SPANISH rolling stock manufacture CAF has signed three contracts worth a total of over €450m with Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT), covering the modernisation and maintenance of rolling stock operating on Line 2 of the Cairo metro, as well as maintenance of the Line 1 fleet. The workshops at Shubra will also be upgraded for maintenance operations and for mass production under the fleet modernisation programme. CAF will also maintain the trains for 10 years, under a separate contract running concurrently with the modernisation programme. The contract has a term of 10 years, commencing when CAF completes the modernisation of this fleet under a separate contract that was signed in 2021. CAF is also refurbishing the Line 1 fleet maintenance depot at Kozzika.