CAIRO, July 4, 2018 (MENA) - Transport Minister Hisham Arafat inspected on Wednesday El Marg metro station and El Marg's temporary platform after the closure of the New El Marg Station. The New El Marg station on Cairo Metro Line 1 will be closed for five months to duplicate the distance between the two consecutive metro stations; El Marg and New El Marg. The cost of the doubling of the distance between the two stations is estimated at 19.3 million euros (EGP 96 million), the minister noted. The process of expanding a single track to double track between the two above-ground stations will reduce passengers' congestion, Arafat said. The cost of renovating the New El Marg station is EGP 100 million, the minister added.