The Ministry of Transport announced changes to railway ticket prices and selected Cairo Metro fare bands from the morning of Friday, 27 March 2026. Other metro fares remain unchanged. The revised prices are as follows:
First: Cairo Metro—all three lines
Up to 9 stations: EGP 10, increased from EGP 8.
Up to 16 stations: EGP 12, increased from EGP 10.
Up to 23 stations: unchanged at EGP 15.
More than 23 and up to 39 stations: unchanged at EGP 20.
Second: Railway services
Ticket prices on long-distance routes increase by 12.5%, while fares on short-distance routes rise by 25%.
The ministry urged passengers, particularly students and public- and private-sector employees, to purchase rail and metro season tickets, which offer substantial discounts on journeys across the railway network and all three metro lines.
In its statement, the ministry attributed the railway and selected metro fare changes to the following factors:
The need to cover operating costs. Egyptian National Railways and the National Authority for Tunnels face significant financial challenges arising from higher global prices for petroleum products imported in foreign currency, alongside repeated electricity price increases in recent years. These have placed a considerable financial burden on both authorities while ticket prices remained unchanged.
The substantial cost of maintaining the existing railway and metro fleets as spare-parts prices rise, alongside ongoing upgrading and development work on several existing railway lines.
Regular increases in staff wages at both authorities, in line with those of other state employees.
The ministry noted that investment in the assets and properties of the railway and tunnels authorities had increased in the recent period to boost their revenues. It said the approved measures would help ensure the continued provision of quality services to the public. Source: the Egyptian Cabinet’s official Facebook page.
