QENA - Protesters in the Upper Egyptian province of Qena have cleared the way for the resumption of the train service in Southern Egypt after Prime Minister Essam Sharaf ordered the suspension of the province's embattled governor for three months. The first train journey started Monday night bound to Aswan according to railways officials. The protesters ended their strike outside the governorate's building where they had demanded the sacking, not suspension, of the Coptic governor. The suspension of Governor Emad Khalil, a Coptic police general, came after 12 days of massive protests during which the main roads and rail tracks were blocked by angry residents who demand that the new governor be replaced. In an apparent bid to defuse tensions, Sharaf ordered that the Secretary-General Maged Abdel Karim does the job of the governor for three months.