Egypt, Japan sign second financing tranche of metro line 4

The Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir said that Egypt signed with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) the second tranche of development financing for the implementation of the first phase of Metro Line 4 at the value of 41 billion Japanese yen, equivalent to $301 million.

The second tranche will be used to support the implementation of the first phase of Line 4 of the Greater Cairo Metro, with a length of 19 km and 16 stations, to connect the downtown area of Cairo with the Giza Pyramids and the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM).