Implementing third metro line to close Sudan St. for 3 years

CAIRO – 18 December 2017: Sudan Street in Giza will be closed for three years to begin the implementation of the fourth phase of Cairo’s third metro line that includes Sudan and Kit Kat stations, according to informed sources in Giza governorate.

Closure will begin on December 22 in both directions, and traffic will be diverted in such a way as to prevent congestion. Traffic services will be set in the vicinity of business areas, the sources added.

The National Authority for Tunnels received an offer from French company Vinci to begin implementation of the fourth phase of Cairo’s third metro line, according to the chairman of the National Authority for Tunnels, Tarek Jamal al-Din.

The fourth phase of the new metro line will be 6.65 km long, will be comprised of five underground stations and will extend from Heliopolis to Cairo Airport. Cairo’s third metro line will be a total of 48 kilometers in length after the expansion, making it the longest metro line in the Middle East.

The French company started implementing the first and second phases of Cairo’s third metro line as per a €90 million soft loan contract signed in 2014 that will be provided by the French Development Agency and the European Investment Bank.