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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’s Red Sea and Mediterranean coasts, is being described as “The Suez Canal on rails." The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'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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