Sadat metro station, which had been closed for one day, has been reopened to commuters as of Thursday morning. Trains were given the green light to stop at the station, according to Ahmed Abdel Hadi, spokesperson for the Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation.
On Wednesday morning, Egyptian authorities closed Sadat metro station as part of the Interior Ministry's plan to secure the site of the January 25 Revolution, Tahrir Square, on the sixth anniversary of the popular uprising.
The Interior Ministry had earlier devised a plan to secure celebrations on the day commemorating the January 25 revolution that overthrew longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak; however, security authorities did not received any notices of demonstrations.
The plan included the deployment of rapid intervention combat units at vital state institutions; as well as the placement of riot police from the Central Security Forces on high alert, in anticipation of any public disturbances.
Interior Minister Magdy Abdel Ghaffar held a meeting with the ministry's top generals on Monday to give his final instructions on the matter.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
