Gov’t adamant about implementing Cairo Metro price increases in a year or two

The Ismail government is adamant that ticket prices on the Cairo Metro will rise as soon as an in-progress overhaul of the mass transport system is completed in a year or two, Transportation Minister Hisham Arafat said at a forum on the logistics sector held by the American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt. He said that doubling the price of Metro ticket prices earlier in the year did not dissuade users, and that the number of commuters had in fact jumped 10% since, Al Shorouk reports.

Speaking on the role of the private sector in the national railway overhaul plan, Arafat said both the Safaga-Abou Tartour and the Aswan-Luxor-Hurghada lines were both being put up for the private sector to develop, according to Al Borsa. The ministry also plans to open more ports to private sector developments under the EPC+Finance, public-private partnership, and build-operate-transfer frameworks.