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Passenger Trains

The First Hungrain Trains 

From 1925-1938: Tahawy Limited supplied ENR with 32 complete train sets. Some of these train carriages were used to form Egyptian Royal family train, known as the Egyptian Royal Orient Express.

The Royal Orient Express
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 King Farouk on the Egyptian Royal Orient Express

The Hungrain Trains of the 1970'S

In 1977, El Tahawy Foreign Trade in collaboration with Ganz Motors, formally known as GANZ MAVAG, supplied ENR with 6 complete train sets. 

Hungarian Train

THE FRENCH TRAIN OF THE LATE 1970'S
 

Supplying ENR with the "Carle Fosche" French Passenger Wagons in the late 1970's.

THE SPANISH TRAINS

From 1991-2003: fully supplying and refurbishment of more than 5000 coaches with the Spanish manufacturer Temoinsa.

The Spanish cars were renovated in the workshops of Abu Radi, Al-Tebeen and Kadar Factory.   

The Spanish Sleeping Coaches Train

                 (Cairo – Luxor)

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 Lounge Coaches

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Sleeping Rooms Coaches

The Spanish VIP Special Express Train

Fom 2012-2015: New 212 VIP Spanish Cars.  With a new Bogie System from Ganz Motor and a complete upgrade of the interior and exterior of the cars. 

 

VIP Spanish Train
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Locomotives

HENSCHEL LOCOMOTIVES 

The first Henschel locomotive introduced to Egyptian National Railways(ENR) through Tahawy in late 80 ‘s. Our company fully supplied 245 Henschel locomotives.

HENSCHEL LOCOMOTIVES 

Ganz Mavag Locomotives

Between 1978-1979: Tahawy FT supplied 31 locomotives to ENR.

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Ganz-MÁVAG DVM-11

Bogies 

Ganz Bogies

Over the course of the last four decades from  (1980 to 2023)Tahawy Supplied more than 9000 Ganz bogies to ENR.

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Ganz Bogie

Amsted Rail Motion Control Bogies 

From 1989 to 2023: we supplied more than 12000 Amsted Rail bogies to ENR.

Wheels

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Forged Wheels

Tahawy group supplied 5000 forged wheels to ENR produced by the french manufacturer Valdunes.

Amsted Motion Control Bogie

Amsted Rail Motion Control Bogie

CP33 Wheels

We sold over 90,000 Griffin wheels by Amsted Rail to ENR. 

Automatic Couplers

From 1980 - 2023: Tahawy supplied around 13000 Amsted Automatic Couplers to ENR.

Amsted Coupler

Amsted Rail Automatic Couplers 

Bearings

Tahawy Rail supplied over 8000 Brenco Bearing between 2021-2023 in the 1000 freight wagon project. 

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Brenco Bearings 

AOI  Projects

Passenger Coaches 

Partnership in the 212 Project with SEMAF FACTORY and supplying 424 Ganz bogies and cooperating with KADER Factory in designing the interiors and supplying 20% of the interior parts.

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 Refurbishment Projects

In 2004: Refurbishment of 200 passenger coaches and supplying new Ganz Motors bogies for those cars. 

 

In 2009: Refurbishment of 80 + 116 passenger coaches.

Power Coaches Projects 

Between 2004-2018: Tahawy Group supplied Ganz Motors bogies to ENR for the 200 Power Coache Project.

Between 2020-2024: Tahawy Group 
supplied an additional Ganz Motors bogies for 173 Power Coache
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Passenger Cars

Freight Wagons Projects

Between 2018-2019, Tahawy Group supplied Semaf factory with 280 Amsted Rail motion control bogies and 280Amsted Rail Automatic Couplers.

In 2020, Tahawy Group Supplied Semaf factory with 150 Amsted Rail motion control bogies and 150 Amsted Rail Automatic Couplers.

Between 2021-2022, Tahawy Supplied semaf Factory with an additiomal 2000 Amsted Rail Motion Control Bogies, 2000 Amsted Rail automatic couplers and 
8000 Brenco Bearings. 

Freight Wagon

Currently Running Projects 

Semaf Factory 75 Grain Wagons Project in coporation with Tahawy Rail, Amsted Rail and Kiruna Wagon

Tahawy Rail - Kiruna Wagon Supplied Semaf factory with 75 side gates and mechanism for the 75 Grain Wagon Project.

Tahawy Rail - Amsted Rail Supplied Semaf factory with 150 Motion Control Bogies and 150 
Automatic Couplers for the 75 Grain Wagon Project.

1000 Freight Wagons project for Semaf Factory in coporation with Tahawy Rail, Amsted Rail and Kiruna Wagon

Currrently Tahawy Rail - Kiruna Wagons are designing and supplying the 300 Side Dump freight Wagons with Semaf Factory.

Tahawy Rail - Amsted Rail Supplied Semaf factory with 2000 Motion Control Bogies 2000, 2000 Automatic Couplers and 8000 Brenco Bearings for the 1000 Freight Wagons Project.

 

Tahawy Rail- Kiruna Wagon Team Guiding Semaf Factory technicians and engineers in the Assembly of the First Prototype of the Bottom Gates of the 75 Grain Wagon Project

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Tahawy Rail - Kiruna Wagon - Amsted Rail - Semaf Factory completed Grain Wagons

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Turahawy Rail - Kiruna Wagon - Amsted Rail  side-dumper wagon prototype delivered to Semaf Factory 

Tahawy Rail - Kiruna Wagon Team inspecting the newly assembled Grain Wagon Train in Semaf Factory 

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Tahawy Rail - Amsted Rail team inspecting the newly assembled Freight Wagons in Semaf Factory 

Tahawy Rail - Kiruna Wagon Team inspecting the Second assembled Grain Wagon train in Semaf Factory before delivering it to ENR

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Tahawy Rail - Amsted Rail team demonstrating the ENR engineers and technicians the process of reconditioning the brenco bearings in one of ENR's workshops in Alexandria
Tahawy Rail - Kiruna Wagon Team testing the newely delivered Side-Dumper Wagon Prototype in Semaf Factory

500 Passenger Coaches Project  


Tahawy Rail signed a framework agreement with Ganz Motor Kft and NERIC for the "500 Coaches Project" for the Egyptian National Railway (ENR) during TransMEA 2023. Dr. Amr El Tahawy represented Tahawy Rail, Ms. Beata Balogh, Deputy Commercial Director, represented Ganz Motor Kft, and NERIC was represented by Mr. Ahmed Al-Mufti, the Project Manager, at this pivotal signing ceremony.

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