Isis Bolkly Roushdy Mohammed Mahfouz Mustafa Kamil Sidi Gaber El Mahata (Railway station) Cleopatra (Zananere) El Reyada El Kobra (Sporting El Kobra) El Reyada El Soghra (Sporting Al Soghra) Al Ibrahimiyya El Moaskar (Camp Chezar) Al Gamaa (The university) Al Shatby El Shobban El Moslemin El Shahid Moustafa Ziean Hassan Rasim (Azarita) Gamea' Ibrahim (Mosque of Ibrahim) Mahattet Al Ramlh (Ramlh Station) Metro Construction of the Alexandria Metro was due to begin in 2020 at a cost of $1.05 billion. Taxis and minibuses Taxis in Alexandria sport a yellow-and-black livery and are widely available. While Egyptian law requires all cabs to carry meters, these generally do not work and fares must be negotiated with the driver on either departure or arrival. The minibus share taxi system, or mashrū' operates along well-known traffic arteries. The routes can be identified by both their endpoints and the route between them: Corniche routes: El Mandara – Bahari El Mandara – El Mansheya Asafra – Bahari Asafra – El Mansheya El Sa'aa – El Mansheya Abu Qir routes: El Mandara – El Mahata (lit. "the Station", i.e. Misr Railway Station) Abu Qir – El Mahata Victoria – El Mahata El Mandara – Victoria Interior routes: Cabo – Bahari El Mansheya – El Awayid El Mansheya – El Maw'af El Gedid (the New Bus Station) Hadara – El Mahata The route is generally written in Arabic on the side of the vehicle, although some drivers change their route without changing the paint. Some drivers also drive only a segment of a route rather than the whole path; such drivers generally stop at a point known as a major hub of the transportation system (for example, Victoria) to allow riders to transfer to another car or to another mode of transport. Fare is generally L.E. 5.00 to travel the whole route. Shorter trips may have a lower fare, depending on the driver and the length of the trip. Culture Libraries The Royal Library of Alexandria, in Alexandria, Egypt, was once the largest library in the world. It is generally thought to have been founded at the beginning of the 3rd century BC, during the reign of Ptolemy II of Egypt. It was likely created after his father had built what would become the first part of the library complex, the temple of the Muses—the Museion, Greek Μουσείον (from which the Modern English word museum is derived). It