Kamel Al-Wazir, Minister of Transport and Minister of Industry and Deputy Prime Minister for Industrial Development, conducted an inspection tour of phase one of Cairo Metro Line 4, as part of the government's monitoring of national transport projects in line with directives from President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi. The minister visited multiple stations along the western section of phase one, extending from the Grand Egyptian Museum to El-Fustat. He reviewed progress on civil works and instructed that surface restoration be carried out immediately after construction at each station.
During the tour, Minister Kamel Al-Wazir reviewed progress on civil works for phase one of Cairo Metro Line 4, which spans 19 kilometers with 17 stations from Hadayek El-Ashgar to El-Fustat. Track installation has begun at Hadayek El-Ashgar station, while restoration works around the Grand Egyptian Museum have been completed ahead of its opening. He instructed that surface restoration work be carried out immediately after construction is completed at each station.
The minister also inspected the twin tunnels along El-Haram Street, where tunnel boring operations are underway using four tunnel boring machines (TBMs), two in each direction. The first TBM has reached the Grand Egyptian Museum station, the second El-Ramaya, the third El-Talabiya, and the fourth El-Matbaa. He followed up on the assembly of two additional TBMs for the second section of phase one, with the first scheduled to be lowered at El-Fustat station in mid-January and tunneling toward El-Mesaha to begin in mid-March, while the second will start in mid-April.
Al-Wazir stated that the scale of work reflects a major national effort executed entirely by Egyptian engineers and workers through five national contracting companies. Metro Line 4 is one of the most significant mass transit projects under development, connecting 6th of October City and New Cairo to the Greater Cairo Metro network. It will serve densely populated areas including El-Haram, Faisal, El-Omrania, Giza, Nasr City, Al-Azhar University, and New Cairo, while linking historic Cairo with the Giza Plateau and the Grand Egyptian Museum. The project is expected to ease traffic congestion and support tourism, aligning with the state's strategy to expand environmentally friendly and sustainable public transport.
He directed coordination with the Ministries of Tourism and Antiquities, Culture, and Arts on the interior design of the Grand Egyptian Museum station to reflect the site's historical character. Once completed, the line is expected to serve approximately 1.5 million passengers per day. The line will be implemented in four phases: phase two from El-Fustat to New Cairo (26.9 km), phase three from Hadayek El-Ashgar to El-Hosary Square in 6th of October City, and phase four from New Cairo to the New Capital Airport, providing interchange with the Light Rail Transit system.