Amidst celebrations on the anniversary for the 6th of October victory, the Transport Ministry has installed the first monorail at the East Nile track in front of of the Al-Massa Hotel at the Arts City station at the New Administrative Capital. The ministry said that this project is a modern green form of transportation, with two out of 40 total trains that will be supplied to the East Nile monorail project having arrived so far. The first of 30 trains to be supplied for the West Nile monorail project (6th of October) has also arrived. The monorail train consists of four coaches, with plans to increase the number to eight to accommodate rising population density in the new urban areas. The monorail will help facilitate the movement of employees and visitors from Cairo and Giza to New Cairo and the Administrative Capital, in order to integrate it with the third metro line at the stadium station in Nasr City and with the electric train at the Arts City station in the New Administrative Capital.
