 Egyptian National Railways

Egyptian National Railways (ENR; "Al-Sikak al-Ḥadīdiyyah al-Miṣriyyah") is the national railway of Egypt and managed by the parastatal Egyptian Railway Authority (ERA; "Al-Haī'ah al-Qawmiyya li-Sikak Ḥadīd Miṣr", literally, "National Agency for Egypt's Railways").In 1833, Muhammad Ali Pasha considered building a railway between Suez and Cairo to improve transit between Europe and India.