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32-463: The Cairo Monorail was first conceptualized in the late 2010s to combat the rise of traffic in the Greater Cairo area , and to provide a rapid transportation option for suburban residents. The Monorail was also thought of as a rail link between Cairo and Egypt 's New Administrative Capital . The Monorail has also been chosen to use renewable resources , to cause less pollution and to be

64-492: A zero emissions form of transit. The monorail is also automated , meaning it does not require a driver for operations. Funding for the project was secured and obtained through a mix of local and international investments. This included a substantial loan facilitation agreement between the National Authority for Tunnels and GB Morgan Europe Limited, as well as contributions from other financial institutions such as

96-406: A landslide hit the construction site on Al-Gueich Street. The phase 1 civil engineering contract covered construction of a 4.3 km (2.7 mi) tunnel section and five stations. VINCI subsidiary ETF-Eurovia Travaux Ferroviaires led the consortium responsible for the track works. This included the supply and laying of 11 km (6.8 mi) of track and the power rail in the tunnel. In 2012 it

128-521: A transfer to the Cairo Metro Line 3 at Nile Valley Station, part of the line's eastern expansion plans. This article about transport in Egypt is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Greater Cairo The Greater Cairo ( Arabic : القاهرة الكبرى , romanized :  Al-Qāhira al-Kubrā ) is a metropolitan area centered around Cairo , Egypt . It comprises

160-704: Is a commuter rail line linking the New Administrative Capital with Cairo. The line starts at Adly Mansour Station at Al Salam City providing a transfer to the Cairo Metro Line 3, and splits into two branches at Badr station. The northern branch runs parallel to the Cairo Ring Road , reaching 10th of Ramadan City . The southern branch connects to the New Administrative Capital. Intermediate cities along

192-462: Is at grade, and ending at the elevated Cairo University station, where Line 2 and Line 3 are connected to each other. This stage with additional 5.1 km (3.2 mi) opened on 15 May 2024. Phase 4C is proposed to start from Heliopolis station passing through Al-Hegaz Square and Military Academy area to Sheraton District and after 7.0 km (4.3 mi) ending at Cairo International Airport . If built, it would have five tunnel stations. There

224-455: Is no proposed completion date for this phase. Line 3 connects with Line 1 at Nasser station and with Line 2 at Cairo University and Attaba stations. Line 3 riders can access Egyptian National Railways long-haul and short-haul domestic passenger service via transfer to Line 2 or Line 1 and debarkation at Shohadaa Station near Ramses Station . Cairo Transport Authority buses and private microbus services are also nearby. The Cairo LRT

256-1192: The Cairo Metro Line 3 at its terminus in Stadium station. It will also be connected to the Cairo LRT at Almasa Hotel station (transfer to the Arts and Culture City station of the LRT). Work on the October Line started in January 2020, and was projected to begin operating in mid 2023. However work on it has been delayed due to difficulties in expropriating land for the project, pushing the operational date to October 2024. The line will be 45 kilometres (28 mi) long, with 13 stations starting with New October Station, Industrial Zone Station, Sadat Station, Sixth of October City Authority Station, Engineers Association Station, Nile University Station, Hyper One station, Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, Mansouriya Station, Mariouteya Station, Ring Road Station, Bashteel Station, and termi ating at Nile Valley Station. The line will provide

288-651: The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB). The total funding amounted to approximately 4.5 billion Euros . In August 2019, the French rolling stock manufacturer, Alstom , would lead a consortium with many businesses, which includes Orascom Construction and several Egyptian Contractors. The consortium would sign a 2.7 billion Euros contract to design, construct, operate, and maintain

320-453: The 7th District, Free Zone, Marshal Tantawy, Cairo Festival, Air Hospital, Narjis District, Mohammed Naguib, American University, Emaar, Nafoura Square, Al Barwa, Middle Ring Road, Mohammed Bin Zayed, Regional Ring Road, Almasa Hotel, Ministries (Al Wezarat) District, Administrative Capital, and terminating at an unknown station 22 (referred to as Station 22). The line will provide a transfer to

352-797: The Cairo, Giza, and Qalyubia Governorates. Within Greater Cairo lies the largest metropolitan area in Egypt , the largest urban area in Africa , the Middle East , and the Arab world , and the 6th largest metropolitan area in the world. In its larger definition, the area includes all cities in the Cairo Governorate (Cairo, New Cairo , Badr , Shorouk , 15th of May , the New Administrative Capital , and Capital Gardens) as well as

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384-585: The Heliopolis Square-Cairo International Airport branch) is set to be completed by 2024. Line 3 was first started with the Attaba to Abbasiya section, the "first phase", followed by the second phase, from Abbasiya to Heliopolis, which are the two most urgent sections with respect to transportation needs. The design of Phase 1 needed to take into consideration the safe crossing of two major underground structures, namely,

416-464: The Line 2 bored tunnel at Attaba and the wastewater spine tunnel north of Attaba. It was also planned that some of the underground stations would be used as extensive commercial centres. These stations will be constructed by the cut-and-cover method and the rolling stock will be fed by power through a third rail. Orascom Construction Industries won the tender for E£ 1 billion for the construction of

448-624: The Nile passing through Zamalek island at Safaa Hegazy station and ending at Kit Kat station under the Kit Kat Square. It was delayed due to the uprising in Egypt. Construction of the western branch of Line 3 started in September 2017, and this first section opened on 6 October 2022. Construction of phase 3B from Kit Kat Station going under Sudan Street (new station) then through Imbaba to

480-673: The control center at the New Administrative Capital to the Moshir Mosque Station. Cairo Monorail is set to use 70 fully automated Alstom Innovia Monorail 300 vehicles for both lines. The vehicles are four cars long and were manufactured at Alstom 's Derby Litchurch Lane Works factory in Derby , United Kingdom . The Innovia 300 Monorail system incorporates Alstom ’s Cityflo 650 CBTC system, which uses radio communication and moving block technology to manage train operations. Construction on this line began in 2019 and

512-686: The cross point of the Ring Road and ending at Rod al-Farag Axis with 6.6 km (4.1 mi) length and six new stations over all continued until 2023, this extension began revenue service on 1 January 2024. The project included a main workshop adjacent to the western terminal of the line and a light repair workshop at the middle of the line at Abbassia station . Phase 3C started from Kit Kat station heading towards Al Tawfikiya (new tunnel station) passing through Mohandessin under Wadi Al-Nil and Gamaet Al Dowal streets (both streets have one tunnel station each), then headed to Bulak Al-Dakror Station, which

544-415: The eastern part of Cairo from the city centre. 3,500 people, including 85 expatriate staff, worked on this project, which took 51 months to complete. The project was built by a consortium, led by VINCI Construction Grands Projets, comprising Bouygues Travaux Publics, Orascom and Arab Contractors. The first phase cost a total of E£4.2 billion (US$ 700 million). The work was delayed in September 2009, after

576-607: The entirety of the Cairo Governorate , the cities of Imbaba and Giza in the Giza Governorate , and the city Shubra El Kheima in Qalyubia Governorate . Its definition can be expanded to include peri-urban areas and a number of new planned towns founded in the desert areas east and west of Cairo. The Greater Cairo Region is also officially defined as an economic region consisting of

608-656: The first phase of the project. The line has trains supplied by a joint venture of Kinki Sharyo and Toshiba and a contactless fare collection system and integrated supervision and communication system supplied by the Thales Group . France provided a 280 million dollar loan for the second phase of the project to French companies involved in the project. Phase 1 was completed on 21 February 2012. It runs from Attaba station to Abbassia station . This first phase includes five underground stations (Attaba, Bab El Shaariya , El-Geish , Abdou Pasha , and Abbassiya) and serves

640-436: The later phases. Line 3 is the only metro line in Cairo managed by a private operator-maintainer, namely RATP Dev within the framework of a 15-year contract signed in 2020 and in execution since June 2021. Construction began in 2006, with the first section opening on 21 February 2012. The line is planned to consist of 39 stations, 26 tunnel stations, 11 elevated stations and 2 at-grade stations. The whole line (except for

672-632: The less populated parts at the east and the west do not experience the urban heat island effect , which makes them more prone to have soft hail . 60% of all informal houses in Egypt are located in the Greater Cairo area. Cairo Metro Line 3 Cairo Metro Line 3 is a main east-west line of the Cairo Metro rapid transit system in Greater Cairo , Egypt . It has a length of 34.2 km (21.3 mi) with 34 stations (21 underground, 2 at grade, 11 elevated), all built and operated in seven phases between 2007 and 2024. As of 2024,

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704-798: The line completing its path towards El-Nozha. It starts from Haroun El-Rashed Street and passes through Heliopolis Square and ends at Ain Shams District. It has four tunnel stations: Haroun, Heliopolis Square, Alf Masken and El Shams Club. Haroun, El Shams Club and Alf Maskan stations opened on 15 June 2019, in time for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations , with Heliopolis Square station opening later on 20 October 2019. Phase 4B starts from El-Nozha passing through Qobaa on Gesr Al-Suez Street then towards Hikestep district and ends at Adly Mansour Station in El-Salam City (near El-Asher Bus Stop). It has six elevated stations. This stage has been completed and

736-909: The line is operational between Rod El Farag Corridor in Imbaba and Cairo University in El-Mohandessin and Dokki on the west bank of the Nile , and the Adly Mansour terminus on the north eastern outskirts of Cairo . The line crosses the River Nile twice at the western branch between Kit Kat and Zamalek and the eastern branch between Zamalek and downtown Cairo. The line used trains manufactured in Japan by Kinki Sharyo and Toshiba in its early phases, switching to rolling stock built by Korean -Egyptian joint venture Hyundai Rotem and NERIC in

768-559: The main cities of the Giza Governorate (Giza, 6th of October , New 6 October, October Gardens, Sheikh Zayed , and New Sphinx) and Shubra El Kheima and Obour in the Qalyubia Governorate. According to an estimate based on United Nations projections, the area had a population of 22,183,000 in 2023. In 2012, when the area's population was estimated at 20.5 million, the population density within Cairo Governorate

800-564: The train's route include Obour , El Shorouk , and Future City. Line 3 is also slated to connect to both Monorail projects in the Greater Cairo Area . The New Administrative Capital Monorail will meet Line 3 at Stadium station, which will serve as the monorail's terminus. The 6th of October City Monorail will eventually connect to Line 3 in Nile Valley station, part of the line's western expansion plans of phase 3C. During

832-461: The two monorail lines. Upon completion of the construction phase, the consortium will provide 30 years of operation and maintenance services for both lines. The system was expected to first open to the public in 2023, however was delayed to October 2024. The monorail will enter its testing phase in October 2024, with plans to launch within the same month. The initial trial operations will run from

864-400: The very first phase of construction in 2009 there was a 10 metres (33 ft) deep sinkhole in the road in a muddy area reclaimed from the Nile; a car was swallowed by the sinkhole, but there was no structural damage to the surrounding buildings. When construction began, residents of the historic island of Zamalek were concerned that the location of the station was not opportune. A complaint

896-487: Was estimated at 45,000 per square kilometer (117,00 per square mile). In 2021, Greater Cairo had GDP of around 3 trillion EGP or 45% of total Egypt GDP. (billion EGP) (billion USD) The Greater Cairo Area and its surrounding region is classified as hot desert climate (BWh) in Köppen-Geiger classification , as all of Egypt . Cairo and its surrounding region have very similar day to day temperatures; however,

928-745: Was financed by a grant from the French Fund for Global Environment, 44M€ by the French Development Agency , 200M€ by the French Ministry of Finance (via the Réserve Pays Emergents) and with E£1.5 billion from the Government of Egypt. Phase 4A was the first stage of the final phase in Line 3 which started at 2015 with a plan for it to continue where it originally left off on the eastern side of

960-517: Was initially scheduled for completion in May 2022. However, the completion date was postponed to October 2023, with operations expected to start in April 2024. The timeline has since been further delayed, with the new expected completion and operation dates set for October 2024. It will be 56.5 kilometres (35.1 mi) long, with 22 stations starting with Stadium and stops named Hisham Barakat, Nouri Khattab,

992-411: Was opened to the public by the president on 16 August 2020. Phase 3A was set to begin in 2011, led by a consortium with Orascom and Arab Contractors as the main contractors for the project; this phase will connect Attaba Station with the already existing Gamal Abdel Nasser Station through 26 July Street, it will then continue on its way onto northern Maspero (new station) and run under both branches of

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1024-655: Was thought to eventually transport between 250,000 and 300,000 passengers per day. Phase 2 was set to be completed in October 2013, but was pushed back, and was opened on 7 May 2014. The construction was led by consortium with VINCI, Bouygues Travaux Publics, Orascom and Arab Contractors. It is a 7.2 km (4.5 mi) tunnel. Construction work on phase 2 began in mid-2009. It runs from Abbassiya Station to Al Ahram Station in Heliopolis , with five stations, Fair Zone , Cairo Stadium , Koleyet El Banat , and Al Ahram . The costs of this phase were about 498M€, of which 1M€

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