Written by Sayed Al-Khalafawi
Saturday, May 20, 2023 01:00 AM
The railway amends the extension, timings, and installation of some trains on the Upper Egypt, starting today, Saturday, corresponding to 5/20/2023..
And the Railway Authority decided to extend the path, amend the dates, stop operation, and modify the installation of some trains on the Upper Egypt line, as of Saturday, corresponding to 5/20/2023, in continuation of the modernization and development operations carried out by the National Authority for Egyptian Railways on the railway lines, which are from This will enhance safety factors and provide the best service to the public, and in view of the work of disengaging the Sohag blocks to modernize and develop signaling systems on the Cairo / High Dam line, and in implementation of the directives of Eng. Mohamed Amer – Chairman of the Authority..
Their statement was as follows:
Starting from Saturday, 5/20/2023, the 974 Express train route will be extended with dynamic ventilation, Cairo / Nagaa Hammadi, to Luxor station instead of ending at Nagaa Hammadi station, according to the attached schedule. .
As of Sunday, 5/21/2023, the 975 Express Dynamic Ventilation Train will run from Luxor Station instead of Nagaa Hammadi Station, according to the attached schedule. .
As a result of the foregoing, the schedule of the 2010 air-conditioned Cairo-Aswan train will be modified according to the attached schedule .
--As of Saturday, corresponding to 5/20/2023, it was decided to extend the 1006/1007 Express train route, dynamic ventilation, Cairo / Sohag, and vice versa, to Nagaa Hammadi station, instead of ending at Sohag station, according to the attached schedules. .
Starting from Saturday, corresponding to 5/20/2023, the route of the 704/703 passenger train, Maghagha / Sohag, and vice versa, will be extended to the facility station instead of ending at Sohag station, according to the attached schedule. .
As of Monday, corresponding to 5/29/2023, the operation of trains 3500/3501, three air-conditioned ones, Minya / Sohag, and vice versa, is temporarily suspended, and the alternative is trains 3006/3007. .
As of Wednesday, corresponding to 5/31/2023, the operation of Train 970 air-conditioned Cairo / Sohag will be temporarily stopped, provided that Train 990 will be stopped at the stations (Al-Ayyat – Baba – Al-Fashn) in addition to its current schedule as an alternative service according to the attached schedule with an increase in its installation .
Starting Thursday, corresponding to 1/6/2023, the operation of Train 991, air-conditioned Sohag / Cairo, will be temporarily suspended, provided that Train 971 will be stopped at the stations (Al-Maragha – Samalout – Matay – Bani Mazar) in addition to its current schedule as an alternative service with an increase in its installation .
As of Monday, corresponding to 5/29/2023, the installation of the 990 air-conditioned Cairo / Sohag train will be increased to consist of [ 3 عربات أولى مكيفة + عربة ثانية مكيفة بوفيه + 7 عربات ثانية مكيفة ] And, as of Tuesday, corresponding to 5/30/2023, the installation of Train 971, air-conditioned Cairo / Sohag, and vice versa, will be increased to be with the same installation of Train 990, in order to serve the passengers of the stations added to the trains 971/990..
And as of Monday, corresponding to 5/29/2023, the installation of the 986 air-conditioned Cairo / Luxor train will be increased to consist of: [ 4 عربات أولى مكيفة + عربة ثانية مكيفة بوفيه + 7 عربات ثانية مكيفة ] With the same current schedule, and as of Tuesday 5/30/2023, the installation of the 987 train, air-conditioned Luxor / Cairo, will be increased to be installed with the 986 train to Luxor with the same current schedule, in order to accommodate the passengers of the 970/991 trains, which were temporarily stopped. .
