The First Light Rail System of Ethiopia was Opened: The light rail system was opened in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, with a ceremony held today.
ADDİS The light rail system in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, came into service with a ceremony held today. It is reported that the light rail system will start to carry passengers starting tomorrow. It is expected that 475 thousand people will benefit from the light rail system, which costs $ 60 million by China's CREC Company. It is reported that from the main station in front of the African Union Economic Commission Building in the west of the city, the 35-kilometer light rail system extending west of Addis Ababa from the middle to the north with a line will provide the public with cheap transportation. At the opening ceremony of the Addis Ababa light rail system, the Ethiopian Transport Minister Workineh Gebeyehu and the official of the CREC Company, Zhang Zongyan, cut the project together. Other lines of the system will be put into service in the coming days and it will be possible to reach many parts of the city with a light rail system in Addis Ababa.
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