Egypt: Sisi Inaugurates Huge Transportation Projects

Egypt: Sisi Inaugurates Huge Transportation Projects

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi inaugurated Adly Mansour Central Interchange Station, the largest such station in the Middle East and Africa.

The inauguration of the new projects coincided with the country's celebration of the ninth anniversary of ousting the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

In 2013, Sisi, Minister of Defense at the time, announced the suspension of the constitution and early presidential elections. The head of the Constitutional Court, Adly Mansour, was assigned as interim president.

Widespread protests erupted in the country against president Mohammed Morsi who was affiliated with the Brotherhood.

Transport Minister Kamel al-Wazir explained that the Adly Mansour station was implemented within the transport sector development plan approved by Sisi.

Wazir explained that the plan mainly incorporated turning public transport means in Greater Cairo into echo-friendly electro-green transportation as applied in Adly Mansour interchange station as the station includes seven various means of transport, four of which are electric.

He said that it includes the Cairo-Suez railway line, the third line of the underground metro, the light electric train, the Super Jet bus station, the electric bus, and bus rapid transit (BRT).

Each carriage is equipped with Wi-Fi service and screens, offering passengers an even greater choice of content on board, the Transport Minister told Sisi.

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