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World Service,9 mins

Could Egypt's planned high speed rail line make trains safer?

World Business Report

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A new high speed rail line in Egypt could transform safety, while creating many new jobs. The multi-billion dollar project to build a new electric train line, to link Egypt鈥檚 Red Sea and Mediterranean coasts, is being described as 鈥淭he Suez Canal on rails." The 麻豆社's Mike Johnson hears more about the project from Roland Busch, the chief executive of the German train manufacturer Siemens and Mohamed El Aassar of Fortune magazine. (Picture credit: Siemens.)

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