Egypt receives the first vehicle of the monorail train for the Nasr City – New Administrative Capital monorail line at the port of Alexandria, Lieutenant General Kamel al-Wazir, Minister of Transport, announced on Tuesday. Egypt has already received Thursday the signaling systems for the project and will be installed in July. The monorail will serve all commuters from Cairo and Giza to New Cairo, the New Administrative Capital and Nasr City. -Its external structure is made of aluminum, so that the weight of the train decreases and its speed increases. -It has screen doors were installed on the sidewalks in front of the train doors to maintain passenger safety.

Source: Egypt Independent July 27, 2021 14:48 UTC