The Sadat Metro station, located beneath the iconic Tahrir Square, is closed on Friday amid calls for anti-government protest against deteriorating economic conditions, state news agency MENA reported.
Spokesperson for the metro authority Ahmed Abdel Hady said that the closure comes as per request from security authorities.
A little-known group named Haraket Ghalaba (Movement of the Poor) has called online for Egyptians to protest on Nov. 11 against rising prices and deepening austerity.
Intensive security measures were taken in Tahrir Square and elsewhere in Cairo and several governorates early Friday in the wake of the calls, the interior ministry announced in a statement Thursday.
Following the 2011 uprising, the station has been closed for several times.
The station was also closed for almost two years following the dispersal of the pro-Muslim brotherhood sit-ins in August 2013. It re-opened in June 2015.
