Shuttling above Cairo, Africa's first monorail is up and running - but will it prove to be $4.5bn well spent? | The National
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Source: The National (UAE)
Published: 2026-08-08 04:02 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Africa, World News
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The stations gleam. Metallic criss-cross beams frame the platforms in a style that resembles Dubai or Singapore more than the Cairo one steps out of at street level, and the concourses are kept polished to a shine that Cairo's decades-old metro can only recall from its opening year in 1987.
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