The Metro
Cairo's metro (the first in the Arab world) works like nothing else in the city: pristine and efficient, with a well-enforced ban on littering and smoking. Trains run every few minutes from 6am to midnight; outside of the rush hours (as above) they're no more over-crowded than in other cities around the world. The front carriage of each train is reserved for women, worth keeping in mind if you're a lone female traveller. Stations are signposted with a large "M"; signs and route maps appear in Arabic and English. Tickets are purchased in the station (50pt for up to two stops; 80pt from the centre to anywhere; GBPE1.20 from one end of the line to the other); twin sets of booths cater for passengers heading in opposite directions, with separate queues for either sex. Hang onto your ticket to get through the automatic barriers at the other end. Travelling without a ticket will result in a fine (GBPE5). The red metro line connects the northeastern suburb of El-Marg with the southern industrial district of Helwan (via Mubarak, Sadat, Saad Zaghoul, Saiyida Zeinab, Mar Girgis and Maadi), with the green line running from Shobra in the north to Giza (via Mubarak, Ataba, Sadat and Gezira). The yellow Salah Salim to Imbaba line (via Al-Azhar, Ataba and Zamalek) may open in the near future, and an extension of the green line from Giza to Fazal is under construction.
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