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Cairo metro contracts signed
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3/5/2007
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On 29 April, Alstom signed
two contracts for the Cairo metro, in Cairo and in the presence of , Ahmed
Nazif, Egyptian Prime Minister, Mohamed Mansour, Egyptian Minister of Transport
and Christine Lagarde, French Minister for Foreign Trade.
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The contracts cover:
- signalling and telecommunications, led by the Alstom
(leader)/Thalès/Orascom consortium, for a total of 29.8 million euros,
of which 17.6 million go to Alstom
- civil engineering and electromechanical equipment, led by the Vinci
(leader)/Bouygues/Spie/Alstom/Thalès/Orascom consortium, for a total of
345 million euros, of which 38 million go to Alstom.
These orders relate to phase 1 (4.3km) of line 3 of the Cairo metro which will,
from 2022, link the district of Imbaba to the airport. The line will eventually
extend to 33 kilometres. |
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