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M.A.M. Ali¹, K. Osra² and J. Siegmann³

¹Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Egypt
²Department of Urban and Engineering Researches, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Omrah Research, Umm-Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
³Department of Track and Railway Operations, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany

Keywords: high-speed rail, cost-benefit analysis, net present value, Egypt.

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Egypt National Railway trains (passenger and freight) are currently operated with diesel traction, except for two electrified metro lines in Cairo of about 60 km in length. The study of the opportunities for high-speed railways (HSR) in developing and emerging countries has approved funding of 1.65 billion euros to build the Cairo-Alexandria HSR line in Egypt. The HSR system could have a number of operational and environmental benefits. HSR is a break-through technology that allows trains running at speeds over 200 km/h. The most controversial part of the HSR investment is whether its cost could be compensated by the social benefits. The evaluation of different types of costs and benefits included a sequence of analytical steps. The results show that the project has a positive net present value (NPV) up to 45.18 million euros and achieves only about 11.66 percent internal rate of return. However, applying a broader cost benefit analysis to include all sources of benefit shows that it is highly desirable on an economic basis. Although extreme difficulty was experienced to obtain the required data and information, plausible and coherent results were achieved, which are also seen to be consistent with other results of HSR in Europe.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 110 PROCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY: RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE Edited by: J. Pombo Paper 328 Proposed High-Speed Rail Line between Cairo-Alexandria: Cost-Benefit Analysis M.A.M. Ali¹, K. Osra² and J. Siegmann³ ¹Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Minia University, Egypt ²Department of Urban and Engineering Researches, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Institute for Hajj and Omrah Research, Umm-Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia ³Department of Track and Railway Operations, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany doi:10.4203/ccp.110.328 purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper M.A.M. Ali, K. Osra, J. Siegmann, "Proposed High-Speed Rail Line between Cairo-Alexandria: Cost-Benefit Analysis", in J. Pombo, (Editor), "Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Railway Technology: Research, Development and Maintenance", Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 328, 2016. doi:10.4203/ccp.110.328 Keywords: high-speed rail, cost-benefit analysis, net present value, Egypt. Summary Egypt National Railway trains (passenger and freight) are currently operated with diesel traction, except for two electrified metro lines in Cairo of about 60 km in length. The study of the opportunities for high-speed railways (HSR) in developing and emerging countries has approved funding of 1.65 billion euros to build the Cairo-Alexandria HSR line in Egypt. The HSR system could have a number of operational and environmental benefits. HSR is a break-through technology that allows trains running at speeds over 200 km/h. The most controversial part of the HSR investment is whether its cost could be compensated by the social benefits. The evaluation of different types of costs and benefits included a sequence of analytical steps. The results show that the project has a positive net present value (NPV) up to 45.18 million euros and achieves only about 11.66 percent internal rate of return. However, applying a broader cost benefit analysis to include all sources of benefit shows that it is highly desirable on an economic basis. Although extreme difficulty was experienced to obtain the required data and information, plausible and coherent results were achieved, which are also seen to be consistent with other results of HSR in Europe. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £22) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £85 +P&P)
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