Cairo metro contracts signed

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.