Back الخط الثالث (مترو القاهرة) Arabic قاہرہ میٹرو لائن 3 PNB Linha 3 (Metro do Cairo) Portuguese قاہرہ میٹرو لائن 3 Urdu 開羅地鐵3號線 Chinese

Cairo Metro Line 3

Line 3
Rod El Farag Corridor/Cairo University–Aldy Mansour
Overview
Native nameالخط الثالث
OwnerNational Authority for Tunnels (Egyptian state)[1]
LocaleGreater Cairo
Termini
Stations34 (operational)
5 (planned)
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemCairo Metro
Operator(s)RATP Dev
Daily ridership6,200,000 (2019/2020)[2]
History
Opened2012; extensions in 2014, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024
Technical
Line length34.2 km (21.3 mi)
CharacterSubway
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Electrificationthird rail
Operating speed100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map

Legend
 Rod El Farag Corridor
Imbabah depot
Ring Road
El-Qawmia
El-Bohy
Imbaba
Sudan
Cairo University
 2 
 Boulak El Dakrour
Gamet El Dowal
Wadi El Nile
Tawfikia
Kit-Kat
Nile
Safaa Hijazy
Nile
Maspero
Nasser
 1 
 Attaba
 2 
 Bab El Shaariya
El-Geish
Abdou Pasha
Abbassiya
Abbassiya depot
Fair Zone
Stadium
Koleyet El-Banat
Al-Ahram
Haroun
Heliopolis
Al-Hegaz Square
Al-Hegaz 2
Military Academy
Sheraton
Airport
Alf Masken
El Shams Club
El Nozha
Hesham Barakat
Qubaa
Omar Ibn El Khattab
Haykestep
Adly Mansour
 LRT 
 Adly Mansour depot
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Cairo Metro Line 3 is a main east-west line of the Cairo Metro rapid transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt.[3] 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.[3][4]

As of 2024, 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.[5] 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.[6] The line used trains manufactured in Japan by Kinki Sharyo and Toshiba in its early phases,[7] switching to rolling stock built by Korean-Egyptian joint venture Hyundai Rotem and NERIC in the later phases.[8]

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.[9][10]

  1. ^ "TWINNING PROJECT FICHE - Assistance to the Egyptian Metro Company (ECM) in Reforming Railway Safety Regulations, Procedures and Practices" (PDF). Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  2. ^ "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 31 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Line Three". National Authority for Tunnels. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  4. ^ "Cairo Metro opens final expansion of Line 3's third phase". railway-technology.com. Railway Technology. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Green Line 3 Expands in the World's Most Densely Populated Neighborhood". 24 December 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Greater Cairo Metro Line 3". ace-consultants. Archived from the original on 11 September 2018. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Mitsubishi Corporation, Kinki Sharyo and Toshiba Receive Rolling Stock Order For Cairo Metro". toshiba.co.jp. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Hyundai Rotem finalized a contract for the supply of 40 metro trains for Cairo". ROLLINGSTOCK. 2 September 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
  9. ^ "RATP Dev to operate and maintain Cairo Line 3". 3 September 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  10. ^ "Egypt's Transport Minister witnesses full operation of Cairo Metro Line 3 by RATP Dev". 27 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.

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