Egypt’s transport minister, Kamal Al-Wazir, announced proposals to extend a railway line in the north to Libya’s Benghazi.
According to the Business Times, the announcement came as part of Egyptian government efforts to overhaul the country’s transport system, including an ailing railway network with a poor safety record.
The government decided on “a number of rail transportation projects that could be carried out in cooperation with investors,” Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir told a news conference in Cairo.