Egypt to Establish World's Longest Train Line

On Monday, the Charman of the National Authority for Tunnels General Essam Abdel Kader, said that Egypt is set to establish the world's longest monorail that would extend for 97 kilometers.

In press statements, Abdel Kader added that the stations on the eastern side of the Nile will start from the Stadium Station till the New Administrative Capital, while the second line will link the 6th of October City with the third metro line.

Those are two of 70 trains so as 40 are planned to be installed in Eastern Cairo while the rest will be Western Cairo. The pilot operation is scheduled for the end of 2022.

Abdel Kader also underlined the state's interest in implementing a network of speed trains that will cover a distance of 2,000 kilometers to link the Red Sea harbors with the Mediterranean ports passing through all the new cities including the Delta and Upper Egypt.

The first 660km-long section will link El Alamein on Egypt’s Mediterranean coast and Ain Sokhna, two small but quickly developing towns. The train line will pass through 15 stations, including the as yet unnamed ‘new administrative capital,’ a huge construction project that was started in 2015 to move government buildings about 45km outside of Cairo.

The second 925-km long section will connect the 6th of October City with Aswan, while the third section will link Luxor City with Hurghada passing through Qena and Safaga.