Excavator "Imhotep" crossing the tunnel from the sill station towards Zamalek

The National Tunnel Authority announces that the giant drill "Emhotep" has carried out the work of the third phase, crossed Monday night, under the tunnel of the second line of the subway station Ataba towards the stations of third phase drilling including Gamal Abdel Nbader and Maspero A statement from the national authority for tunnels, that the excavator crosses 4 meters between tunnels safely and successfully without disrupting the operating schedule of the second line or soil consolidation through the use of the latest monitoring and control technologies of the drill. A consultant (SISTERA), the establishment of the French consortium (Vinci-Puig), the Egyptian companies (Orascom and Arab Contractors), and in coordination with the Egyptian company for Metro Operation

. And extends the threshold to Imbaba and the League of Arab States and Balakak Dakrur and pbad this step with a lot of difficult points, and the pbadage from the bottom of the tunnel to the second line of the subway is one of those points has been successful in this area. Work on the establishment of 6 stations in parallel (Nbader – Maspero – Al Zamalek – Kebab Kat – construction of the diversion – Sudan) and the opening of the first part of the third phase (the threshold – Kit Kat) at the end of 2020.