The New Cairo Monorail
This project has been proposed by private investors and awaiting approval from the government with a plan to connect Line 3 with Line 4 through a route which is mostly parallel to the Ring Road's eastern arc, therefore covering New Cairo from north to south starting at the Cairo International Airport and ending at the beginning of the Cairo-Ain Sokhna Highway, where the government is currently planning to build a major bus station to serve those traveling to the eastern part of the country.
The project has an estimated cost of $750 million and a completion date set at 2020.
Proposed stations:
- Cairo International Airport
- The Governmental Complex
- Naguib Mahfouz
- Police Academy
- The 5th Settlement
- Katameya
- Eastern Cairo Bus Station
Read more about this topic: Rapid Transit In Egypt
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