Cairo launches 3 bus lines operated by 20 gas-powered vehicles

CAIRO – 22 August 2020: The Ministry of Transportation launched on Saturday three bus lines whereas the buses are powered by gas and air conditioned. The price of the ticket for up to half the distance is LE5 and LE10 for up to the whole distance.

One line operates between New Nozha northeastern Cairo and New Cairo. The second is between Maadi and Boulaq Al Dakrour passing through Giza's Dokki. The third is between Al Amiriyah in Central Cairo and New Cairo.

Gas-powered buses launched on August 22, 2020 to operate three lines in Cairo – Press Photo

Those lines include 20 buses and a diesel bus that was converted into gas. Cairo Governor Khaled Abdel Aal told press there is a plan to convert and substitute diesel vehicles so that the 3,300 public transport buses operating in Greater Cairo become gas-powered within two years instead of 4. The target for 2020 is 150 buses.

The 20 buses that entered service on August 22 are the second batch of a deal worth LE610 million to supply 150 gas-powered vehicles. Half the units have been delivered, and the rest will be handed over by the end of 2020.