Saturday 16/November/2024 – 07:46 PM
The Ministry of Transport and Communications has begun the trial operation of the project Monorail East of the Nile From the New Administrative Capital to Nasr City, in preparation for the start of official operation during the coming period.
The official launch date for the East Nile Monorail in Egypt
An official source at the Ministry of Transport confirmed that it is scheduled to be operated Monorail East of the Nile Officially throughout Greater Cairo, from the Stadium Station in Nasr City to the command and control center for the monorail project in the New Administrative Capital, during next February.
This comes in conjunction with the statements of Lieutenant General Kamel Al-Wazir, Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development and Minister of Industry and Transport, which he made during the opening ceremony of the new Bashteel train station; Last month, he confirmed that the East Nile monorail project would start operating after 3 months without a driver, commenting: We will celebrate its operation among passengers 4 or 5 months from now.
In this regard, the Ministry of Transport announced the details of the trial operation of the monorail project east of the Nile, as the area in which the trial operation is being conducted includes from the Administrative Capital to Field Marshal Tantawi.
Important details about the monorail project east of the Nile
The Ministry of Transport explained, in a recent report, that the East Nile Monorail project extends from the Stadium Station in Nasr City to the Adala City Station in the Administrative Capital, with a length of 56.5 km, and includes 22 stations, and is being implemented through an alliance of companies “Alstom – Orascom – Al Mokawloon”. Arabs.
She pointed out that the East Nile/Cairo Monorail contributes to linking the Greater Cairo region with the new urban areas and cities to the east, New Cairo – the Administrative Capital, and also contributes to facilitating the movement of employees and expatriates from Cairo and Giza to New Cairo and the Administrative Capital due to its integration with the third metro line. At the stadium station in Nasr City, and with the electric train at the City of Arts and Culture station in the New Administrative Capital.
