Transport Minister Saad el-Geyoushi said Tuesday that tickets for the third line of Cairo’s metro will increase from LE1 to LE10 for full journeys from its starting and ending stops.
Tickets for the first phase of that line, which includes five stops, will sell for LE3, rising to LE4 for journeys ending with the the second phase (four stops), the minister said in exclusive statements to state-run news agency MENA.
Egypt already has two old operative lines, with the third line partially finished. It plans to finish three extra lines by 2030. Construction for the fourth stage of the third line began last April.
According to the minister, one subway line costs “both the state and citizens” nearly LE48 billion. He said ticket prices will always be connected with operation costs, “yet cheaper than other private sector transportations,” as he put it.
Earlier reports about possible increases to metro ticket prices caused a public stir as the transportation system is an indispensable means of traveling across Cairo.
Edited translation from MENA
