National Authority for Tunnels

Line 6 of the subway

1. Metro line 6 (El-Khsos- Sawah- Fostat- al maadi al jadida)

   
   

   The sixth line achieves economic feasibility in terms of saving time by reducing traffic congestion by reducing the number of surface trips for different means of transportation.
   Connecting the north of Cairo to its south and meeting the intensive transportation demands along the axis of the line from the Khoss area in the north to the new Maadi area.
   It achieves great savings in travel time for metro users as well as for other surface transportation.
   Improving the economic and social level in the areas the line passes through and contributing to achieving sustainable development in the transport sector in Cairo.
   Preserving the natural and social environment and the health of citizens as a result of reducing environmental pollution and noise by using clean electric energy from the initial design stages and during project implementation and operation periods.
   The exchange of service with metro lines, where the sixth line will intersect with the first, third and fourth lines, reducing journey times for passengers along the line's path.
   Providing direct and indirect job opportunities during the project implementation phase and then during the operation of the line after entering service.
   

2. Preliminary data about the project

   
   

   The main proposed route for the project extends for a length of 34 km (26 stations) from the Al-Khosos area at exit 18 of the ring road, then the Bahtim area, passing along the Ismailia Canal to the east in a surface route, then rises in an overhead route until Al-Zawiya Al-Hamra station, then extends in a tunnel route, passing by the station. Al-Demerdash, where the service is exchanged with the first line of the metro, then extends to Al-Abbasiya station to exchange service with the third line of the metro, then the route extends on Fakhri Abdel Nour Street, arriving at the Police Club station at the intersection with Al-Firdous Axis, then extends on Al-Mansourieh Street, passing through Al-Halabi Square, Al-Azhar, then the Citadel and Al-Sayyeda. Aisha to exchange service with the fourth line of the metro at the first station in the second phase of the fourth line (directly after the Fustat station) at the El-Oyoun station, then it rises in an overhead track from the Jewish cemetery area and extends to the Basateen station and extends along the Algiers axis all the way to New Maadi. - It is planned to implement a single link with a length of 3.4 km (3 stations) from the satellite area to the Umrah workshop area, first line, in Tora Al-Balad.