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Chemins de fer de la Basse-Egypte

Chemins de fer de la Basse-Egypte

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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.

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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 (1862–1932).[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

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    Jim Fergusson: Egypt light railways - Passenger stations and stops.
  2. [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. [3]
    Agnieszka Dobrowolska und Jarosław Dobrowolski: Heliopolis: Rebirth of the City of the Sun. American Univ in Cairo Press, 2006. Page 41.
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    Dieter Brötel: Frankreich im fernen Osten: imperialistische Expansion in Siam und Malaya, Laos und China, 1880-1904. Franz Steiner Verlag, 1996. Page 811.
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    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.
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    World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 152.

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