Cairo metro tickets prices will not see any increase at the present time; however the railway system prices in Egypt are considered the cheapest of all means of transport, the chairman of Railway Ashraf Raslan told Egypt today Saturday. <\/p>\n
Raslan added that any decision to increase the tickets’ prices in the future, will be subject to study by the Railway authority in prior, and approved by the government. <\/p>\n
On May 2018, the Ministry of Transportation increased the price of metro tickets to become LE 3 ($ 0.16) for the first nine stops and an additional LE 2 (total LE 5) for seven more stations. The highest ticket price has been fixed at LE 7 if the commuter travels more than 16 stations. <\/p>\n
Egypt had doubled the price of metro tickets in July 2017 from LE 1 to LE 2, a move that came four months after Egypt floated the pound under its economic reform program. <\/p>\n
The previous price of a ticket was LE 2, without any determinations for the number of stations. <\/p>\n
Transportation Minister Hisham Arafat said the increase to LE 2 followed losses of LE 500 million, which put the network at risk, state-owned newspaper Al-Ahram reported. <\/p>\n
The metro, which works everyday from 5:15 a.m. until 12:30 a.m., was first launched in 1987 and has since become the most important means of transportation in Greater Cairo, helping commuters avoid traffic jams or negotiate fares with unmetered taxis. <\/p>\n
Female commuters can either choose to take the non-segregated cars or use the women-only carriages. For many years the metro tickets cost LE 1, no matter how many stations were used, which was very convenient for everyone.<\/p>\n
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