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World Service,9 mins
Could Egypt's planned high speed rail line make trains safer?
World Business ReportAvailable for over a year
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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