In December 2022 Eng. Sayed Farouk - CEO & Chairman of the Arab Contractors Company, visited the Cairo Metro Line 4 project to follow up on the work progress. First, there was a meeting to explore the implementation status of the project. The inspection tour included the stations of the Grand Egyptian Museum n. (4) and El Ahram n. (6).   

The Cairo Metro Line 4 is being implemented under the supervision of the Ministry of Transport and the National Authority for Tunnels. The Arab Contractors Company implemented the diaphragm wall of station n. 4 which is in front of the Grand Egyptian Museum, the diaphragm wall of Al Ahram station n. 6 has been completed and the work is ongoing in El Talbiya station n. 10. The CEO inspected the concrete segment production factory and he reviewed the production plans and demanded maximum operating capacity.  

The CEO reviewed the mobilization yard for the TBM’s accessories beside station n. 6 to assure its readiness to receive the TBM for the scope of work of the Arab Contractors.   

The ‎Cairo Metro Line ‎‏4‏‎ is the base for linking ‎‏6‏‎ ‎October City and New Cairo with the Metro ‎network. It provides ‎transportation service for the high-density population areas in El ‎Haram – Faysal – ‎El Omraniya – Giza- Naser City - Al Azhar University ‎‎- New Cairo.   

The Cairo Metro Line ‎‏4‏‎ serves the archaeological areas in Giza and the Grand Egyptian Museum, and connects the far west of Greater Cairo to the far east, and contributes to absorbing the dense surface transport movement on the route of the line, achieving sustainable development in the Greater Cairo region, and eliminating the problem of environmental pollution.   

The fourth metro line will be 42 km long with 38 stations and it is expected to enter passenger operation in February 2028 and to transport ‎‏2‏‎ million ‎passengers ‎daily. The construction is divided into two Phases.  

The first phase - total cost 500.035 billion Japanese yen ($3.8 billion) - will include: the boundaries of the 6th of October City, Al Haram, El Remaya Square, Al Malek Al-Saleh, Amr Ibn Al-Aas. This 19 km section connects Cairo, Giza and 6th of October governorate, and includes 16 stations starting from the exchange station (Hadaek Al Ashgar) on the borders of Sixth of October City, and it will pass down the Nile to the El Malek El Saleh station to intersect with the first line of the metro (Al Marj, Helwan) at the same station, until it reaches Amr bin Al-Aas station, which is the last station of the first phase of the fourth line.  

• The western section of Cairo Metro Line ‎‏4‏‎ – Phase ‎‏1‏, is ‎‏13km length and includes 12 stations: Hadayek El Ashgar ‎- Hadayek El ‎Ahram – El Nasr - Grand ‎Egyptian Museum ‎- El Remaya Square – El Ahram – El Marrioutiya – Al Areesh – El Matbaa – El Talbiya – Madkour - El Mesaha Square.  

• The eastern section between El-Mesaha Square Station and El Fust (turning back point) is approximately 5 km with 4 subway stations  

The second phase will include: Amr Ibn Al-Aas, Nasr City, New Cairo. The length of this stage is 23 km and includes 20 stations, starting from Amr bin Al-Aas station, which it shares with the first phase, passing through Salah Salem Street and the castle, then the Manshiyat Naser area, then Al-Duwayqa, Al-Arab region, the Arab Contractors Club and the Railroad Club, passing through Al-Azhar University, Al-Shahid Axis and Mustafa Al-Nahas Street, Al-Tayaran Street, Abbas Al-Akkad, Makram Ebeid and Hassan Al-Maamoun Street. It reaches the 10th district in Nasr City and then Zahraa Madinat Nasr to intersect with the ring road, and then to Al Warsha area east of the ring road and northern Egypt Suez desert.  

On 03/01/23 The Minister of Transport and International Cooperation signed with the Japanese Embassy and the Japanese Agency for International Cooperation (JICA) the second part of concessional development financing to implement Line 4 phase 1 of the metro with Japan, at a value of EUR280 million (USD301 million/YEN41 bn), in order to enhance the country's development efforts in transportation to become more sustainable, and provide Modern means of transportation that accommodate the population density in Greater Cairo.  Click eg/17 for the tunnelbuilder archive and visit http://www.nat.gov.eg/ and https://www.arabcont.com. 02/23