Metro ticket prices will be increased and subjected to a tier system based on distance traveled by the end of next year, ministry sources tell Al Shorouk. The new pricing scheme will come into effect once the fourth phase of Cairo Metro Line 3 is launched in November 2018, according to the sources. The price changes are also contingent on the installation of new electronic turnstiles at the stations for lines 1 and 2. Transport Minister Hisham Arafat has given a number of dates by which tickets are expected to increase. He had initially said that an increase of EGP 2-4 would be implemented in 4Q2018, but then said the hikes would not happen until Cairo Metro Line 3 is fully operational in 2020. Last month, he said the government would only raise prices once the overhaul of the mass transport system is complete “within a year or two.”

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