Latest in Tag: Metro Highlight
Latest in Tag: Metro
Ministry of Transport considers metro fare increase
The Ministry of Transport is studying the feasibility of raising the price of metro tickets by around a quarter. Currently EGP1, the new price would be between 125 to 150 piastres, Egyptian media has reported. Furthermore, the ministry is also considering cutting subsidies for public servants, students, the military and police. Egyptian media published contradictory …
France lends Egypt €940 million to complete third metro line
By: Hend El-Behary The French Development Agency (FDA) along with the European Investment Bank have granted Egypt a soft loan of €940 million for the construction and development of phase three of the third Cairo underground line, stated the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation (MPIC). Minister Ashraf Al-Araby of the MPIC, in the presence …
Transport strikes escalate as educations strikes continue
Transport workers escalate their strike after spokesperson of their union was arrested
Fixing Cairo’s traffic woes
As Egypt’s new government grapples with the country’s ongoing traffic woes, the Daily News asks experts about how they would solve the crisis
Metro capacity can reach up to three million passengers
Despite being Cairo fastest mean of transportation, the Metro has its own problems
The “Be a Man” campaign is launched in the metro
“The female carriage is for women only” posters were plastered everywhere in several metro stations
The women’s carriage is for women only
Activists to stick “the women’s carriage is for women only” posters
Protest over death of metro passenger
A female passenger, Madeeha Saber, was killed on the tracks earlier in the week
Metro workers strike; Sharaf promises solutions on Thursday
By Tamim Elyan CAIRO: Tens of metro employees continued on Tuesday their sit-in for the second consecutive day at the central Sadat station despite promises by Prime Minister Essam Sharaf to fulfill their demands by Thursday. Metro employees, including drivers and workers, protested on the tracks of the Sadat station for an hour late Monday, demanding …