Major General Kamel El Wazir - Minister of Transport, Dr. Rania Al Mashat - Minister of International Cooperation, Eng. Tarek El Mola Minister of Petroleum & Mineral Resources and Ambassador of Japan to Cairo signed the civil works agreement for the western part of Cairo Metro Line 4 – Phase 1 (Hadayek El Ashgar – El Mesaha) with a length of 13.6 km. The project will be carried out by an Egyptian consortium of the Arab Contractors Company as the “Consortium Leader” and includes Concord, Petrojet and Hassan Allam Sons. The Arab Contractors Company will implement 3 stations in this phase: Grand Egyptian Museum – El Ahram – El Talbiya.
The contract was signed by Dr. Essam Wali – Head of National Authority for Tunnels, Eng. Sayed Farook – President and CEO of the Arab Contractors, Eng. Waleed Lotfy – Chairman of Petrojet, Eng. Hassan Allam – Chairman of Hassan Allam Sons and Eng. Ahmed El Abd – Chairman of Concord.
The signing ceremony was in the presence of the Arab Contractors Company representatives, Eng. Ahmed El Assar – Senior Vice Chairman of the Arab Contractors Company, AC Board Members: Eng. Tarek Saqr, Dr. Mohammed Youssef and Eng. Ibrahim Mabrouk, Eng. Mohamed Abou Deshish – Project Supervisor and Eng. Amany Khodeir – Head of Africa Projects Follow-Up Department.
Thus, the Transport Minister emphasized that the signing of the contract is within the political leadership’s directions to continue the implementation of metro network according to the latest technology systems; this contributes to the maximization of the mass transit system in Egypt. He pointed out that Metro Line 4 has a great importance; it extends for 42 km length and includes 38 stations. The project is divided into 2 phases.
He added that the total value of the signed contract for civil works for the western part of Cairo Metro Line 4 – Phase 1 is about 26 billion EGP (the foreign part from the Japanese loan and the Egyptian part from the Public Treasury Authority).
He pointed out that there are current negotiations with the Egyptian companies to implement the civil works for the eastern part which extends from El Mesaha Station to Amr ibn El Aas Station with 5.1km length.
It is noteworthy that the utilities diversion works is ongoing and extends from the west of the Ring Road in 6 October City crossing Grand Egyptian Museum to El Remaya Square then El Haram Street to interchange the passenger transport with the 2nd line of the metro at Giza station, then it extends to Amr ibn El Aas Station in El Fustat. Thus, it links the governorates of Cairo, Giza and 6 October City.
It is noteworthy that 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 - Nasr City – Al Azhar University – New Cairo. It is expected to transport 2 million passengers daily. In addition to these, the transport service will integrate with the Monorail of 6 October City.
The track of Cairo Metro Line 4 – Phase 1 is 18.8km 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 Arab Contractors Company “the Consortium Leader” is carrying out works worth 6 billion EGP and include the stations of Grand Egyptian Museum – El Ahram – El Talbiya. besides, the AC cooperates with Hassan Allam in the implementation of the tunneling works in the following stations: El Nasr - Grand Egyptian Museum – El Remaya – El Ahram – El Matbaa – El Talbiya with a total length 4.504km.