Compagnie des chemins économiques de l'Est égyptien

Compagnie des chemins économiques de l’Est égyptien
	Railway lines in Egypt, around 1915
	Stock exchange certificate for Compagnie des chemins de fer économiques de l'Est égyptien, 1 July 1897
Technical
Track gauge	1000 mm (3 ft 3⅜ in)
Length	350 km (220 mi)

The Compagnie des chemins économiques de l’Est égyptien^{[Is this the same as the Compagnie des chemins de fer économiques de l'Est égyptien?]} (French for Economic Railway Company of the Egyptian East) built and briefly operated a 350 km (220 mi) long 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge railway network around Damanhour and Tanta in Egypt.^[1]^{§ 51}

History

The Compagnie des chemins économiques de l’Est égyptien was founded on 19 May 1897 by the Belgian aristocrat Édouard Empain (born 1852; died 1929) as a PLC.^[1] ^{§ 34} The French business bank Paribas was not one of the co-founders, but got involved by replacing the group of German investors, who had teamed-up with the Empain Group and three local banks on previous occasions. The concession was given to the banks of the Suarès brothers, Félix de Menasce, Cattaui and Wilhelm Pelizaeus. They divided the fully paid-in capital of 200,000 Pound Sterling (5,040,000 French Franc) in shares of 55, 20, 15 und 10%, respectively.^[1]^{§ 50}

The Egyptian government granted the concession for 70 years, after which the railway had to be handed over to the State. It guaranteed for the investors a net income of 900 F/km. Half of the total income of 5,625 F per year and kilometre was due to be given to the government. The Paribas bank signed for a quarter of the capital, which was shared amongst the founders proportionally and elected a Member of the Board.^[1] ^{§ 51}

The railway company issued 12,500 stock exchange certificates at 3.5% of the total capital, i.e. 20 GBP (504 F) each, to be paid back within 70 years. The Paribas bank purchased shares at the value of 446.25 F and re-sold them at the same price to the public withholding a 4% premium. From a political point of view, this was one of the best concessions of Lower-Egypt and increased the French influence onto the region. The guaranteed annual net income of 315,000 F for the 350 km of railway track, promised to provide a profitable margin in comparison to the 242,304 F investment.^[1] ^{§ 52} The results exceeded the most optimistic prognoses of the founders, which led to an increase of capital to 8,125,000 F in March 1900. The new 100 F shares were issued at 106,25 F, to gain 3,320,300 F. A quarter of the first and second tranche of the shares and all loans were sold in France at a total of 7,674,141 F.^[1] ^{§ 53}

The company merged with Egyptian Delta Light Railways Company in April 1900 by exchanging shares. The Paribas bank left the company and was not affiliated to the Egyptian Delta Light Railways.^[1] ^{§ 54}

Lines and stations

100. Damanhour — Tod — Teh-el-Baroud

Damanhour
Haganaya
Hafez Pasha
Abu—Massoud
Atlamis
Messin
Manshiet el Shorafa
Ittehad

→ Kom Feryn (branch, goods only)

Ahmed Pasha Sadek
Delingat
Daoud
Abu-Samadi
Tod (Jonction Tod)
Riaz Pasha
Nagouri
Maania
Teh-el-Baroud (48 km off Damanhour)

101. Tod — Delingat

Tod (see 100)
Biban
- Kom Hamada (new alignment from 1927)
Kherbeta
Dest
Haddein
Kafr-Ziada
Wafaleh (22 km off Tod)
Kobour-el-Omara
Derchai
Abou-Coucha
Delingat (see 100)

102. Damanhour — Kafr-el-Dawar

Damanhour (see 100)
Shoka Road
Fadel Pasha
Ezbet Salama
Nédiba
Hefs
El Shousha
Kom-el-Akhdar
Momtaz
El Sharika
Hosh Issa
El-Riko
Ezbet-Neguilah
Nubar
El-Markeb
Abu-el-Matamir

→ Kom-Truca (branch, goods only, 7 km)

Ghandoura
Gheta
Kom-Abu-el-Eda
Gaara
Kom-el-Hanash
Masraf Nubarieh
Omadieh (Sidi Ghazi Behera)
Ezbet Dawar
Kom-el-Birka
Ezbet Rafia
Wastaniya
Kafr-el-Dawar abc (77 km off Damanhour)

103. Damanhour — Shibrikhit — Teh-el-Barud Ville

Damanhour (see 100)
Shazli Pashasee
Kubri Flaga
Abu Rish
Karakis
Ebet-el-Wost
Ezbet Dorbok
Ezbet Salanikla
Shernoub
Masraf Emri
Lacanah
Abbas-Pasha
Ezbet-Beshara
Ezbet-el-Sherif
Ezbet-Youssef Bey
Shibrikhit (29 km off Damanhour)
Kafr Mustanad
Ouryin
Konaissa Behera
Kafr Askar
Saft-Khaled
Jonction Shandeed
Teh-el-Barud Ville (49 km off Damanhour)

104. Shibrikhit — Miniet Salamah

Shibrikhit (see 103)
Jonction Shibrikhit
Mehallet-Bechr
Oum Hakeem
Miniet Salamah

105. Tel-el-Barud — Kafr Awana

Tel-el-Barud Ville (see 103)
Jonction Shandeed (see 102)
Minieh
Kafr Awana (7 km off Tel-el-Barud Ville)

106. Damanhour — Edfina

Damanhour (see 100)
Kubri Flaga (see 103)
Flaga
Hassan Kheir
Zarqun
Moghazi Pasha
Zizinia
Kafr Rahmanieh
Mahmoudia (Atf)

→ Atf Kom (branch, 1 km)

Halk-el-Gamal
Deirut Behera
Miniet-e1-$ayed
Fazara
Edfina (34 km off Damanhour)

107. Tanta — Sidi-Salem

Tanta
Mehallet-Marhoum
Birmah
Kafr-el-Arab
Kafr-Suliman
Karanshou
Bassioun-Régulateur
Kafr-Abou-Hamar
Nigrit
Shin
Kafr—Mirazgha
Menshieh
Shenou
Defrieh
Sakha
Kafr-el-Sheikh
Kafr-el-Sheikh Market
Mehallet-el-Kassab
Heless
Ariamoun
Kafr Mufty El-Emden
Shalma
Manshiet Abbas
Teda Bahari
Kafr Mashargha
Sidi-Salem (76 km off Tanta)

108. Bassioun Régulateur — Fua

Bassioun Régulateur (see 107)
Bassioun
Goddaba
Salhagar
Kafr el-Dawar et Ganag
Miniet Ganag
Mehallet-Diai
Safia
Kafr Magar
Mehallet-Abu-Aly
Gamgamun
Kafr Ibrahim
Dessuk
Mehallet Malek
Salmia
Kabrit
Mit Ashraf
Alawi
Fua (47 km von Bassioun Régulateur)

109. Mehallet Malek — El-Asiefar

Mehallet Malek (see 108)
Kafr-Sudan
Shabas-El-Malh
El-Mandura
El-Kassabi
Ezbet-Khamis
El-Asiefar

110. Birmah — Kafr-el-Zaya

Birmah (see 107)
Mit-Ebiar
Ebiar
Mustapha Cherif
Dalgamun
Kafr-el-Zaya (14 km off Birmah)

111. Tanta — Baltim

Tanta (see 107)
Kuhafa
Siberbey
Mit-Sudan
Mehallet-Menouf
Boreig
Semella
Damat
Kutur
Kotour Ville
Beltag
Samatay
Mit-Sheikh
Chagaeyieh
Dar-el-Bakar
Dawaklieh
Mehalla-Kebir Ville
Mehalla-Kebir Jonction
Mehalla-Kebir Markaz
Mehalla-Kebir
Mehalla Kantara
Beteena
Kosarieh
Kafr Sarem
Mehallet Ziad
Banoub
Tira
Kafr-el-Agami
Biela
Hazek
Abu-Badawi
Zaafaran
Kafr-Sharki
Hamul Barari
El-Hagar
Abu-Sekkin
Ecluses de Brulos (Will's & Sons Halte)
Khashaa
Baltim (131 km off Tanta)

112. Tira — Talkha

Tira (see 111)
Derin
Nabaroh
Kafr Guenenah
Ezbet-Sursock
Talkha (16 km off Tira)

113. Sakha — Mehalla-Kebir

Sakha (see 107)
Siufi Bey
Messir
Madhoul
Nimra-el-Bassal

→ Banawan (branch, 3 km)

Mohtamadia
Sandessis
Mehalla-Kebir Jonction (29 km off Sakha, see 111)

114. Kafr Sarem — Birket-el-Sab

Kafr Sarem (see 111)
Samanud (E.S.R.)
Samanud Ville
Mit-el-Nassara
Abu-Sir Gharbia
Bana, Abu-Sir
Mit-Badr-Hallawa
Shoubra-el-Yaman
El-Agazieh
Sombat
Kafr-Hanout
Kafr El Nekib
Zifta-Barrage
Zifta
Kafr-Guineidi
Damanhour-el-Wahsh
Hanoun
Abu-Sab
Horein
Kafr Alim
Birket-el-Sab (58 km off Kafr Sarem)

115. Barrage — Mansura

Barrage
Ezbet Messallem
El Monira (Zefeita Chalakan)
Shubra Shehab
Sidkieh (El-Elfieh)
Bareshoum
El-Amar
Imiay
Beltan
Mit Assem
Benha
Kafr Moes
Gamgara
Isneit
Kafr Shokr
Muhyi Bey
Tesfa
Saffein
Hala
Sahragt
Massara
Mit Naghi
Foum-el-Safouria
Foum-el-Bouhia
Bishla
Fisha
Tonamel
Shiwa
Sanayta Dakahlia
Dires
Aga
Nawasawel-Gheit
Salaka
Nekita
Sandoub
Mansura (107 km off Barrage)

116. Beltan — Kafr-Hamza

Beltan (see 115)
Tukh
Tukh (Passage a niveau)
Moshtohor
Manzalah
El-Deir
Shebin-el-Kanater

→ Abu Zabal, Mounayer Quarries (branch, goods only)

Sursok
Kafr-Hamza

117. Sahragt — Zagazig

Sahragt (see 115)
Kafr-el-Shehid
Mit-Abu-Khaled
Miska
Bayoum Dakahlia Helmia
Nakhas
Kafr-el-Ashraf
Kanayat
Sheeba
Zagazig (34 km off Sahragt)

118. Mit-Abu-Kha1ed — Bilbeis — Abu-Hammad

Mit-Abu-Kha1ed (see 117)
Mit-Yahiche
Bogdadli Pasha
Marawan
Kafr-el-Gobah
Kafr-el-Gobbah
Abu Twala
El-Tallein
El—Malames
Minet-el-Gamh
Shalshalamon
Beni-Helal
Beni Saleh (Telbana)
Mit-Gaber
Shubra-el-Nakhla
Mohamed Pasha Hassan (Abdel—Mouneem)
El—Gosak
Bilbeis (station)
Bilbeis (Ville) (46 km off Mit-Abu-Kha1ed)
Kafr Ayoub
El-Zaoura
Kafr-el-Ayad
El-Seneka
Abu-Hammad (see 119)

118A. El—Zaoura — Burdein

El—Zaoura Kafr Abazah Burdein (see 118)
Kafr Abazah
Burdein

119. Mit-Ghamr — Abu-Hammad

Mit-Ghamr
Foum-el-Safouria
Santimay
Oleila
Shoubransour
El Lebba
El Hawaber
El Farasha
Diarb Nigm
Shobak
Mebacher Sharkia
Ibrahimia Sharkia
Kofour-Nigm
Hurbeit
Abu-Kebir
Tukh-el-Caramous
Menesterly Pasha (El-Salamon)
El-Guebéla
El-Nazla
Abu-Hammad (67 km off Mit-Ghamr)

120. Ibrahamia Sharkia — Hehia

Ibrahamia Sharkia (see 119)
Mit-Ghamr (see 119)
Halawat
Hehia (7 km off Ibrahamia Sharkia)

121. Mit-Ghamr — Simbellawin

Mit-Ghamr (see 119)
Foum-el-Safouria (see 115)
Foum-el-Bouhia (see 115)
Mit-Mohsen
Simbo Makam
El-Bouha
Sanafa
Barhamtouche
Kafr Shalla
Kafr Tamboul
Tukh-el-Aklam
Simbellawin (37 km off Mit-Ghamr, see 122)

122. Mit-Samanud — Zagazig

Mit-Samanud
Aga (see 115)
Borg-el-Nour
Shoubrahour Dakahlia
Noury Pacha
Simbellawin
Gobran
Sheikh-el-Kasmy
Debig
Barakim
Kafr-Abdala
Diarb Nigm
Saft
Equa
Farcis
Bahnabai
Kanayat (see 117)
Zagazig (60 km off Mit-Samanud, see 117)^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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, ISBN 978-2-8218-2862-9, p. 318 ff.
^ Fergusson, Jim. "Railway Station Lists: Egypt Light Railways" (PDF).

31°2′26″N 30°28′12″E / 31.04056°N 30.47000°E / 31.04056; 30.47000

[Saul-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 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, ISBN 978-2-8218-2862-9, p. 318 ff.

[2] Fergusson, Jim. "Railway Station Lists: Egypt Light Railways" (PDF).

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