FILE PHOTO: People wait to board a train at Al Shohadaa "Martyrs" metro station, formerly know as "Mubarak", in Cairo, Egypt July 24, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshUrgent plan worth LE32B to renovate oldest metro line: Transportation Min CAIRO - 13 July 2018: The Ministry of Transportation announced an urgent and comprehensive plan to develop and upgrade the infrastructure of the subway system in Cairo worth billions of pounds. The plan directs a great deal of attention to raising the efficiency of the oldest metro line running from El-Marg to Helwan, south of Cairo. Construction works of phase 3 of metro's 3rd line commence CAIRO - 31 May 2018: Construction works have officially commenced on the third phase of the Greater Cairo metro's third line, announced the Ministry of Transportation on Thursday. The 20-kilometer line will lessen the pressure on the metro’s first line, which runs from northern Cairo and passes through Shubra el-Kheima and New Maadi.

Source: Egypt Today January 26, 2019 10:41 UTC