New West Station
New West Station (Arabic: محطة الغرب الجديدة maḥaṭṭat al-gharb al-jadīdah) is one of Nasser City's two mainline railway stations, located in the city centre off the northern end of the Khan al-Mayadeen pedestrian mall, in the district of Rahbanat. New West Station is the terminus for intercity passenger lines entering the city from the south and west, while those entering from the east terminate at Union Station. New West Station is served by six Capital Metro and five Capital Express lines.
is the main public transportation centre of Nasser City, the federal capital of the Arab Union. Located on International Plaza in the central Nasser City borough of Bab el-Masdar, the station is the central terminus of all six lines of the Nasser City Metro and hub of the bus system serving the capital and its metropolitan area. Nasser City Central Station is also served by three separate high-speed intercity passenger rail lines operated by Union Express, which connect the capital to all large and most medium-sized cities throughout the Arab Union, either directly or via transfer.
Nasser City Central Station is the sixth-busiest passenger rail station in the Arab Union by volume of annual travellers. Its main building features the primary terminal and adjacent five platforms as well as six stories of offices above the 33-feet-high ceiling of the ground-level terminal, which house the administrative and corporate headquarters of Union Rail, the Arab Union's largest rail transport corporation. Immediately across the platforms opposite the main terminal is a rail yard which is used to maintain and store rolling stock. The platforms and rail yard are situated about four metres below street level, as the triple-rail line entering and exiting Nasser City Central Station passes under all surface roads rather than crossing them at grade, which would be highly impractical given the high population density of Nasser City and especially of Bab el-Masdar and other central boroughs. The railways connecting to the station remain at lower grade throughout most of Nasser City, only returning to surface grade in the less dense outskirts of the city and its surrounding suburbs.
