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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, 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 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 consist of 39 stations, 26 tunnel stations, 11 elevated stations and 2 at-grade stations. The whole line (except for the Heliopolis Square-Cairo International Airport branch) was completed in May 2024.
Line 3 was first started with the Attaba to Abbasiya section, the "first phase", followed by the second phase, from Abbasiya to Al-Ahram (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, 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 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 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 a landslide hit the construction site on Al-Geish 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 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€ 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 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 station opening later on 20 October 2019.
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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, 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 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 consist of 39 stations, 26 tunnel stations, 11 elevated stations and 2 at-grade stations. The whole line (except for the Heliopolis Square-Cairo International Airport branch) was completed in May 2024.
Line 3 was first started with the Attaba to Abbasiya section, the "first phase", followed by the second phase, from Abbasiya to Al-Ahram (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, 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 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 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 a landslide hit the construction site on Al-Geish 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 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€ 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 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 station opening later on 20 October 2019.