A New Railway Station in Egypt

The new railway station will be located in Bashteel, and the main goal behind this project is to relieve pressure off Ramsees Cairo railway station. Ramses Train Station, or “Bab Al-Hadid” (The Iron Gate) as it used to be known, was the first of Egypt’s many railway stations. Alone, it is responsible for about 20% of the total daily traffic as about 300,000 passengers come and depart through its 130 trains, forming a total of 856 trips per day. Such astronomical numbers have taken a toll on the station, and recent years saw the calls for a new railway station to help in managing the endless flow of commuters

Moreover, President Abdelfatah El-sisi was the one who gave a direct decree for this project. After the explosion that happened in Ramsees railway station, a lot of upgrades in the Egyptian transportation system had to be done, the government started by the new electric public transportation in Alexandria, now they are doing a new railway that will include a shopping mall for travelers. For the Bashteel railway station to be done it will take almost two years for the railway complex workshop to be done and three years for the commercial phase to be done.

Written by: Khadija Mohamed Salah El-din