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- ↑ "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.
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