The National Authority for Tunnels implements the first experiment to run a train without passengers from Nasser Station to Kit Kat 21/05/2022 | 02:11 PM
Tuesday 17/5/2022
The National Authority for Tunnels successfully conducted the first experiment to run a train without passengers in the first part of the third phase of the third metro line on Monday, May 16, 2022. The first part extends 4 km in length and includes 4 subway stations (Nasser - Maspero - Safaa Hegazy - Kit Kat). Within the experimental operation system for this part.
This came after the Ministry of Transport announced the start of the trial operation without passengers for the first part of the third phase of the third subway line from Ataba to Kit Kat on Sunday, May 15.
Lieutenant-General Engineer/ Kamel Al-Wazir, Minister of Transport, confirmed that the experiment came to test the compatibility of the train’s external gypsum with the sidewalks and the civil works of stations and the tunnel, in the direction of the threshold - Kit Kat, round-trip on the same rail, and it was found that there are no conflicts, and preparations are underway to conduct another sapphire experiment in the other direction. Kat - Ataba, round trip on the same track at Ataba station, provided that the tests for signals and path control will be carried out in succession, as it is planned to complete the trial run work in mid-July 2022, to be followed by the official operation of passenger trains
The Minister of Transport indicated the completion of the final touches for the first part of the third phase, which extends from Ataba to Kit Kat with a length of 4 km and includes (4) tunnel stations (Nasser - Maspero - Safaa Hegazy - Kit Kat), passing through the tunnel under the Nile from Maspero station to station Safaa Hegazy in Zamalek, and that all works were carried out in accordance with the highest international quality standards, and the final finishes of the stations were of the highest quality, pointing out that the implementation of this stage comes within the framework of the directives of His Excellency President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic to expand the completion of the metro network in parallel with the establishment of a transportation network A giant environmentally friendly means of electric traction, which constitutes a major qualitative leap in the means of transportation and communication in Egypt.
It is worth mentioning that the third phase of the project, which extends 17.7 km in length and includes 15 stations from Ataba station to Kit Kat Square in the north to the Imbaba area to the Ring Road, and a branch in the south to Mohandessin and Boulaq El Dakrour passing through Wadi El-Nile Street and the League of Arab States and then extending to Cairo University and is implemented in three parts.
The third metro line is also the first transverse artery to link east and west Greater Cairo, as it extends 41.2 km in length and includes 34 stations. The third metro line is the link between all components of the rail transport network by electric traction (the metro network - monorail lines - the light rail), where it exchanges passenger transport service with the first line at Nasser station and with the second line at Ataba and Cairo University stations and with the light rail At Adly Mansour Central Station, and 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 also includes the largest workshop in the Middle East and Africa on an area of 65 acres and includes 32 buildings and is equipped to store trains with a capacity of 30 trains.
It has also been contracted with the Korean Hyundai Rotem Company to supply 32 trains to accommodate the operation of the fourth and third phases of the third line. Complete and entry of 13 service trains and supply of components for 6 trains is being assembled. The trains consist of 8 wagons and accommodate 1750 passengers/train. Its design speed is 100 km/h and operational is 80 km/hr. The third line, when completed, will transport 1.5 million passengers/day.