Latest in Tag: Metro Highlight
Latest in Tag: Metro

National tunnel authority to acquire Tram Heliopolis
Tram Heliopolis will be connected to current metro network and electrified train network

3rd Cairo metro line to resume amid workers’ strike
Train driver involved in Sunday’s derailment referred to investigations

1 injured as metro train crashes near Abbaseya station
Train clashed into buffer stops, says spokesperson

Ajnad Misr claim responsibility for Cairo University metro bombing
The group claim deaths among security officers

Metro fare will not increase: Transport officials
Reports of fare raise are “rumours targeting country’s stability”, says transportation minister

Possible rise in metro ticket price sparks controversy
Campaign warns of “uprising of the poor” to protest the price hike

Metro ticket price will not increase: Metro spokesperson
Cabinet sources attributed as saying metro tickets will increase from EGP 1 to between EGP 1.5 and EGP 3
Gamal Abdel Nasser metro station closed indefinitely
Chief security orders urged us to close the station, says Cairo metro authority

Tunnel authority receives EGP 9bn for metro line expansion
Authority needs over EGP 80bn in funding for wider expansion of Egypt’s metro system, says Chairman Ismail El Nagdy
Two nail bombs explode in metro stations, no injuries or damage caused
Metro authority spokesman says metro was not disrupted

5 explosions in Cairo’s metro stations
Improvised explosive devices detonate in metro, one explosion in Heliopolis

No train fines applied Tuesday, citizens encouraged to vote: Transportation minister
Ministry aims to facilitate the process of reaching polling stations for citizens, says minister of transportation

Transportation ministry announces 28 new investment opportunities
Ministry of transportation reveals investment opportunities involve 3 railway projects, 3 road projects, logistics centre project, 2 new metro lines, tram line, tunnel and 17 maritime transport projects

Sadat Metro Station to open for transfers in May
The metro stop, located beneath Tahrir Square, will remain closed off from the street

Abu El-Reesh Hospital expansions to start next year: Head of the JICA office in Egypt
The organisation has completed a study assessing the potential wind energy development in the western area of the Nile

Dubai retailer Al Futtaim says Egypt Metro Supermarkets deal talk fails
A deal was seen worth between $200 million and $300 million. MAF gave no reason for the breakdown in talks.

Policewomen in action
On Sunday there were present in female-only metro carriages after calls for Muslim Brotherhood supporters to demonstrate inside the metro stations and carriages

Morsi supporters organise metro protests
Traffic on Cairo’s subway remains unhindered
Ministry of Transport finishes EGP 652.5m railroad and metro projects
Projects have also been proposed to upgrade the status of railway cars, including equipping 80 second class cars with air-conditioning at a cost of EGP 110m, along with plans to purchase 36 French railway cars, enough for four new trains, at a cost of EGP 48m.

Four new air-conditioned trains for Cairo Metro next month
Trains purchased from Mitsubishi

Quo vadis, baby?
When I was but a wee lad, I spent my summers in Alexandria, and most of that time at the Alexandria Sporting Club (women’s and men’s basketball champions of Egypt, incidentally). Back then I was active and physically fit; nowadays, my only form of exercise is trying to catch the cats as they dart out …

EGP 141m allotted to build Egypt’s third Metro line
The agreement came after a meeting between cabinet members and Prime Minster Hesham Qandil

Korean ‘Rotem’ wins bid for revitalising metro line
Korean company to provide air-conditioned trains for Cairo’s Marg-Helwan metro line
Carrefour’s acquisition of Metro smacks of monopoly
Chambers of Commerce say deal threatens retail market and hurts competition

Al-Sadat metro attacked
Masked men attempt to close down metro station

Metro workers face investigations
Workers await possible charges of disrupting work

Metro chairperson departs
Ali Hussein leaves Metro authority, appointed as adviser for the Ministry of Transportation despite reports claiming he was sacked

Coptic women attacked on the metro
Women wearing niqab cut the hair of two Coptic females

Lawsuit filed by activist over Metro conditions
As activists lose patience with the conditions of the Metro, the “Be a Man” campaign files a lawsuit against officials demanding better conditions

The underground world of the Metro
A tour inside the Metro stations of Egypt