Major manufacturing contract secured to create landmark rail route
British Steel has won a multi-million pound contract to supply rail for a landmark new route in North Africa.
In total, 9,500 tonnes of track, produced in Scunthorpe, will be delivered for Egypt’s Green Line railway – the country’s first fully electrified mainline and freight network which stretches from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean.
The network is 660km long and will carry trains – for both passengers and goods – up to a maximum speed of 155 mph with British Steel among a number of key suppliers providing rail ... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
