- 26 -EGP 200 79,000 143,000 36,000 6,000 1,000 3,000 2,000 2,000 24,000 New line from Zagazig to Zagazig Carriage Laying lines and construction Improving stations and signaling system Improving Cairo station Alexandria station Staff housing Improving branch lines in Upper Egypt Vehicles The revenues of the Upper Egypt branch railway showed some decrease compared to what was estimated in the budget, but its expenses were much less than estimated. The transport of sugarcane and wood decreased, while the transport of passengers, animals, and cotton increased. The tonnage on the Oasis branch railways decreased compared to the previous year in terms of passengers and goods. Some of this decrease was due to the Western Egypt Company's abandonment of drilling wells with steam engines, which required coal transport by railway, and due to the wear of the drilling bits at the beginning of the year, so there was no longer a need to transport building materials from the Nile Valley. However, the expenses of this line decreased significantly, so the loss from it did not reach its amount in 1910. Telegraph revenues reached... EGP 12,700, an increase of EGP 11,597 compared to the revenues of 1910. Operating expenses reached EGP 110,000 compared to EGP 103,000 in the previous year. Telephone lines were extended between Mansoura, Tanta, and Alexandria, and between Port Said and Zagazig, and under in 1911. A telegraph line was extended from Mersa Matruh from Sidi Barrani to Shiq, and a telephone line was extended from Ismailia to Suez and from Tanta to Ayabi El Bared. Narrow gauge railway There are now three narrow gauge railway companies in Egypt: -