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Why should they build railways in downtown area?

Electric railway opened to serve Cairo’s new cities
https://www.railwaygazette.com/passenger/electric-railway-opened-to-serve-cairos-new-cities/62088.article

10th Ramadan City is 60 km away from central part of Cairo. It's definitely categorized into suburban railway. But, Cairo should accelerate building urban railways rather than suburban railway. Cairo is more populated than New York on metropolitan area basis, while the city just has 3 metro lines in downtown area.