The Minister of Transport inspects Adly Mansour Central Interchange Station and takes the LRT train 26/09/2022 | 09:47 AM
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The team, Engineer / Kamel Al-Wazir - Minister of Transport, accompanied by the head and leaders of the National Authority for Tunnels, conducted an inspection tour of the LRT electric light rail project, which had previously opened the giant station Adly Mansour and the first and second phases of it on 3/7/2022, where the tour started from the giant Adly Mansour central interchange station Which won the award for the best transport project in the world for the year 2022 AD according to the international “ENR” magazine, which is a unique engineering work, as it was built on an area of ​​15 acres and contains 5 different means of transportation, namely (the final station of the third line of the subway, the LRT station, and the LRT station The Suez Railroad, the Super Jet bus station, and the frequency bus), and the Minister inspected the commercial mall in the station consisting of two floors and a basement as a garage for mall users’ cars with an area of ​​16 thousand square meters. The Minister also followed up on the regularity of the schedule for the operation of the LRT, raising the degree of readiness to receive the new school year, keeping pace with the preparations of the various ministries to move to the new administrative capital, and the continuation of issuing subscriptions reduced by 50% for all LRT users, and reducing the value of tickets by 30-40% for them until The move to the new administrative capital, as well as the continuation of the provision of the internal and international land transport agency of the Ministry of Transport to transport services in minibuses (natural gas) bearing the LRT logo to facilitate the movement of citizens from the cities of east Cairo to the LRT stations and vice versa, which started operating from Saturday Corresponding to 9/17/2022 to provide the service free of charge in these minibuses for a period of two weeks for citizens, provided that the prescribed tariff for traveling in minibuses is applied after this period (two weeks). Then the minister took one of the trains from Adly Mansour station to the Arts and Culture station in the New Administrative Capital. Then the Minister of Transport followed up the implementation rates of the extension of the LRT project in the third and fourth phases, where the minister inspected the sectors of the third phase of the project, which extends 20.4 km in length from the City of Arts and Culture station in the capital. The administrative center (which was inaugurated as part of the opening of the first and second phases) to the Central Capital Interchange Station with the express train with 4 stations, which are implemented by Egyptian contractors under the leadership of the Chinese Creek-Afic Alliance. Piling works, reinforced bases and columns for the Cathedral Station of the Nativity (upper station) have been completed. The foundation works for the strategic command station (surface station) have been completed. The construction works (piles - columns - beams) on the track bridges as well as pallet work and soil testing for the trains storage workshop are currently underway. By the end of the track, which will be implemented on an area of ​​about 62 acres. The Minister of Transport was also briefed on the progress of works in the fourth phase of the electric train project in the Tenth of Ramadan City, which is being implemented in accordance with the directives of the political leadership to serve the population mass in the Tenth of Ramadan City. The city (inside the Tenth of Ramadan City) is 16 km long and has 3 stations. The minister directed the necessity of working around the clock and exerting maximum effort to complete the implementation of the project according to the set timetables, as this project, in its four phases, is one of the mass transportation that will serve the new republic, whose rules have been established by His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the President of the Republic, pointing to It contributes to linking the Administrative Capital with the Greater Cairo Region through a sustainable, safe and effective green mass transportation network and directly contributes to the agenda of facing the effects of climate change, as well as linking the Greater Cairo Region with the new cities east of Cairo, facilitating the movement of employees and reducing the travel time for passengers along the route of the line. Reducing fuel consumption as the operation of the line depends on clean electric energy. It is worth mentioning that the LRT electric light rail project is 105 km long and has 19 stations. Until the Tenth of Ramadan City and south to the New Administrative Capital Then it extends to the International Sports City. The LRT electric light rail project also achieves a passenger exchange service with the third metro line at Adly Mansour Central Station, and also achieves a passenger exchange service with the East Nile Monorail (the Administrative Capital) at the Arts and Culture Station in the Administrative Capital, the express electric train at the station The central capital, which ensures the implementation of an integrated transport network. Then the Minister of Transport directed to follow up the implementation rates of the East Nile Monorail project (the Administrative Capital), which extends from the stadium station in Nasr City to the Justice City station in the Administrative Capital, with a length of 56.5 km and includes 22 stations and is implemented through a consortium of companies (Alstom - Orascom - Contractors). Al-Arab), where the Minister of Transport inspected the project sectors, which he started in the administrative capital sector, where he continued the implementation of the work of columns and beams in stations and along the path. The Minister of Transport also followed up on the rate of supply of mobile units, as 10 trains arrived, the last of them on 13/9/2022 out of a total number of 40 trains that will be supplied to the Monorail East Nile project (the administrative capital), and the manufacturing of the rest of the fleet of mobile units is also being completed.

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