The Ministry of Transportation is set to sign an agreement with a Russian-Hungarian consortium to purchase of 1,300 railway cars from Russia's Transmashholding. The value of the agreement amounted one million Euros. The contracts will be signed after finishing the preparation of the contract details and the delivery schedule and determine the local manufacturing ratios details. Assistant Minister of Transport Amr Sahaat told Amwal Al Ghad that the agreement with the consortium will comprise will include the signing of three contracts; the first contract include supplying 1300 new passenger vehicle, and the second contract to provide maintenance work for 15 years, and the third contract will be signed with the military factories regarding the ratios of manufacturing in the deal. A Russian-Hungarian banking consortium has offered to provide the Egyptian National Railways (ENR) with a loan to finance the purchase of 1,300 railway cars from Russia's Transmashholding. The loan would carry an interest rate of 1.8%. ENR had announced last week that Transmashholding has been awarded the contract to supply the cars, for which Egypt will pay around EGP 17 bn.
