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Cairo Metro Contactless Fare Card

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✎ Corrected 22 Aug 2026 Publication date recorded for 14 sources. What changed →

A distance-based fare card since 2013 — and thirteen years on it still opens nothing but the metro's own gates. No bank card or phone works, and paper tickets are still sold at the windows.

Outcome🔄 Ongoing
Evidence🏛️ Officialgrades the sourcing — this entry states no impact figure
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run byEgyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation (Lines 1-2) and RATP Dev Mobility Cairo (Line 3), under the National Authority for Tunnels, Ministry of Transport
Scale🗺️ Regional
Cost≈€7M (2019 five-year ticketing maintenance contract; original build cost not disclosed)
FundingEgyptian state procurement through the Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation and the National Authority for Tunnels

Part of 1001 Smart Cities — 1,167 documented projects · 🏙️ 5 more in Cairo · 🎫 Smart ticketing guide · 🚲 Mobility projects

The Cairo Metro's contactless fare system has run on Lines 1 and 2 since 2013, supplied by Indra, with Thales equipping Line 3 and the two integrated so that one rechargeable wallet card works across all three. Passengers tap in and tap out, and the gate deducts a distance band — EGP 10, 12, 15 or 20 as of March 2026 — under the banded structure that replaced the flat fare in May 2018, a change met with protests and arrests. The card never replaced paper: single-journey tickets are still sold at windows. Thirteen years on it remains an ordinary stored-value card. No bank card, QR code or phone opens a gate; Visa terminals reached ticket booths on Lines 1 and 2 only in December 2025, and Line 3's operator still takes cash at its offices. The network belongs to the National Authority for Tunnels under the Ministry of Transport, which sets fares nationally; the state Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation runs Lines 1 and 2, and RATP Dev Mobility Cairo has run Line 3 since 2021 under a 15-year contract awarded in 2020. A single card spanning metro, monorail, light rail and buses was announced in November 2023 and again in November 2025 without arriving; the new monorail was equipped separately in 2026 with a different, account-based system.

Live 📅 since 2013

🎓 Lesson

A fare card is not a network card. Cairo's has charged by distance since 2013, and thirteen years on it still stops at the metro's own gates. Nothing measurable comes back out of it either: neither operator publishes ridership or a schedule feed, circulating daily-ridership claims run from 3 million to 5 million with no reconciliation, and the only machine-readable Cairo Metro GTFS is a third-party estimate released by Transport for Cairo in 2016 under a non-commercial licence.

🚲 MobilitySmart ticketingPublic transport

Sources

↗ Indra (supplier, Oct 2019)Published 21 October 2019Fetched OK. The load-bearing date: states Indra's Lines 1 and 2 access-control and ticket-sale systems 'came into operation in 2013', describes an 'advanced contactless ticketing solution', and records a five-year maintenance renewal 'for an amount exceeding 7 million Euros'. Supplier self-report — the only primary source located for the 2013 date.
↗ IDOM (supervising engineer)Published 29 May 2019Fetched OK. Independent of the suppliers. Confirms the split — Indra for Lines 1 and 2, Thales for Line 3 — and that IDOM verified 'integration protocols between the existing and new line systems'. Equipment scope: 55 ticket office machines, 250 new automatic gates, 350 upgraded gates, one central control unit. No dates given.
↗ Mobility Cairo / RATP Dev (operator, Line 3) — FAQFetched OK. Operator primary. Confirms reloadable Wallet cards and season passes sold at Line 3 ticket offices and vending machines, and states plainly 'To purchase tickets and Wallet cards only cash money payement is available' — the basis for the finding that Line 3 takes cash only. Also confirms no online ticket sales ('Not yet').
↗ Mobility Cairo / RATP Dev — company pageFetched OK. Confirms RATP Dev Mobility Cairo is a 100% RATP Dev subsidiary and has operated Green Line 3 since 2021. Does not give contract date, duration, value or awarding authority.
↗ RATP newsroom — Line 3 O&M contract (2020)FETCH FAILED (403), as did International Railway Journal and Railway Gazette on the same contract. Search-level only: three trade outlets concur that the National Authority for Tunnels awarded RATP Dev a 15-year operation and maintenance contract signed September 2020, reported at €1.1bn. The entry states the 15-year term and 2020 award, which mobilitycairo.com corroborates as to operation from 2021; the €1.1bn value is deliberately left out of the snippet as unfetched.
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↗ Egyptian Streets (press, 11 May 2018)Fetched OK. Ministry of Transport introduced distance banding at EGP 3 / 5 / 7 by number of stops, replacing a flat fare, effective 12 May 2018. Confirms the mechanism the card depends on. References a companion piece on arrests but carries no detail.
↗ Al-Monitor (press, May 2018)Published 22 May 2018NOT FETCHED — search-level only. Supports the unquantified statement that the 2018 rise drew protests and arrests; Middle East Eye carries a parallel report. No arrest count is asserted in the entry because none could be confirmed at source.
↗ Daily News Egypt (press, 26 Mar 2026)Updated 27 March 2026Fetched OK. Current bands after the March 2026 adjustment: EGP 10 up to 9 stations, EGP 12 up to 16, EGP 15 up to 23, EGP 20 for 23-39. Source for the four-tier structure in the snippet.
↗ Egypt State Information Service (Dec 2025)FETCH FAILED (503); Ahram Online's version of the same story also failed (403). Search-level across three outlets: on 9 December 2025 the Transport Ministry activated Visa-accepting payment machines at ticket booths and subscription offices on Lines 1 and 2 only. Critically this is payment AT THE COUNTER, not open-loop EMV at the gate. The same ministry statement quoted 'more than 4.5 million passengers daily' — one of four irreconcilable ridership figures, so unused.
↗ Indra (supplier, 10 June 2026) — Cairo monorail ABTFetched OK. The monorail runs a separate account-based system across 35 stations, 400+ faregates. Decisive negative evidence: the release lists EMV bank card access and mobile app integration as FUTURE capabilities, and describes integration with other operators as something possible 'further ahead' — confirming no unified card and no open loop exist today.
↗ SceneNow (press, 27 Nov 2025)Fetched OK. The unified metro/monorail/LRT/bus card spanning ECM, RATP Dev, Mwasalat Misr and private operators is 'being developed', with no launch date and no figures. Establishes the re-announcement two years after the first.
↗ Egyptian Streets (press, 8 Nov 2023)Fetched OK. The first announcement, by Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir: one card for trains, metro, light rail and buses. No timeline, no figures, nothing operational at the time.
↗ Transport for Cairo — Metro GTFS (third party)Fetched OK. Basis for the open-data finding. A civic initiative, not the operator, released the only machine-readable Cairo Metro feed for Open Data Day Cairo 2016, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, with the README caveat that 'All data related to schedules and dates are estimations'.
↗ cairometro.org (independent guide)Fetched OK. LOW AUTHORITY — self-declared as not operated by the National Authority for Tunnels or any government body. Used only to corroborate that one card is valid on all three lines, that it works tap-in/tap-out with the band deducted automatically, that paper single-journey tickets are still sold, and that Visa is accepted at booths on Lines 1 and 2 only. The official operator site cairometro.gov.eg returned 503 on every attempt, so no operator confirmation of the card price or network-wide validity was obtainable.

📅 How old is the evidence?

Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2013. 7 of 14 sources carry a publication date, from 11 May 2018 to 10 June 2026.

When the sources were published

  1. Egyptian Streets · pressEgyptian Streets (press, 11 May 2018)
  2. Al-Monitor · pressAl-Monitor (press, May 2018)
  3. IDOM · vendorIDOM (supervising engineer)
  4. Indra · vendorIndra (supplier, Oct 2019)
  5. Egyptian Streets · pressEgyptian Streets (press, 8 Nov 2023)
  6. Daily News Egypt · pressDaily News Egypt (press, 26 Mar 2026) · updated 27 March 2026
  7. Indra · vendorIndra (supplier, 10 June 2026) — Cairo monorail ABT

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Claim 1 clm-26011ba410c9c51d quantitative
The Cairo Metro's contactless fare system has run on Lines 1 and 2 since 2013, supplied by Indra
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The supplier's own release names the two lines, the 2013 implementation and the continuing maintenance contract.
Caveat
Supplier material; the operator publishes nothing comparable.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Indra (supplier, Oct 2019)
Claim 2 clm-a1887d50d15e5ebc quantitative
with Thales equipping Line 3 and the two integrated so that one rechargeable wallet card works across all three
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The supervising engineer's project page names Thales for Line 3 and describes the integration and interoperability work with Lines 1 and 2.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. IDOM (supervising engineer)
Claim 3 clm-eaa1aec1d248ee4f quantitative
the gate deducts a distance band — EGP 10, 12, 15 or 20 as of March 2026
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The report gives the March 2026 revision of the distance bands, including the two lowest bands the entry lists.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Daily News Egypt (press, 26 Mar 2026)
Claim 4 clm-63b4eea548a2dd30 quantitative
under the banded structure that replaced the flat fare in May 2018, a change met with protests and arrests
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Egyptian Streets reports the May 2018 switch from a flat fare to bands by number of stops; Al-Monitor covers the public reaction to the same increase.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Egyptian Streets (press, 11 May 2018)
  2. Al-Monitor (press, May 2018)
Claim 5 clm-935cb70f2c3bd103 quantitative
A single card spanning metro, monorail, light rail and buses was announced in November 2023 and again in November 2025 without arriving
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The November 2023 report announces a unified electronic transit card for all public transport; the entry's point is that the announcement recurred in November 2025 and the card still does not exist.
Caveat
The 2025 repetition is carried by the SceneNow piece, which could not be re-read on 20 August 2026.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Egyptian Streets (press, 8 Nov 2023)
Claim 6 clm-bf15eff4922185b8 quantitative
the new monorail was equipped separately in 2026 with a different, account-based system
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The supplier's June 2026 release names account-based ticketing for the new monorail, a different model from the metro's stored-value card.
Caveat
Supplier announcement; no operator confirmation of live service was located.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Indra (supplier, 10 June 2026) — Cairo monorail ABT
Claim 7 clm-581e1d6a8cf74047 quantitative
the only machine-readable Cairo Metro GTFS is a third-party estimate released by Transport for Cairo in 2016 under a non-commercial licence
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The entry cites the Transport for Cairo GTFS release for this. The host refused an automated request (HTTP 403) on 20 August 2026, so no verbatim locator could be recorded.
Caveat
Not re-read; the licence and the 2016 date rest on the entry's original reading.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Transport for Cairo — Metro GTFS (third party)
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation (Lines 1-2) and RATP Dev Mobility Cairo (Line 3), under the National Authority for Tunnels, Ministry of Transport
Actor types
utility, private
Funding model
public
Funding description
Egyptian state procurement through the Egyptian Company for Metro Management and Operation and the National Authority for Tunnels
Cost
≈€7M (2019 five-year ticketing maintenance contract; original build cost not disclosed)
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
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14 source dossiers

Indra (supplier, Oct 2019) indragroup.com · 1 linked claim

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src-ee3a4eb6458a8418
Publisher
Name not classified · indragroup.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2019-10-21
Updated
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Record last verified
2026-07-26
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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No local capture recorded
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Fetched OK. The load-bearing date: states Indra's Lines 1 and 2 access-control and ticket-sale systems 'came into operation in 2013', describes an 'advanced contactless ticketing solution', and records a five-year maintenance renewal 'for an amount exceeding 7 million Euros'. Supplier self-report — the only primary source located for the 2013 date.

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IDOM (supervising engineer) idom.com · 1 linked claim

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src-1f6d3cb9db3e9b8e
Publisher
Name not classified · idom.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2019-05-29
Updated
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Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-07-26
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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No local capture recorded
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No archived copy linked
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Fetched OK. Independent of the suppliers. Confirms the split — Indra for Lines 1 and 2, Thales for Line 3 — and that IDOM verified 'integration protocols between the existing and new line systems'. Equipment scope: 55 ticket office machines, 250 new automatic gates, 350 upgraded gates, one central control unit. No dates given.

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Claims linked
Mobility Cairo / RATP Dev (operator, Line 3) — FAQ mobilitycairo.com · background

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Name not classified · mobilitycairo.com
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web-page · language not classified
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Record last verified
2026-07-26
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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No local capture recorded
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Fetched OK. Operator primary. Confirms reloadable Wallet cards and season passes sold at Line 3 ticket offices and vending machines, and states plainly 'To purchase tickets and Wallet cards only cash money payement is available' — the basis for the finding that Line 3 takes cash only. Also confirms no online ticket sales ('Not yet').

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Background source; no baseline claim points here
Mobility Cairo / RATP Dev — company page mobilitycairo.com · background

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src-960cf2feddf306cf
Publisher
Name not classified · mobilitycairo.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
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Not recorded
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No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-07-26
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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Fetched OK. Confirms RATP Dev Mobility Cairo is a 100% RATP Dev subsidiary and has operated Green Line 3 since 2021. Does not give contract date, duration, value or awarding authority.

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Background source; no baseline claim points here
RATP newsroom — Line 3 O&M contract (2020) ratp.fr · background

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src-448b1ea95510c957
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Name not classified · ratp.fr
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web-page · language not classified
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Record last verified
2026-07-26
Dossier created
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FETCH FAILED (403), as did International Railway Journal and Railway Gazette on the same contract. Search-level only: three trade outlets concur that the National Authority for Tunnels awarded RATP Dev a 15-year operation and maintenance contract signed September 2020, reported at €1.1bn. The entry states the 15-year term and 2020 award, which mobilitycairo.com corroborates as to operation from 2021; the €1.1bn value is deliberately left out of the snippet as unfetched.

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Egyptian Streets (press, 11 May 2018) egyptianstreets.com · 1 linked claim

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src-18ff82ff83903f30
Publisher
Name not classified · egyptianstreets.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2018-05-11
Updated
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Record last verified
2026-07-26
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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Fetched OK. Ministry of Transport introduced distance banding at EGP 3 / 5 / 7 by number of stops, replacing a flat fare, effective 12 May 2018. Confirms the mechanism the card depends on. References a companion piece on arrests but carries no detail.

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Al-Monitor (press, May 2018) al-monitor.com · 1 linked claim

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src-f75350de5fa6f6b9
Publisher
Name not classified · al-monitor.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2018-05-22
Updated
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Record last verified
2026-07-26
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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NOT FETCHED — search-level only. Supports the unquantified statement that the 2018 rise drew protests and arrests; Middle East Eye carries a parallel report. No arrest count is asserted in the entry because none could be confirmed at source.

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Daily News Egypt (press, 26 Mar 2026) dailynewsegypt.com · 1 linked claim

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Name not classified · dailynewsegypt.com
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web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-03-26
Updated
2026-03-27
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Record last verified
2026-07-26
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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Fetched OK. Current bands after the March 2026 adjustment: EGP 10 up to 9 stations, EGP 12 up to 16, EGP 15 up to 23, EGP 20 for 23-39. Source for the four-tier structure in the snippet.

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Claims linked
Egypt State Information Service (Dec 2025) sis.gov.eg · background

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src-77d4271b02d46211
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Name not classified · sis.gov.eg
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web-page · language not classified
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Record last verified
2026-07-26
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2026-08-22
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FETCH FAILED (503); Ahram Online's version of the same story also failed (403). Search-level across three outlets: on 9 December 2025 the Transport Ministry activated Visa-accepting payment machines at ticket booths and subscription offices on Lines 1 and 2 only. Critically this is payment AT THE COUNTER, not open-loop EMV at the gate. The same ministry statement quoted 'more than 4.5 million passengers daily' — one of four irreconcilable ridership figures, so unused.

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Background source; no baseline claim points here
Indra (supplier, 10 June 2026) — Cairo monorail ABT indragroup.com · 1 linked claim

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src-36b5e331ff9ca566
Publisher
Name not classified · indragroup.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-06-10
Updated
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Record last verified
2026-07-26
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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No local capture recorded
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Fetched OK. The monorail runs a separate account-based system across 35 stations, 400+ faregates. Decisive negative evidence: the release lists EMV bank card access and mobile app integration as FUTURE capabilities, and describes integration with other operators as something possible 'further ahead' — confirming no unified card and no open loop exist today.

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SceneNow (press, 27 Nov 2025) scenenow.com · background

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Publisher
Name not classified · scenenow.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-11-27
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Record last verified
2026-07-26
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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Fetched OK. The unified metro/monorail/LRT/bus card spanning ECM, RATP Dev, Mwasalat Misr and private operators is 'being developed', with no launch date and no figures. Establishes the re-announcement two years after the first.

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Egyptian Streets (press, 8 Nov 2023) egyptianstreets.com · 1 linked claim

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src-591d7c1f9826cd05
Publisher
Name not classified · egyptianstreets.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2023-11-08
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-07-26
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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Fetched OK. The first announcement, by Minister of Transport Kamel Al-Wazir: one card for trains, metro, light rail and buses. No timeline, no figures, nothing operational at the time.

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Transport for Cairo — Metro GTFS (third party) github.com · 1 linked claim

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Stable source ID
src-a0b412566afb78bb
Publisher
Name not classified · github.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
Not recorded
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-07-26
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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No local capture recorded
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No archived copy linked
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Fetched OK. Basis for the open-data finding. A civic initiative, not the operator, released the only machine-readable Cairo Metro feed for Open Data Day Cairo 2016, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0, with the README caveat that 'All data related to schedules and dates are estimations'.

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Claims linked
cairometro.org (independent guide) cairometro.org · background

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src-7d98635aeef7a3c0
Publisher
Name not classified · cairometro.org
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
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Not recorded
Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-07-26
Dossier created
2026-08-22
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No local capture recorded
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No archived copy linked
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Open the recorded source note

Fetched OK. LOW AUTHORITY — self-declared as not operated by the National Authority for Tunnels or any government body. Used only to corroborate that one card is valid on all three lines, that it works tap-in/tap-out with the band deducted automatically, that paper single-journey tickets are still sold, and that Visa is accepted at booths on Lines 1 and 2 only. The official operator site cairometro.gov.eg returned 503 on every attempt, so no operator confirmation of the card price or network-wide validity was obtainable.

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Claims linked
Background source; no baseline claim points here
Known limits of this passport
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Cairo Metro Contactless Fare Card” — Cairo, Egypt. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/cairo-metro-ticketing/ (last verified 2026-07-26). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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