Ali Abdel Aal says metro ticket prices “must be raised”

Metro ticket prices “need to be raised” to maintain service quality, House Speaker Ali Abdel Al said yesterday, according to Al Masry Al Youm, in what is a turnaround from last month’s uproar in parliament over the government’s proposed ticket prices hikes for Cairo Metro 3 riders. Abdel Aal’s statement suggests that price hikes are all but certain.