a cooperation protocol with Spanish high-speed train manufacturer Talgo to manufacture railway passenger carriages domestically.
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World
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International
3/14/2023 9:22:52 PM
Rail traffic will resume "gradually" in Greece from March 22 as the country reels from its deadliest train crash, the transport minister said on Tuesday.
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World
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International
3/6/2023 5:55:38 PM
Roads blocked, oil refineries disrupted, planes grounded and trains halted, unions are threatening to shut down France’s economy this week in what they hope is their toughest riposte yet to President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the retirement age.
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World
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International
3/2/2023 7:18:40 PM
Striking rail workers paralysed Greece's train services on Thursday in protest at government management of the network, saying it contributed to the fatal collision that killed at least 47.
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World
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International
3/1/2023 10:22:02 PM
Rescuers searched for survivors Wednesday in the mangled, burned-out wreckage of two trains that slammed into each other in northern Greece, killing at least 43 people and crumpling carriages into twisted steel knots in the country's worst-ever rail crash.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
3/1/2023 8:56:16 PM
Egypt extended on Wednesday its condolences to Greece over the collision of two trains near the city of Larissa where at least 32 people were killed and 85 injured, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said.
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World
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Region
2/17/2023 6:14:49 PM
Nearly two weeks after a massive earthquake leveled tens of thousands of buildings and displaced millions of people in Turkey and Syria, many are still struggling to fulfill their basic needs and some are bedding down in tents, factories, train cars, and greenhouses.
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World
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International
2/11/2023 1:20:49 PM
France is bracing itself for a fourth round of nationwide protests against President Emmanuel Macron's plans to reform pensions Saturday, but strikes will not hit transport services this time, allowing trains and the Paris Metro to run.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
2/3/2023 8:27:00 PM
Transport Minister Kamel Al-Wazir responded to wide-ranging questions from MPs on his policy of borrowing to buy trains from Spain and Russia, reports Gamal Essam El-Din
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Egypt
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Urban & Transport
1/19/2023 5:32:00 PM
Egypt’s Cabinet has agreed – in principle, pending review by the State Council – to grant the rights to manage catering services on the country's air-conditioned and sleeper trains to Abela Egypt, a private Egyptian catering company owned by business tycoon Naguib Sawiris.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Egypt
1/3/2023 10:19:04 PM
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World
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International
12/22/2022 12:27:27 AM
Some 200,000 holidaymakers in France were scrambling Wednesday for alternatives to their cancelled trains as a rail strike caused mayhem in the run-up to Christmas.
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World
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International
10/8/2022 2:50:40 PM
Most train services across the U.K. were cancelled Saturday as thousands of rail workers staged the latest in a string of strikes over jobs, pay and working conditions.
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