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French Ambassador to Cairo Eric Chevallier visited the Alexandria Metro project on Wednesday.
The metro in Greater Cairo is the main and official means of transportation for students in general, especially university students, but has even increased in importance since several expansions in recent years.
The latest prices come soon after a 10-15 percent increase in ticket prices for buses, microbuses, and taxis announced earlier on Thursday.
Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir held Monday talks with the delegations of nine Austrian firms.
Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir and French Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire signed Wednesday the MoU.
This is the first time the ministry has altered the prices since 2020, with the metro serving over 3.5 million commuters daily within the Greater Cairo area
Those are located in Giza's Sudan Street, Imbaba, Al Bohi, Al Qawmeya Al Arabeya, Ring Road, and Cairo's Rod El Farag Axis.
The project aims to enhance transportation in Egypt, and in light of the implementation of the urban transport plan in Alexandria Governorate, the project will work to improve the level of line service and provide an effective and comprehensive means of transportation in the governorate.
President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi ratified Wednesday the agreement between Egypt and the French Development Agency (AFD) on financing the establishment of Abou Kir Metro in Alexandria.
The meeting also tackled the progress rate of the monorail.
El-Wazir described the decision as a delayed one that should’ve been taken ever since the inauguration of the third metro line, Adly Mansour.
Egypt is cooperating with Spain in several aspects of the transport sector, including the railway and metro.
Egyptian Minister of Transport Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, met with the Japanese Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Kenji Yamada, in the presence of the Egyptian Ambassador in Tokyo, Ambassador Mohamed Bakr, and the President of the Egyptian-Japanese Businessmen Association.
The contract value is $656 million and includes two years warranty, in addition to maintenance work for a period of eight years in addition to a massive one-time overhaul for each train.
Minister of Transport Kamel al-Wazir stated Monday that the ticket price of trains and metro will be raised by 25 percent by the end of August.
The minister of transport also presented other investment opportunities.
Works at the first part of the third phase of the third metro line are expected to finalize soon, and operate within two months.
The transport minister revealed new plans on microbuses using the Ring Road.
The Egyptian government has taken concrete steps to revamp Greater Cairo's first metro line.
The Ministry of Transport released pictures of the progress at Adly Mansour exchange station, which includes stops for Metro Line 3, light rail transit, Cairo-Suez railway, the SuperJet bus line, bus rapid transit.
