Egyptian National Railways signs locomotive overhaul contract

EGYPTIAN National Railways has signed a $C 296m ($US 211.3m) contract with Advanced Power Dynamics (APD) of Canada, which will rehabilitate and upgrade 180 diesel freight locomotives for ENR.

The contract was formally announced at the TransMEA 2025 exhibition which took place in Cairo last week, in the presence of representatives from Egypt’s Ministry of Transport and the Canadian embassy in Cairo.

APD says that it will bring locomotives built by Henschel and Adtranz back into service, while supporting local maintenance and spare parts manufacture in partnership with Egyptian companies. Engineering, project-management and supply chain activity will involve ADP’s base in London, Ontario.

The contract was approved by the Egyptian cabinet in September. According to local media reports, its covers work to upgrade 55 locomotives that are currently in service and 125 that are not in operating condition, aligning with the Ministry of Transport’s comprehensive overhaul plan that aims to localise maintenance activities.