[46], Phase 1 (west) of the project will run from El-Malek El-Saleh Station (Interchange with Line 1) to the October-Oasis Highway Station with a total length of 18 km, passing through Giza Railway Station (Interchange with Line 2);[47][48] the original plan for phase 1 was for it to start from El-Malek El-Saleh Station and end at the Grand Egyptian Museum Station with a total length of 10 km, but the Ministry of Roads & Transportation decided to extend the Line in their efforts to further connect the Governorate of 6 October to the Greater Cairo Area; phase 1 also includes the plan to connect the end of Line 4 to the suburbs of 6 October mainly through executing The October 6th Tram system (The O6T) which will be by using a tram-train system supplied with the Alstom Regio-Citadis trams. When the room's clear, you'll hear chatter of a bomb on board the ship. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or مترو الأنفاق pronounced [ˈmetɾo lʔænˈfæːʔ]) is the rapid transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt.It was the first of the three full-fledged metro systems in Africa and the first in the Arab world to be constructed. Hanouma’s lover, Abu Seri (‘Speedy’), is played by heart-throb male lead, Farid Chaouqi, also very much against type. If you talk about the Egyptian people, you must know about their problems.

movie theaters are playing Cairo Station near you. A locomotive has crashed into a barrier at Cairo’s main train station on Wednesday causing its fuel tank to explode and triggering a huge fire that killed at least 25 people. His parents made strenuous sacrifices for his education, and he attended Victoria College, a mediocre imitation of Eton, surviving from the recent period of British rule. Locate the red arrow that leads to the MAC storage, and stand at the top of the stairway. Summary: During a hot day in Cairo’s main station, Kenaoui, a disabled rural migrant, is offered a job peddling papers and magazines. [36] The second line would be from Sayeda Zainab to Shobra going under Downtown Cairo and would be 9.5 km long. The pitiful mid-twentieth-century urban fellah remains as insignificant as any of his ancestors in pharaonic Egypt three millennia before him. Snipe out the grunt in control of it, and run up the stairs behind him. During the development of his long, often embattled career, Chahine produced 36 feature and short films and six documentaries (Murphy and Williams 2007: 30). There are more Covenant here to slay—do the job, and run up the stairs just around the corner. Station Summary. Rack up 500 points and you'll score a $5 reward for more movies. To cast these stars in such tragic, ‘low-life’ roles was daring, and one of the reasons for the film’s notoriety on release. Clear the hall, and enter one of the hatches with the red arrow pointing to Umbilicals. As he hears the couple begin to make love, in fact a violent attack by Abu Seri on Hanouma, the camera pans in to Kenaoui’s stunned face, and we see that he is still gripping the re-filled Coca-Cola bottle that Hanouma gave him. List of Current and Expected Ridership for Cairo Metro from 2009/2010 until 2019/2020]", "Cairo to order new trains for metro Line 1", Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "Cairo Journal; For Women Only: A Train Car Safe From Men", "Metro lines' working hours return Thursday to 20h instead of 21h", "ننشر تعليمات التشغيل الجديدة لمترو الأنفاق بعد رفع سعر التذكرة لـ2 جنيه", "بالصور...تعرف على أسعار اشتراكات المترو بعد الزيادة الجديدة على", "In-depth look at Cairo metro's fare increase", "Tunnelling and Supported Deep Excavations in the Greater Cairo", "Transurb Technirail Wins Contract to Develop a Driving Simulator for Cairo Metro in Egypt", "National Authority for Tunnels - EIA Study for Greater Cairo Metro Line No.4 Phase 1 - Final Report", "Alcatel extends the communications infrastructure of Cairo's metro line 2", "VINCI : Opening of Phase 1 of Line 3 of the Cairo metro", "New Abbasiya-Heliopolis metro line opens in Cairo", Egypt opens three new stations in the Cairo metro system ahead of 2019 AFCON, "NAT accepts Mitsubishi's technical offer to supply first-phase trains for fourth Metroline", "Egypt begins Cairo Metro Line 4's Phase I in FY15", "Egypt to begin Cairo Metro Line 4 in 2015", "Egypt allocates funds to expand Cairo metro", "Egypt, Canada's Bombardier discuss monorail project near Cairo", "Cairo awards contract to supply and operation of two monorail lines in Egypt", "Egypt, Transport Minister looks to extend Cairo Metro Line 2 to Qalyub", "4 companies qualify for final tender of Cairo metro line 4 phase I", "Cairo Journal: Underground, Everything That Life Above Is Not", National Authority for Tunnels – official website, Some hi-res pictures from inside the Cairo Metro, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cairo_Metro&oldid=977564936, Articles containing Egyptian Arabic-language text, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from August 2020, All Wikipedia articles in need of updating, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from September 2019, Wikipedia articles in need of updating from January 2017, Rail transport articles in need of updating, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2013, Articles with unsourced statements from July 2018, Egypt articles missing geocoordinate data, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, National Authority for Tunnels (Egyptian state), Cairo Metro - The Egyptian Co. for Metro Management & Operation, This page was last edited on 9 September 2020, at 16:16.

[35], The idea of a metro was first proposed in the 1930s by engineer Saiyed Abdel Wahed of the Egyptian Railway Authority,[36] however, the idea did not progress.

Kenaoui’s pathetic insignificance is emphasised in a tilt-up shot of his head and shoulders, dominated by a monumental statue of the ‘great pharaoh’, Ramesses II, the only image of ‘Heritage Egypt’ in the entire film. Film. Cairo Station (77 minutes) is a riveting character study which distinctly combines stark social realism with genre styles. [37] In 1966 Japanese experts advised the creation of a lane between Helwan and El Marg and another one going through Mohandessin, Heliopolis and 26 of July street, for a total of 26 km. Again on 10 May 2018, the ministry of transportation agreed to raise the ticket prices to be EGP 3 for 9 stops, EGP 5 for 16 stops and EGP 7 for more than 16 stops. This phase has a completion date set at October 2019. Production Company: Gabriel Talhami Productions. Kinawi, a physically challenged peddler who makes his living selling newspapers in the central Cairo train station, is obsessed by Hannouma, an attractive young woman who sells drinks. The plans include interchange stations between the six metro lines and would also provides interchange facilities with existing main railway stations, the airport, and bus stations.

[40] The detailed study of the construction took 6 years from 1975 to 1981. Taglines ), The Cinema of North Africa and the Middle East, New York, Wallflower Press, 2007, pp. [17], Line 1 (blue) is the oldest line of the Cairo Metro, with its first 29-kilometre (18 mi) segment having opened in 1987.

The line will cross under the two branches of the River Nile, as does Line 2.

There are more guns back here, which is good to remember if you run out of ammo just a bit ahead—you can return here, grab another gun, and continue on your merry way. The lines use standard gauge (1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)).

The line includes the first tunnel under the Nile.

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Gabriel Youssef Chahine (Shahine) was born 25 January 1926 in Alexandria, to a Greek mother and a Lebanese father, who worked as a lawyer. Eventually it will link Cairo International Airport all the way to Cairo University and Imbaba.

The total length of the line will be approximately 50 kilometres (31 mi), most of which in bored tunnel, and will be implemented in four phases.

The Cairo Metro (Arabic: مترو أنفاق القاهرة‎, romanized: Metro Anfāq al-Qāhirah, lit. Hanouma rejects Kenaoui’s desperate proposal of marriage, and, as night falls, he attempts to murder her in a fit of thwarted jealousy. The third line would go from El Darasa to Imbaba and would be in total 10 km long.

She recalled that working for Chahine was immensely challenging; he was ‘soft moving sands that hide a volcano’ (Fawal 2001: 19). Helwan University station was built between Wadi Houf and Ain Helwan stations. During a hot day in Cairo’s main station, Kenaoui, a disabled rural migrant, is offered a job peddling papers and magazines.

The protagonists are the marginal groups who are confined to the station precincts in a desperate struggle to survive – street children, platform hawkers, unlicensed porters and economic migrants from the countryside. [41], The construction of Line 1 started in 1982 after the French government agreed on giving Egypt the necessary loan. Malek Khouri, The Arab National Project in Youssef Chahine’s Cinema, Cairo, The American University in Cairo Press, 2010. The concourse and platforms of the city transport hub provide a locale that enables Chahine effectively to represent a wide range of Egyptian society. Take out the Elites first (a charged Plasma Pistol shot followed by SMG fire does the trick), and then focus on the Grunts. Clear 'em out, using their own weapons if necessary, and continue through the door and down the next hall. [40] A tender was made for the construction of the metro and the Egyptian-French company Entra Nevra Arabco won it and had the task of constructing the metro system. Follow the red arrow towards Shipping, and shoot down the two flying Elite you meet on your way. The fourth would be from Al Awqaf to the Castle and would be 6.7 km long. [24], Line 1 had a train driving simulator supplied by Transurb Technirail that won the international tender issued by Cairo Metro in December 2011. During the 1990s Chahine’s films increasingly reflected his preoccupation with the rise of Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt and his growing disenchantment with American ‘late capitalism’, culminating in his contribution to the multi-authored 11/09/01 (2002). [37] The Egyptian Ministry of Transport issued an international tender for the creation of the study. [38] The study was finished in 1973 and included mainly the study of the population development in Cairo and its needs for transportation capacity in 1980,1985 and 1990. Chahine’s film portrays the tensions and divisions growing within Egyptian society between the emergent, consumerist urban commuter classes, who were adopting Western dress, popular culture and values, and those Egyptians still adhering to more traditional ways of life – the fellahin (rural labourers), the urban poor and the strict adherents of Islam (Chahine was prosecuted for supposedly contravening Islamic laws of representation in alMuhajir, The Emigrant, 1994). As you enter the doorway you'll take fire from another plasma turret to your right. [53], As of December 2017, Spokesperson for the Egyptian National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) said that there are plans to extend Line 2 7 kilometers to the north from Shubra Al-Kheima station to end at Qalyub station due to the increasing traffic in north Cairo entrances, He also said that bidding will be held in February 2018 and the winner will be revealed mid 2018. In 1954 French experts made a report about the future of the transportation in Egypt.