The head of the Cairo Transportation Authority, Mr. Razk Abu Ali, announced that his institution just found a lasting solution to the problems of the sector for which he is responsible. Indeed, the recurring break downs recorded on the Citaro Mercedes-Benz buses, which are used in Cairo, were being repaired and the buses were returned to service.

 

In the same context, Mr. Razk Abu Ali announced that a budget of 50 million Egyptian pounds -6383000 USD- was dedicated in order to acquire the spare parts necessary for the maintenance of the buses of Cairo metropolis. At the same time, some break-downs will be repaired at the local level, in the workshops of Suez bridge, he said.

 

The Cairo Transportation Authority (CTA) was established in the 1950's. Historically, until the 1970's its buses were a mix of locally built Nasr models (based on Magirus-Deutz) and various models of imported buses. Initially Chausson from France, Mercedes-Benz O321H buses from Germany and locally built Nasr 110 (a Magirus-Deutz Saturn license). After that, it was Ikarus 180 and 556 models, Saviem S45 and S105 and several batches of Pegaso -Van Hool from Spain (models 5032 and 6050). And today, the most used buses in Cairo come from the new EAMCO company in affiliation with Daewoo.

Notre that the Cairo Transportation Authority is the operator of mass transit within Cairo, and the largest operator in Egypt. CTA operates more than 3000 buses, 950 minibuses and 40 Nile ferries. With more than 37000 employees, it offers transport services to more than 3.5 million riders a day
 

Samy A.

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