The event was attended by French Ambassador to Egypt Eric Chevallier, National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) Chairman Tarek Gewaily, senior officials from the. Minister of Transport Kamel el-Wazir witnessed on Sunday the launch into service of the first two new air-conditioned trains under a contract to supply 55 trains for Cairo Metro’s Line 1 (Helwan–New El-Marg). The contract was signed with French company Alstom and covers a total of 495 air-conditioned carriages.