Editing Cairo Metro (section)

==Operations==
[[File:Cairomerto.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Old Cairo Metro turnstile gates (standard ticket); In mid-2010s, those turnstiles were phased out and replaced with newer ones]]
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The middle two cars (4th and 5th) of each train have been [[women-only passenger car|reserved for women]] since 1989<ref>{{cite web|last1=Boskovitch|first1=Angela|title=Photo Essay: Cairo's Transit Woes|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/?fa=55313&lang=en|website=[[Carnegie Endowment for International Peace]]|access-date=4 June 2016|date=12 May 2015}}</ref> (the 5th car becomes mixed-use after 21:00). There are blue signs (pink on the first and second lines) at every station that signify the position of these cars. These cars are used as an option for women who do not wish to ride with men in the same car; however, women can still ride other cars freely. This policy was introduced to the protection of women from [[sexual harassment]] by men.<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |last=Cowell |first=Alan |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/15/world/cairo-journal-for-women-only-a-train-car-safe-from-men.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Cairo Journal; For Women Only: A Train Car Safe From Men |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=15 January 1990 |access-date=2014-06-27}}</ref>

Cairo Metro operates from 05:00 to 01:00 (except during [[Ramadan]], when it operates from 05:00 to 02:00), with the remaining hours reserved for maintenance work.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hebeishy|first1=Reda|title=Metro lines' working hours return Thursday to 20h instead of 21h|url=http://thecairopost.com/news/120177/news/metro-lines-working-hours-return-thursday-to-20h-instead-of-21h|access-date=14 August 2014|work=thecairopost.com|agency=Alyoum Alsabea|date=July 30, 2014}}</ref>

The ticket price was [[Egyptian pound|£E]]1 for each journey, regardless of distance.<ref>{{cite web|title=Getting Around Cairo|url=http://travel.usnews.com/Cairo_Egypt/Getting_Around/|website=U.S. News & World Report Travel|publisher=U.S. News & World Report|access-date=14 August 2014}}</ref> The Ministry of Transportation agreed to double the ticket prices, starting from Friday 24 March 2017, costing £E2 for the normal ticket, £E1.5 for the ticket of the minor, £E1 for the special needs ticket<ref>{{cite web|title=ننشر تعليمات التشغيل الجديدة لمترو الأنفاق بعد رفع سعر التذكرة لـ2 جنيه|url=http://www.youm7.com/story/2017/3/23/%D9%86%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%BA%D9%8A%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%86%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%B9-%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B0%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9/3157558|website=Youm7|access-date=23 March 2017|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=بالصور...تعرف على أسعار اشتراكات المترو بعد الزيادة الجديدة على|url=http://www.masrawy.com/News/News_Egypt/details/2017/3/23/1048701/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%81-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D8%B4%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B0%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B1|website=Masrawy|access-date=23 March 2017|language=ar}}</ref> after formerly costing £E1, £E0.75 and £E0.5, respectively. Again on 10 May 2018, the ministry of transportation agreed to raise the ticket prices to be £E3 for 9 stops, £E5 for 16 stops and £E7 for more than 16 stops.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Rehab Ismail |title=In-depth look at Cairo metro's fare increase |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/2/49814/In-depth-look-at-Cairo-metro-s-fare-increase |website=Egypttoday.com |publisher=news website of the nation's oldest and bestselling English-language social affairs magazine Egypt Today |access-date=30 September 2019 |language=en |date=11 May 2018 |quote=The Ministry of Transportation has increased the price of metro tickets for the second time in less than a year.}}</ref> As of July 2020, 9 stops cost £E5, 16 stops cost £E7, and rides exceeding 16 stops cost £E10.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=14 July 2020 |title=Egypt receives second batch of 32 air conditioned trains for Cairo metro |url=https://alternativeafrica.com/2020/07/14/egypt-receives-second-batch-of-32-air-conditioned-trains-for-cairo-metro/ |work=Alternative Africa |location=London |access-date=30 March 2021}}</ref>

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