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At 6:00 AM, the monorail will commence its journey along its full 56-kilometer route.
The East Nile Monorail will continue to welcome passengers on Friday, with a 50% discount on the ticket price.
With the launch of the first phase of the East Nile Monorail project, the National Authority for Tunnels highlighted its chosen visual identity symbol for this smart and massive project: the Eye of Horus. This symbol, representing protection and keen insight for the ancient Egyptians, was chosen for this iconic feature.
The Ministry of Transport, represented by the National Authority for Tunnels, continues to offer free services to passengers for the second consecutive day on the first phase of the East Nile Monorail project.
The East Nile Monorail welcomed its first passengers Wednesday, marking the start of operations for the first phase of Egypt’s latest green transport project.
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated the 56.5 km East Nile monorail on Friday, launching a green transit link between Cairo and the New Capital.
In a statement on Thursday, the ministry said Wazir convened with France's Alstom CEO Henri Poupart-Lafarge.
Egypt is to test its first electric LRT train in a few days for the first time without passengers before the actual operation.
Six new trains will arrive Monday to be installed on the Monorail line in the New Administrative Capital arrival, while the seventh train is expected to arrive on Wednesday.
The second monorail train at Eastern Cairo was installed Thursday over Moshir Axis in New Cairo.
The Egyptian Ministry of Transport announced Wednesday the installation of the first monorail on the East Nile monorail track, in the New Administrative Capital in front of the Al-Massa Hotel.
Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir announced Tuesday the arrival of the first monorail train in the Port of Alexandria.
They will contribute to sustainable development east and west of Cairo as part of Egypt’s Vision 2030.
The decision stipulated the allocation of the loan to finance the operation of the Monorail train in the New Administrative Capital, which starts from Nasr City to the New Administrative Capital, and the Monorail train in 6th of October City, which starts from 6th of October City in Cairo, and operates and maintains them for a period of 15 years.
There are four of them.
Egypt has set a number of green projects to accomplish within its Vision 2030.
The section extends over 42 kilometers and consists of 12 stations.
The promising national project has a total length of 98.5 kilometers, comprising 34 stations.
The pilot operation of the line extending over 90 kilometers will begin in August 2021.
Egyptian Transport Minister Kamel el Wazir on Friday followed up the implementation rate of the electric train project (LRT) in the 10th of Ramadan City and the monorail project in the New Administrative Capital.
