Cairo Governor Galal Saeed said at the inauguration of the second stage of the third metro line that serves Heliopolis and Nasr City that four lines of smart air-conditioned minibuses will transport passengers to the nearest stations.
The first line will serve the Fifth District – Makram Ebeid – the Girls College stations, the second serves the Zahraa Nasr City – Abbas al-Akkad – Youssef Abbas stations, the third serves the Heliopolis – Hegaz Square – Girls College stations and the fourth serves the Heliopolis – Abbasseya – Abdel Moneim Riad stations.
This also came during a celebration of a new batch of 60 public transport buses that cost LE84 million, which is the batch before last of a total 200 buses costing LE227 million.
Also, 26 new smart minibuses started operation within a to plan to replace 125 minibuses in 2014 after six years of service.
Edited translation from MENA
