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A woman wearing a protective face mask sits inside an empty metro train, as she travels on a line Shubra al-Khaimah to Tahrir Square, before the start of a night-time curfew amid concerns over the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt April 17, 2020.
French train maker Alstom has won an 876 million euro ($1.01 billion) contract from Egypt's National Authority for Tunnels to upgrade Cairo's public transport, the company said on Monday.
It said the agreement would cover 55 metro trains and an eight-year maintenance contract for Egypt's oldest metro line, Cairo Metro Line 1.
($1 = 0.8655 euros)
(Reporting by Sarah Morland. Editing by Jane Merriman)
