Chemins de fer de la Basse-Egypte

Chemins de Fer de la Basse-Egypte
Chemins de Fer de la Basse-Egypte
	Steam locomotive No 6 ; (Tubize's serial No 1067 of 1896) Map of the railway lines
Technical
Track gauge	1000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in)
Lines and stations[1]

The Chemins de fer de la Basse-Egypte built and operated a network of up to seven lines of metre-gauge (3 ft 3⅜ in) railway track in the area around Mansourah in Egypt.

History

Stock certificate of 1896

The Chemins de Fer de la Basse-Egypte were founded on 26 January 1896 by the Belgian baron Édouard Empain (born 1852; died 1929) as a PLC.[2][3]

The construction of the railway line was managed by the Belgian engineer Jean Jadot (born 1862; died 1932).[4] The main line connected Mansourah (on the Nile river) to Matarieh (on the far side of Lake Manzala from Port Said).

The turnover increased from £E 26,199 in 1904, over £E 29,872 in £1905, E 32,122 in 1906 to £E 36,740 in 1907. Subsequently, it decreased to £E 35,760 in 1908 and £E 35,184 in 1909.[5]

In 1936, the company owned 22 locomotives, 94 coaches and 367 goods wagons.[6]

References

Jim Fergusson: Egypt light railways - Passenger stations and stops.
Samir Saul: La France et l'Égypte de 1882 à 1914: Intérêts économiques et implications politiques. Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique, 2013. See also OpenEdition Books.
Agnieszka Dobrowolska und Jarosław Dobrowolski: Heliopolis: Rebirth of the City of the Sun. American Univ in Cairo Press, 2006. Page 41.
Dieter Brötel: Frankreich im fernen Osten: imperialistische Expansion in Siam und Malaya, Laos und China, 1880-1904. Franz Steiner Verlag, 1996. Page 811.
Mina Gerges Matta: The cultural struggle and the British experience in Egypt as a turning point of Egypt’s transformation: A cosmopolitan study of the British perspective in Egypt 1882-1914. 9 December 2012.
World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 152.

External links

Railway Stations List

31.016088°N 31.393039°E / 31.016088; 31.393039

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[Liste-1] Jim Fergusson: Egypt light railways - Passenger stations and stops.

[2] Samir Saul: La France et l'Égypte de 1882 à 1914: Intérêts économiques et implications politiques. Institut de la gestion publique et du développement économique, 2013. See also OpenEdition Books.

[3] Agnieszka Dobrowolska und Jarosław Dobrowolski: Heliopolis: Rebirth of the City of the Sun. American Univ in Cairo Press, 2006. Page 41.

[4] Dieter Brötel: Frankreich im fernen Osten: imperialistische Expansion in Siam und Malaya, Laos und China, 1880-1904. Franz Steiner Verlag, 1996. Page 811.

[5] Mina Gerges Matta: The cultural struggle and the British experience in Egypt as a turning point of Egypt’s transformation: A cosmopolitan study of the British perspective in Egypt 1882-1914. 9 December 2012.

[6] World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 152.