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A train for whom? Is a new monorail helpful for Cairo?

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By Menna FAROUK / AFP, CAIRO Cairo’s new monorail slices across the city skyline, running above the familiar chaos of blaring horns and aging buses’ exhaust fumes that mark rush hour below. The US$4.5 billion monorail, opened this month, is among Egypt’s most prominent new transport projects, part of a debt-funded infrastructure drive criticized for sapping state finances while bringing limited benefits to most of the country’s 109 million people.
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Au Caire, le nouveau monorail survole le chaos urbain

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By Menna Farouk Verified
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Un monorail récemment inauguré circule dans la nouvelle capitale administrative à l'est du Caire le 22 mai 2026, en Egypte (Khaled DESOUKI) · Khaled DESOUKI/AFP/AFP Le monorail flambant neuf du Caire coupe la ligne d'horizon de la mégapole, glissant au-dessus de son chaos habituel, coups de klaxon incessants et gaz d'échappement des vieux bus. "On a l'impression d'être dans un autre pays", confie à l'AFP Ramy Sayed, 44 ans, dans la rame d'un train automatisé Innovia 300.
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Cairo's new monorail glides above a city struggling below

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Cairo's new monorail cuts east to the New Administrative Capital, a $58-billion megacity rising from the desert 50 kilometres east (Khaled DESOUKI) (Khaled DESOUKI/AFP/AFP) Cairo's new monorail slices across the city skyline, running above the familiar chaos of blaring horns and ageing buses' exhaust fumes that mark rush hour below.
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