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Railways: Egypt National Railways Restructuring Project aims to improve Monorail: The project includes 35 stations and represents a leap
the efficiency of railway services and ensure their safety through and a transformation in the means of transportation in
updating signaling systems, renewing railways, developing Egypt. It would contribute to saving fuel consumption and
stations and level crossings, and promoting management and environmental pollution rates. The Project encompasses the
operating practices. New Administrative Capital monorail project, which is being
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implemented with a length of 56.5 km and 22 stations; and 6 of October
City monorail project, which is being implemented with a length of 42 km
and 19 stations.

Light Rail Train (LRT): The electric light rail project links the New
Administrative Capital with the governorates of Cairo and Giza
and the downtown area to facilitate transporting passengers
using a safe and non-polluting means of transport, as the line
will transport about 500 thousand passengers per day. It also
provides an exchange service with Cairo Metro Line 3 (Adly
Mansour/Cairo University) at Adly Mansour Station, allowing the exchange
of service between 5 different means of transportation.