Cairo Metro

Cairo Metro
Cairo Metro
	The Cairo Metro (line 2)
Overview
Native name	مترو أنفاق القاهرة
Owner	National Authority for Tunnels (Egyptian state)
Locale	Greater Cairo, Egypt
Transit type	Rapid transit
Number of lines	3
Number of stations	84
Daily ridership	3.6 million
Annual ridership	1.314 billion (FY2015)
Website	Cairo Metro (in English)
Operation
Began operation	27 September 1987
Operator(s)	Cairo Metro - The Egyptian Co. for Metro Management & Operation
Character	Mixed; Underground, At-grade and Elevated
Technical
System length	100.1 km (62.2 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Line 1: Overhead line,1.5 kV DC; Line 2: Third rail, 750 V DC; Line 3: Third rail
System map

Cairo Metro

Legend

					Adly Mansour 3
					Haykestep
1 New Marg					Omar Ibn El Khattab
El-Marg					Qubaa
Ezbet El-Nakhl					Hesham Barakat
Ain Shams					El Nozha
El-Matareyya					El Shams Club
Helmeyet El-Zaitoun					Alf Masken
Hadayeq El-Zaitoun					Heliopolis
Saray El-Qobba					Airport
Hammamat El-Qobba					Sheraton
Kobri El-Qobba					Military Academy
Manshiet El-Sadr					Al-Hegaz 2
El-Demerdash					Al-Hegaz Square
Ghamra
					Haroun
2 Shubra Al Khaimah					Al-Ahram
Koliet El-Zeraa					Koleyet El-Banat
Mezallat					Stadium
Khalafawy					Fair Zone
St. Teresa					Abbassiya
Rod El-Farag					Abdou Pasha
Masarra					El-Geish
Al-Shohadaa					Bab El Shaariya
Orabi					Attaba
Nasser					Mohamed Naguib
Maspero					Sadat
Safaa Hijazy					Saad Zaghloul
Kit-Kat					Al-Sayeda Zeinab
					El-Malek El-Saleh
Sudan					Mar Girgis
Imbaba					El-Zahraa
El-Bohy					Dar El-Salam
El-Qawmia					Hadayek El-Maadi
Ring Road					Maadi
3 Rod El Farag Corridor					Sakanat El-Maadi
Tawfikia					Tora El-Balad
Wadi El Nile					Opera
Gamet El Dowal					Dokki
Boulak El Dakrour					El Bohoth
3 Cairo University					Kozzika
Faisal					Tura El-Esmant
Giza					Elmasraa
Omm El-Masryeen					Hadayek Helwan
Sakiat Mekky					Wadi Hof
2 El Monib					Helwan University
					Ain Helwan
					Helwan 1

The Cairo Metro (Arabic: مترو أنفاق القاهرة, romanized: Metro Anfāq al-Qāhirah, lit. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or مترو الأنفاق pronounced [ˈmetɾo lʔænˈfæːʔ]) is the rapid transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt. It was the first of the three full-fledged metro systems in Africa and the first in the Middle East to be constructed.^[8]^[9] It was opened in 1987 as Line 1 from Helwan to Ramses Square with a length of 29 kilometres (18.0 mi).^[10] As of 2013, the metro carried nearly 4 million passengers per day.^[3] As of May 2024, the Cairo Metro has 84 stations^[2] of which 5 are transfer stations, with a total length of 100.1 kilometres (62.2 mi). The system consists of three operational lines^[2] numbered 1 to 3.^[10]

The Cairo Metro is run by the National Authority for Tunnels.^[10] The lines use standard gauge (1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)).^[2]

^ "TWINNING PROJECT FICHE - Assistance to the Egyptian Metro Company (ECM) in Reforming Railway Safety Regulations, Procedures and Practices" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Cairo". metrobits.org. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b Sood, Suemedha (15 March 2013). "Subway systems by the numbers". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
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See:
- "A look at the Cairo metro system". The National. Retrieved 31 January 2016. (Figure extrapolated from 3.6 million average daily boardings)
- "Statistics [see first and second figures – e.g. List of Current and Expected Ridership for Cairo Metro from 2009/2010 until 2019/2020]" (in Arabic). Cairo Metro. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2014.
^ "About Company". Cairo Metro. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
^ Barrow, Keith (14 March 2014). "Cairo to order new trains for metro Line 1". International Railway Journal. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
^ Banerjee, M.K.; El Hoda, N. (October 1998). "Review of the automatic train control system for Cairo Metro line 2". Power Engineering Journal. 12 (5). IET: 217–228. doi:10.1049/pe:19980506. ISSN 0950-3366.
^ "Cairo Metro, Egypt". Railway-Technology.com. Kable. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
^ "Cairo". UrbanRail.Net. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c "First Line Working". Cairo Metro, Inc. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

[1] "TWINNING PROJECT FICHE - Assistance to the Egyptian Metro Company (ECM) in Reforming Railway Safety Regulations, Procedures and Practices" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2014.

[metrobits-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Cairo". metrobits.org. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

[bbc-3] Sood, Suemedha (15 March 2013). "Subway systems by the numbers". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

[ridership-4] See:
"A look at the Cairo metro system". The National. Retrieved 31 January 2016. (Figure extrapolated from 3.6 million average daily boardings)

"Statistics [see first and second figures – e.g. List of Current and Expected Ridership for Cairo Metro from 2009/2010 until 2019/2020]" (in Arabic). Cairo Metro. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

[5] "A look at the Cairo metro system". The National. Retrieved 31 January 2016. (Figure extrapolated from 3.6 million average daily boardings)

[6] "Statistics [see first and second figures – e.g. List of Current and Expected Ridership for Cairo Metro from 2009/2010 until 2019/2020]" (in Arabic). Cairo Metro. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

[5] "About Company". Cairo Metro. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 31 July 2014.

[6] Barrow, Keith (14 March 2014). "Cairo to order new trains for metro Line 1". International Railway Journal. Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

[7] Banerjee, M.K.; El Hoda, N. (October 1998). "Review of the automatic train control system for Cairo Metro line 2". Power Engineering Journal. 12 (5). IET: 217–228. doi:10.1049/pe:19980506. ISSN 0950-3366.

[railway-8] "Cairo Metro, Egypt". Railway-Technology.com. Kable. Retrieved 26 June 2014.

[urbanrail-9] "Cairo". UrbanRail.Net. Retrieved 26 June 2014.

[Line1-10] "First Line Working". Cairo Metro, Inc. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

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