CAIRO – 8 November 2020: Minister of Transportation Kamel al-Wazir told press Sunday that the electric train connecting Salam City, the New Administrative Capital, and 10th of Ramadan City together will enter service in October 2021. High-speed TrainIn October, the minister stated that the implementation of the first phase of the high speed train project linking Ain el-Sokhna with El-Alamein will begin within two months. The first phase will begin from the international sports city in the Administrative Capital to Borg el-Arab city in Alexandria, with a length of 260 km, passing through New Cairo and 6th of October city. MonorailThe monorail project consists of two lines. In May 2019, Bombardier had announced being selected to establish a €3 billion ($3.36 billion) monorail project in Egypt that will run from Cairo to the eastern and western outskirts.

Source: Egypt Today November 08, 2020 11:03 UTC