National Authority for Tunnels (Egyptian state)[1]
Locale
Greater Cairo, Egypt
Transit type
Rapid transit
Number of lines
3
Number of stations
80[2]
Daily ridership
3.6 million[3]
Annual ridership
1.314 billion (FY2015)[4]
Website
Cairo Metro(in English)
Operation
Began operation
27 September 1987; 36 years ago (1987-09-27)[2]
Operator(s)
Cairo Metro - The Egyptian Co. for Metro Management & Operation[5]
Character
Mixed Underground, At-grade and Elevated
Technical
System length
99.7 km (62.0 mi)[2]
Track gauge
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification
Line 1: Overhead line,1.5 kV DC[6] Line 2: Third rail, 750 V DC[7] Line 3: Third rail
System map
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Cairo Metro
Legend
Adly Mansour 3
Hikestep
1 New El-Marg
Omar ibn Al-khattab
El-Marg
Kebaa
Ezbet El-Nakhl
Hisham Barakat
Ain Shams
El-Nozha
El-Matareyya
El-Shams Club
Helmeyet El-Zaitoun
Alf Masken
Hadayeq El-Zaitoun
Heliopolis Square
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 Shobra El Kheima
Al Ahram
Koliet El-Zeraa
Koleyet El Banat
Mezallat
Cairo Stadium
Khalafawy
Fair Zone
Sainte Teresa
Abbassia
Road El-Farag
Abdou Pasha
Massara
El Geish
Al Shohadaa
Bab El Shaaria
Urabi
Ataba
Naser
Naguib
Maspero
Sadat
Zamalek
Saad Zaghloul
Kit Kat
AlSayyeda Zeinab
El-Malek El-Saleh
Sudan
Mar Girgis
Imbaba
El-Zahraa'
Al-Bohy
Dar El-Salam
Al-Kawmeiah
Hadayeq El-Maadi
Ring Road
Maadi
3 Rod Al-Farag Corridor
Thakanat El-Maadi
Al-Tawfikya
Tora El-Balad
Wadi Al-Nile
Opera
Gamaet Al-Dowal
Dokki
Bolak Al-Dakror
El Behoos
Cairo University
Kozzika
Faisal
Tora El-Asmant
Giza
El-Maasara
Omm el Misryeen
Hadayeq Helwan
Sakiat Mekki
Wadi Hof
2 El Mounib
Helwan University
Ain Helwan
Helwan 1
The Cairo Metro (Arabic: مترو أنفاق القاهرة, romanized: Metro Anfāq al-Qāhirah, lit. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or مترو الأنفاقpronounced[ˈmetɾolʔænˈfæːʔ]) 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 January 2024, the Cairo Metro has 80 stations[2] of which 4 are transfer stations, with a total length of 99.7 kilometres (62.0 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.
^ abcdef"Cairo". metrobits.org. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
^ abSood, Suemedha (15 March 2013). "Subway systems by the numbers". BBC. Archived from the original on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^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.
^ abc"First Line Working". Cairo Metro, Inc. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
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