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The ministry is also closing in on a final agreement with a Japanese contracting company to develop the metro line, after having <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/04\/10\/transport-ministry-to-sign-metro-line-4-development-agreements-in-july\/\">launched a tender in April<\/a>. Phase 1 stretches over 19 km from 6 October to Fustat and will include 17 stations, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2016\/07\/19\/cairo-metro-line-phase-4b-construction-launched-line-4-phase-1-construction-to-be-launched-in-2017\/\">officials had previously announced<\/a>. The project will be funded by a USD 1.2 bn loan from the Japan International Cooperation Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Transport Ministry expects to break ground on the first phase of Cairo Metro Line 4 in 1Q2018, an unnamed ministry source tells Al Shorouk. The process of preparing Haram Street for digging to begin will take two more months to complete, the source says. 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