Which high-speed electric railway project, announced with an international consortium led by Siemens Mobility, is designed to connect the Red Sea port of Ain Sokhna to the Mediterranean resort of Marsa Matruh ('The Suez Canal on Rails')?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B. Egypt High-Speed Rail Network

  1. Step 1: The Egypt High-Speed Rail Network is a 2,000-kilometer electrified high-speed passenger and freight rail network.
  2. Step 2: Its initial 660 km 'Green Line' connects Ain Sokhna on the Red Sea through the New Capital, Cairo, and Alexandria to Marsa Matruh, creating an overland intermodal transit corridor dubbed the 'Suez Canal on Rails'.
Answer
Egypt High-Speed Rail Network.
Why not the others: 'Cairo Metro Line 4' is an underground transit line connecting Giza to Fustat; 'The Monorail Project' links East and West Cairo to the New Capital and 6th of October; 'Alexandria Tramway' is an urban transit modernization project.

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