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- ↑ "Egypt's $1bn Alexandria Metro to start construction in Q1 2020". Middle East Construction News. 10 November 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ "Construction of US $1.5bn Alexandria Metro in Egypt to begin next month". Construction Review Online. 4 September 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
- ↑ "Egypt to launch global tender to implement 1st metro project in Alexandria". 22 March 2021.
- ↑ "Alexandria to launch its first surface metro project at $2.5 billion". Egypt Independent . 21 August 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.