#railway tickets
Egypt’s Transport Minister Hisham Arafat has announced that prices on railway tickets will increase with 20 to 25 percent on a number of lines, while prices on tickets of suburban railway lines are expected to see even larger price hikes in the coming period. As has been the case with Cairo’s metro system, the Egyptian government argues that ticket prices need to be increased in order for the state to be able to upgrade the rail network and to keep…