The Minister of Transport is following up on the final arrangements of the first part of phase 3 of Cairo Metro Line 3 20/04/2022 | 11:25 AM
Lieutenant-General, Engineer / Kamel Al-Wazir - Minister of Transport, accompanied by General / Essam Wally, chairman of National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) and NAT’s leaders, conducted an inspection tour to follow up on the implementation rates of phase 3 of Cairo Metro Line 3, which extends for a length of 17.7 km and includes 15 stations (8 underground + 5 upper + 2 Surface stations) from the Attaba station at downtown area down July 26 Street in the Ramlet Boulaq area, passing through the Maspero area and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, then it crosses down the Nile through the island of Zamalek to Kit Kat Square to branch north to the Imbaba area, passing through Al Buhi and Al Qawmiya Streets to the Ring Road, and a branch south to Mohandessin and Boulaq El-Dakrour passing by Wadi El-Nile Street and the League of Arab States and then extending to Cairo University and is implemented in three parts.
The tour began with an inspection of the final arrangements and installations of electromechanical equipment, signals, communications, and ticket machines at Nasser Station within the stations of the first part of Phase 3A, which is an intermodal station with Cairo Metro Line 1. It is located on an area of 7100 square meters and consists of 4 floors and includes 52 ticket gates and 4 TVM ticket machines, 37 escalators from the street level to the sidewalks of the station. The station and the rest of the stations are ready to receive people with special needs, as there are 2 electric elevators from the street level to the sidewalks in Nasser Station. There are prominent tiles on the sidewalks to facilitate their movement, and the station has 7 toilets, one of which is designated for people with special needs.
Then he boarded the railway test tractor to inspect the rest of the stations of the first part, which extends from Attaba to Kit Kat with a length of 4 km and includes (4) underground stations (Nasser - Maspero - Safaa Hegazy - Kit Kat) passing through the tunnel under a river from Maspero station to Safaa Hegazy station in Zamalek.
The minister stressed the need for all works to be carried out according to high-quality measurements, and for the stations’ final arrangements to be of the highest quality. The Minister was briefed on the timetable for the experimental operation phases for the first part (3A) in preparation for its inauguration during the planned date.
The Minister of Transport followed up on the implementation rates of the second part of phase 3 (3B): which extends for a length of 6.6 km from the Kit Kat station to the final station at Rod al-Farag axis and includes 6 stations, an underground station (Sudan) and 4 upper stations "Imbaba - Al-Bohy Al-Qawmiya - Alqawmia Alarabia - Ring Road", which the Minister directed to study linking it with the BRT buses project that will run on the ring road after the completion of its development to achieve service exchange between them and a surface station (the final station at the Rod al-Farag axis).
The third part of phase 3 (3C), which extends for 7.1 km from Kit Kat station to Cairo University, through Wadi El-Nile Street, League of Arab States, and Boulaq El Dakrour, was followed up and includes 5 stations "3 underground stations" (Tawfiqia - Wadi El-Nile - Gamea El-Dawwal). An upper station (Cairo University) and a surface station (Bulaq El-Dakrour). The minister directed that all work be carried out according to high-quality measurements with optimal investment for all stations.
It is worth mentioning that Cairo Metro Line 3 is considered the first transverse artery to link east and west of Greater Cairo, as it extends 41.2 km in length and includes 34 stations (21 underground - 2 surface - 11 upper stations) and is implemented in four phases. Three phases have been completed and operated with a length of about 24 km (the first "Attaba - Al-Abbasiya" with a length of 4.4 km with (5) underground stations - the second "Abbasiya - Haroun" with a length of 7.7 km and (4) underground stations - the fourth with a length of 11.5 km and 10 (4 underground + 6 upper stations) stations. Phase 3 is being implemented with a length of 17.7 km and 15 stations (8 underground + 5 upper + 2 surface stations).
Line 3 also achieves the exchange of passenger transport service with line 1 at Nasser station, with line 2 at Attaba and Cairo University stations, and with the electric train at Adly Mansour Central Intermodal Station. It is integrated with the East Nile monorail at the stadium station and with the West Nile monorail at Wadi El-Nile station. This line includes the largest workshop in the Middle East and Africa on an area of 65 acres and includes 32 buildings in which heavy and light overhauls of trains are carried out in addition to comprehensive washing, painting, and renewal of vehicles. It is also equipped to store trains with a capacity of 30 trains.
It should be noted here that 32 new trains are currently being supplied, conforming to the highest modern technological specifications, to accommodate the expected increase in the number of passengers after the opening of phase 4, as well as after the completion of the implementation of this phase, where 21 trains entered service, including 14 trains, and 5 trains components were supplied. The first two trains are being assembled at the Semaf factory, and after the completion of line 3, about 1.5 million passengers will be transported per day.