In pics: Egypt installs first monorail train on East Nile track

In pics: Egypt installs first monorail train on East Nile track

CAIRO – 6 October 2021: 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. Considered one of Egypt’s major green means of transportation, the monorail consists of two projects: East Nile Monorail project (New Administrative Capital) and the West Nile Monorail project (6th of October city). The ministry explained that the country has received the first two trains of a total 40 trains, set to be installed on the East Nile Monorail project, and the first train of a total 30 trains to be installed in the West Nile Monorail project, while the rest of the fleet units are being manufactured, and will arrive successively per a specified schedule. The Ministry of Transport said that the total length of the two projects is 98.5 km, with 35 stations, and the capacity of each monorail line is 600,000 passengers per day. which it serves. The ministry confirmed that the total implementation rate of the East Nile monorail sector amounted to 24.7 percent, and the percentage of civil works was 27.5 percent (including implementation, procurement and design), and the total percentage