A look at the reality and available solutions
1 million and 100 thousand passengers are transported daily by trains through the railway lines in Egypt through hundreds of train trips that are operated, but many who do not take the trains daily, whether citizens or foreigners, find it difficult to know the train schedules because most of the available methods are not effective enough.
What are the traditional ways available to know the schedules:
- News websites and newspapers: usually, they do not provide complete information about all trips, and it is difficult to extract schedules through the site because they are written in a simple text format that lacks organization most of the time.
- Social media and groups: There are hundreds of groups and pages interested in railways, and therefore many members help each other, but the downside of this method is that you find yourself in the end forced to wait until your questions are answered or even approved from the beginning.
- Mobile applications: Some individuals developers and companies have developed applications for train schedules on phone stores such as Google Play and the Apple Store, and they are considered the best possible solutions, but what is wrong with them is that they may be available to Android users without Apple users, and many do not know about the existence of these applications because most of those who search for train schedules use the web through famous search engines such as Google, and here lies the problem. Google searches for schedules on the web only and cannot search for schedules within applications, and in all cases, web users have not had a chance in a comprehensive solution at any time, and their main reliance remains on newspapers and social media.
In addition to what has been mentioned, there were many observations on the previous solutions:
- Multi Languages support: The number of tourists in Egypt is about 10 million of different nationalities, and it is not necessary for all tourists to travel according to specific programs for domestic tourism companies. Some tourists prefer to explore Egypt by themselves, whether one person or a group moving from place to place, and there is no doubt that trains are one of the most important and safest means, but some may wonder about the schedules of trips, types of trains, and many other related information. The lack of information at least in English makes any tourist country in the world difficult.
- Inaccurate schedules: There is a dilemma related to the use of mobile applications for some users, as complaints abound that the schedules are not accurate for 2 reasons :
- updating mobile applications can sometimes take longer due to store reviews. App stores such as Google Play and the Apple App Store have review processes in place to ensure that the applications available on their platforms meet certain quality and security standards. This can sometimes result in delays in the availability of updated versions of applications.
- Users not updating applications immediately upon the release of new versions.
Egypt Trains Schedule Solution
Note this website is unofficial, the official website for Railway Egypt is "enr.gov.eg"
- For the first time, the application allows web users in Egypt and elsewhere to view all train schedules, whether using computers, laptops, or mobile phones with different systems, whether Android or iPhone, and even TV screens due to its design according to the standards of responsive sites, making it a suitable solution for all users. All the user needs is a browser like Google Chrome, Firefox or Safari, which are all default browsers on most devices, and then write our site name and search for schedules in different directions.
- Our web app is able to adopt updates quickly due to the centralization of the database responsible for train schedules. The absence of third parties also helps to prevent any delays in adopting updates.
- The app supports Arabic and English, and will later support Chinese, German, Russian, and other languages according to the most visited tourist nationalities in Egypt.
- Many other features are planned to be added, such as :
- Ticket prices.
- Booking methods and communication with stations.
- Reviews of different types of trains.
- Adding advertisements for lost items during trips.
- Detailed information about cities and train stations.
- In addition to other features and information…