Commuters
Egyptian commuters will be able to take different means of public transport within the country via the same smart card.
Crowded lines of commuters waiting for the metro at Marg metro station in Cairo are expected to shrink as the government plans to duplicate the 30-year old subway line by the end of this year.
The Ministry of Transportation announced an urgent and comprehensive plan to develop and upgrade the infrastructure of the subway system in Cairo worth billions of pounds.
With metro tickets increasing from a flat fee of LE 1 less than a year ago to up to LE 7 today, commuters find themselves up against more austerity measures.
The chairman of the Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation ordered an increase in the number of ticket windows to ease the recent jams.
The inauguration of the fourth phase of the third line is set for July 2019, after which commuters will be able to use it to reach Cairo International Airport.
The buses will not only operate in Cairo and Giza, but it will be available in other governorates, especially those of Upper Egypt.
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