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The Transport Ministry has begun working on the first phase of an express train connecting Alexandria, Cairo and Aswan, Minister Hisham Arafat announced on Friday, Al Masry Al Youm reports<\/a>. The first phase will be connected to the existing railway between Cairo and Alexandria, Arafat tells the newspaper. The second phase, which is currently under study, will connect Giza to Aswan through Assiut and Luxor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Transport Ministry has begun working on the first phase of an express train connecting Alexandria, Cairo and Aswan, Minister Hisham Arafat announced on Friday, Al Masry Al Youm reports. The first phase will be connected to the existing railway between Cairo and Alexandria, Arafat tells the newspaper. 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