Ineco has completed a feasibility study for the Egyptian government for what, starting in 2026, could be the country’s first high-speed line. The project covers more than a thousand kilometres connecting the capital city of Cairo with Luxor, Aswan and Hurghada, on the shores of the Red Sea, at a speed of more than 230 kilometres per hour. The study was based on the design of the line at a scale of 1:25,000, a demand study and a socio-economic and financial profitability analysis.

Member States seek methods to make progress in putting the Atlantic and Mediterranean corridors in place. Two large routes for transporting passengers and goods, linking the main ports and urban nodes of southwest Europe with the large industrial centres on the continent.