Minister of Transport Checks Work Sites of East and West Nile Monorail Projects 14/12/2023 | 01:57 PM
In the context of the directions of His Excellency President / Abdel Fattah Al -Sisi, the President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, to expand the establishment of a network of the green sustainable echo-friendly mass transportation, Minister of Transport, lieutenant Eng. / Kamel Al -Wazir, continued his inspection tours to follow up the projects being implemented, as the Minister, accompanied by Gen. Dr. Eng. Tarek H. Gewaily, Chairman of the National Authority For Tunnels, and Mr. Andy Delone, the Vice President of the French Company “Alstom”, had inspected the work sites of the Monorail project, east of the Nile, to follow up on progress in the project implementation rates, which extends from the Stadium station in Nasr City to the Justice City station in the New Administrative Capital with a length of 56.5 km, including 22 stations implemented by the consortium (Alstom - Orascom - Arab Contractors). The tour began to follow up on the final arrangements of Al-Moshir Tantawi station, and the works that are being implemented at various stations where the interior finishes and external tips are being implemented after the completion of the implementation of the concrete and metal structure for these works.
The Minister briefed on the implementation percentage of these works and the readiness of the relevant track, stressing the need to continue the implementation of the reinstatement work in the various sectors of the project, as happened in Al-Moshir Tantawi sector. At the end of his tour, the Minister inspected the centeralized control and monitoring with an area of about 85 acres (356,248 m2), where the Minister inspected the different buildings, in wich the center includes 13 buildings, and the Minister of Transport inspected the trains that were fully supplied with 40 trains with a total of 160 vehicles, where each train consists From 4 vehicles
The Lieutenant Eng. Minister of Transport also followed up the implementation rates of the Monorail project, west of the Nile (6th of October), which extends from the new October Station to the Nile Valley Station with a length of 43.8 km, including 13 stations, where the Minister inspected a number of the project sectors and reviewed the project implementation rates in terms of The total implementation rate, the proportions of the implementation of the construction works, the installation works of the titles in the track, the diversion works, the construction works in the stations and the track, arrangement works, and the work of the equipment manufacturing, in addition to the tests that are carried out on them successively. The Minister briefed on the electromechanical equipment supply rates, centralized control and monitoring building located in monorail workshop, which is an area of about 80 acres (336,000 m2), including 13 buildings, and the Minister reviewed the implementation percentage of the of civil works carried out in the center and the implementation percentage of the works existed in the different buildings of the center. The Minister of Transport had also inspected the relevant trains, since that 24 trains out of 30 trains were delivered to be supplied for the project with a total number of 120 vehicles, each train consists of 4 vehicles and tests will be conducted on them at the Centralized Control and monitoring Center. The Minister of Transport Confirmed the necessity to work hard 24/7 and to dedicate the best endeavors to finalize the implementation of the relevant two projects in the specified time schedule.
The Minister of Transport met during his tour at the Centralized Control and monitoring Center in Monorail - West Nile, with a delegation of students of the College of Engineering at Mansoura National University who visit the Monorail project in the light of the continuous coordination between the Ministry of Transport and the Egyptian Universities to implement visits to students from various universities to know the achievements of their country and modern projects that are being implemented to create a great qualitative shift in the means of transportation in Egypt, especially the massive sustainable echo-friendly mass transportation, to be supportive of their home country, and participating in the development and improvements witnessed in Egypt during the era of his excellency Mr. President/ Abdel- Fattah El- Sisi, the President of Arab Republic of Egypt.
During their visit, the students listened to an explanation from the project manager about the features and characteristics of the Monorail implemented in Egypt for the first time which will represent a major civilization shift in mass transportation, and is characterized by rapid, modern and safe means, the said Monorail provides fuel consumption, reduces environmental pollution rates and reduces traffic jams in the main axes and streets, and attracts passengers to use them instead From private cars to reduce fuel and fuel consumption. It is operated with electric power (Echo- friendly).
Also, the monorail is implemented in places where it is difficult to implement the metro lines and other railways, and it is characterized by the ability to implement it in the narrow and crowded streets that have large horizontal curves and does not need many adjustments in the facilities, as the monarchy works are largely less. And the monorail is distinguished by its implementation on an upper path in the central island in the streets it passes, and does not occupy any parts of the street, which means that traffic is not affected by these streets.
Students have expressed their happiness with visiting the Monorail project, which is one of the means of a sustainable green mass transportation, which will provide the highest levels of service to the public passengers.
The Minister also continued to implement the commercial exploitation plan for the two projects, whether through ads that are placed on the Monorail pillars or stations within the comprehensive plan of the Ministry of Transport for optimal commercial exploitation for all projects to achieve a material return that contributes to providing distinguished services to the public passengers and the sustainability of those projects.
It is worth noting that the overall length of the Monorail projects (east/west of the Nile) is 100 km, including 35 stations, with increased population density in the new urban areas it serves.
Monorail, east of Cairo, will contribute to linking the Greater Cairo region to the new regions and cities in the east (New Cairo - Administrative Capital), as well as contributing to facilite the movement of employees and expatriates from Cairo and Giza to New Cairo and the New Administrative Capital to integrate it with the Metro line 3 at the Stadium station in Nasr City with the electric train at the City of Arts and Culture Station in the New Administrative Capital, the Monorail - West Nile - will serve large urban expansions in 6th October city, such as the Social Housing Project, Development Projects South October and Southern Expansions, and integrates with Cairo Metro Line 3 at Nile valley station and with the first line of the network The High speed electric train (Sokhna - Matrouh) at the Engineers Syndicate station in the 6th October city.