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Cairo Metro Contactless Fare Card

Revision 2026-08-20-evidence-baseline · effective 2026-07-26

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Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 7 claims and 14 source dossiers.

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7: of 7 claims mapped
14: source dossiers
8: publication dates recorded
0: archives linked
0: exact locators
0: content captures hashed

Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Transport for Cairo — Metro GTFS (third party)

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

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7: of 7 claims mapped
14: source dossiers
8: publication dates recorded
0: archives linked
0: exact locators
0: content captures hashed

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: Not recorded

14 source dossiers

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

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID: src-ee3a4eb6458a8418
Publisher: Name not classified · indragroup.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2019-10-21
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
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.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-26011ba410c9c51d

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

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Stable source ID: src-1f6d3cb9db3e9b8e
Publisher: Name not classified · idom.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2019-05-29
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
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.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-a1887d50d15e5ebc

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

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Stable source ID: src-2f005e9929cd59b2
Publisher: Name not classified · mobilitycairo.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
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').
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: Background source; no baseline claim points here

Mobility Cairo / RATP Dev — company page mobilitycairo.com · background

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID: src-960cf2feddf306cf
Publisher: Name not classified · mobilitycairo.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
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.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: Background source; no baseline claim points here

RATP newsroom — Line 3 O&M contract (2020) ratp.fr · background

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Stable source ID: src-448b1ea95510c957
Publisher: Name not classified · ratp.fr
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
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.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: Background source; no baseline claim points here

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

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID: src-18ff82ff83903f30
Publisher: Name not classified · egyptianstreets.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2018-05-11
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
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.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-63b4eea548a2dd30

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

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Stable source ID: src-f75350de5fa6f6b9
Publisher: Name not classified · al-monitor.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2018-05-22
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
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.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-63b4eea548a2dd30

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

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Stable source ID: src-fb4b1e4d7afe95f5
Publisher: Name not classified · dailynewsegypt.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2026-03-26
Updated: 2026-03-27
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
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.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-eaa1aec1d248ee4f

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

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Stable source ID: src-77d4271b02d46211
Publisher: Name not classified · sis.gov.eg
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
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.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: Background source; no baseline claim points here

Indra (supplier, 10 June 2026) — Cairo monorail ABT indragroup.com · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID: src-36b5e331ff9ca566
Publisher: Name not classified · indragroup.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2026-06-10
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
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.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-bf15eff4922185b8

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

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Stable source ID: src-0b7fcb64ee458e2c
Publisher: Name not classified · scenenow.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2025-11-27
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
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.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: Background source; no baseline claim points here

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

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Stable source ID: src-591d7c1f9826cd05
Publisher: Name not classified · egyptianstreets.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: 2023-11-08
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
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.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-935cb70f2c3bd103

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

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID: src-a0b412566afb78bb
Publisher: Name not classified · github.com
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: Open the recorded source note
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'.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked: clm-581e1d6a8cf74047

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

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Stable source ID: src-7d98635aeef7a3c0
Publisher: Name not classified · cairometro.org
Type / language: web-page · language not classified
Published: Not recorded
Updated: Not recorded
Source last checked: No source-level check date
Record last verified: 2026-07-26
Dossier created: 2026-08-20
Retrieved copy: No local capture recorded
Archive: No archived copy linked
Content hash: No captured content hash
Locator: 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.
Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
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.