Africa's first monorail, an impressive 56km long system, connecting the New Administrative Capital, situated just outside of Cairo The system has 22 stations, and aims to cut the journey time from the residential district to the administrative district from 1hr 20 minutes by road, to only 40 minutes by monorail. There are plans for a second line, which will operate westwards from Cairo, towards another new city on the periphery of the region It's easy to be skeptical as to why a monorail should be preferable to conventional rail, especially in a country like Egypt, where space is relatively e…
