RAILWAYS I

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The Railway Project covers the following: (i) relaying of tracks, acquisition of track-laying and maintenance equipment, stabilization of embankments and construction/renewal of buildings and structures; (ii) acquisition of motive power and rolling stock; (iii) installation of airbrakes on about 400 freight cars; (iv) complete installation of electric signalling, interlocking and automatic block on two sections and centralized traffic control on a third section; other signalling and telecommunication works; (v) modernization or construction of marshalling yards, including a new central marshalling yard, remodelling of station facilities and yards; (vi) reconstruction and improvement of workshops for locomotives, passenger coaches and freight cars and modernization and/or construction of running sheds for passenger coaches and railcars; (vii) acquisition of road vehicles, spare parts for rehabilitating locomotives and railcars, reorganization of stores facilities and augmentation of stocks of essential stores, improvement of electric power supply on the Helwan line and other improvements; (viii) improvement of training center facilities for ER's technical personnel; and (ix) consultant's services.