Egypt refutes claims it is naming monorail stations after businessmen

Egypt refutes claims it is naming monorail stations after businessmen

The Egyptian Transport Ministry on Saturday refuted claims on some websites stating that the ministry is cooperating with businessmen to name monorail stations after them in return for bearing the construction costs.

In a statement, the ministry explained that as part of its plan to construct and advertise these stations, it has contracted companies, universities, institutions and banks to name the stations after them and not after the businessmen who own these companies or institutions.

Several stations will be named some national figures, such as Field Marshal Mohamed Tantawy and Counselor Hisham Barakat, in honor of their great patriotic deeds.

The ministry implored all media sources to accurately check the veracity of any news they share regarding ministry matters, and to obtain their information from official sources.

Egypt installs first monorail in East Nile

The Transport Ministry installed the the first monorail at the East Nile track in front of the Al-Massa Hotel at the Arts City station at the New Administrative Capital in October.

The ministry said that this project is a modern green form of transportation, with two out of 40 total trains that will be supplied to the East Nile monorail project having arrived so far.

The monorail train consists of four coaches, with