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title: "Tanta-El Mansoura-Damietta railway line – Egypt"
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# Tanta-El Mansoura-Damietta railway line – Egypt

![Tanta-El Mansoura-Damietta railway line – Egypt](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/20240221-egypte-tanta-mansoura-damietta-nile-train.jpg)

**SYSTRA is modernising the signalling and telecommunications systems on the Tanta–El Mansoura Damietta line in northern Egypt.**

The French Development Agency (AFD) has signed a partnership agreement with
Egyptian National Railways (ENR) to modernise this railway line in the north of
the country. It connects the main railway hub in the Nile Delta to Tanta and the
port of Damietta on the Mediterranean coast, one of Egypt’s largest cargo ports.

Under
[this contract](https://www.systra.com/en/news/systra-participates-in-the-modernisation-of-a-railway-line-in-egypt/)
, SYSTRA will study a new signalling and communication system and then deploy it
along the entire line. Our teams will also study and supervise the conversion of
the El Mansoura–Damietta section to double track to better serve densely
populated areas, following a route parallel to one of the branches of the Nile.

![](https://www.systra.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/nile-1024x575.jpg)

## Greater safety for passengers, increased network capacity

The modernisation of Egypt’s rail network aims to make travel safer for
passengers, increase the number of trains on the lines, and thus support the
country’s economic development. At the heart of our assignment is the
installation of new signalling lights, an electronic interlocking system to
maintain operational safety, an operations control centre, and an automatic
train protection system to supervise operations.

The modernised line will offer improved regularity and shorter journey times and
will be used by both passenger and freight trains. The Egyptian authorities
estimate that 4.2 million people will have better access to sustainable
transport thanks to this line.

### The Tanta-El Mansoura-Damietta railway line in figures:

- 119km of line to be renovated
- 65km of line to be built 
- 39 stations to modernise
- 83 level crossings
- 23 switches
- More than 56 trains per day

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