The Chemins de fer de la Basse-Egypte built and operated a network of up to seven lines of metre-gauge (1,000 mm, 3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) railway track in the area around Mansourah in Egypt.

The Chemins de Fer de la Basse-Egypte were founded on 26 January 1896 by the Belgian baron Édouard Empain (born 1852; died 1929) as a PLC.

[2][3] The construction of the railway line was managed by the Belgian engineer Jean Jadot (1862–1932).

[4] The main line connected Mansourah (on the Nile river) to Matarieh (on the far side of Lake Manzala from Port Said).

[5] In 1936, the company owned 22 locomotives, 94 coaches and 367 goods wagons.