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EIB signs loan for Cairo metro extension
EGYPT: The European Investment Bank signed the €200m first tranche of a €600m loan to part-fund construction of the third phase of Cairo Metro Line 3 on November 14. Phase III will add 17·7 km and 15 stations to the network, and according to EIB is intended to enhance access ...
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JICA to fund Cairo metro Line 4
EGYPT: Less than a month after the opening of the first stage of Cairo Line 3, the National Authority for Tunnels has authorised the start of work on the capital's fourth metro route. On March 19 Minister of Transport Dr Galal Moustafa Mohamed Said signed a loan agreement with the ...
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Cairo metro Line 3 opens
EGYPT: The 4∙2 km five-station Phase I of Cairo metro Line 3 was opened on February 21, linking the eastern part of the capital from the city centre.A consortium led by Vinci Construction with Bouygues Travaux Publics, Orascom and Arab Contractors, took 51 months to complete the underground section between ...