Egypt’s Transport Ministry announced on Thursday reducing to half subscription fees for passengers of Light Rail Transit (LRT) extending from Adly Mansour to 10th of Ramadan City on the occasion of the advent of the new academic year and preparations to relocate ministries to the New Administrative Capital.
Also, tickets will be reduced by 30-40 per cent to serve inhabitants of the new cities located along the train line, the ministry represented by the National Authority For Tunnels said.
The first, second and third phases of the LRT were operational on July 3 and they included Adly Mansour Station – El Obour Station – Mostakbal – El Shorouk – New Heliopolis – Badr – Industrial Zone – Knowledge City.
The rest of the stations to the 10th of Ramadan City will be completed in the fourth phase of the project: “West 10th of Ramadan City – 10th of Ramadan City – City Centre.”
The LRT train track starts from Adly Mansour station and then runs parallel to the (Cairo-Ismailia) desert road to Badr City, then branches north to the heart of the 10th of Ramadan City and south to the New Administrative Capital to extend to the International Sports City.
