Greater Cairo’s first metro line

The Egyptian government has taken concrete steps to revamp Greater Cairo’s first metro line as it signed a contract with Alstom to supply 55 air-conditioned trains, and an agreement with the French government to acquire funding worth €776.9 million. The development of the line includes introducing an automatic operation system of the trains and reducing headway to 2.5 minutes. What’s more, the local component will be 13.3 percent, and the project will be self-funded by…