Cairo’s *4th* Metro line?

THIS STORY says that Japan is helping finance Cairo’s 4th Metro line, though it doesn’t say where the line will run, unless I’m just too tired to concentrate properly.

The first line opened in the early 1980’s, and runs pretty much north-south through Tahrir Square. A good line if you live in Helwan, Ma’adi, or Heliopolis, but not too useful for anyone else.

The second line open right around the time I arrived, 2000 or so. It’s much newer-looking, cleaner, and runs roughly perpendicular to the other one, meeting it at Tahrir and also at the former “Mubarak” station (now called “Martyrs”) where the train station is. Good for taking the train to Alexandria.

The third line is the one that makes me really happy, because it will have a stop in Zamalek, just a couple of blocks from me. Finally! But it’s still some years from completion. It’s in progress, though.

I’d literally never heard of the planned 4th line until reading this article a few minutes ago.

Cairo needs it. Way too many cars in this city.