National Authority for Tunnels

Egypt’s SEMAF hands over locally-assembled metro train to National Authority for Tunnels

Sun, 13 Aug 2023 - 02:27 GMT

The new train was locally assembled at the Railway Equipment Factory (SEMAF), which is affiliated to the Arab Organization for Industrialization. The handover comes as part of a deal between the National Authority for Tunnels and the South Korean company of Hyundai Rotem.

French company wins Egypt's bid to supply automatic metro ticket machines

Tue, 25 Aug 2020 - 02:40 GMT

The new machines will cover the stations of the first and second lines completely, and operate with coin, and paper currencies and bank credit cards.

Implementation of Heliopolis metro station completed: NAT

Fri, 23 Aug 2019 - 11:52 GMT

The National Authority for Tunnels announced completing the implementation of Heliopolis metro station on the third line linking Heliopolis with Nozha and 10th of Ramadan station.

1st metro train of 4th phase of 3rd line enters service

Sat, 15 Jun 2019 - 11:14 GMT

The first underground metro train within the fourth phase of the third metro line entered service on Saturday departing from Shams Club Station at 5:00 a.m. to Attaba Station.

Millions of euros allocated to improve Cairo Metro network

Sun, 26 Aug 2018 - 03:43 GMT

President Sisi approved a €100 million deal between Egypt and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Building (EBRD).

NAT to buy 6 new air-conditioned metro trains

Sat, 19 May 2018 - 10:20 GMT

The National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) launched Saturday a tender for international companies to offer their bids for providing six new air-conditioned trains

Electric train project to save Egypt LE 2.3B annually

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 - 04:06 GMT

The project will be implemented in 24 months instead of 30 months and is scheduled to be operating by 2020.

Japan’s Taisei Corporation bids for 4th metro line

Mon, 07 Aug 2017 - 11:29 GMT

The fourth metro line will run 19 kilometers and will include 17 stations.

Upgrading Cairo Metro's first line costs €990M, says minister

Sun, 28 May 2017 - 07:15 GMT

The total cost of upgrading the Cairo Metro's first line is €990 million ($1.1 billion), Minister of Transport Hesham Arafat said in a Sunday statement.

Japanese offer to establish new metro line in Alexandria

Mon, 20 Mar 2017 - 03:29 GMT

The National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) has received a Japanese offer to implement a new metro line in Egypt’s Mediterranean city of Alexandria from Masr station to Borg El-Arab city, chairperson of the Central Administration for planning in NAT.

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