The Prime Minister inspects the trial operation with passengers of the third part of the third phase of the third metro line 22/05/2024 | 02:37 PM
After inspecting, on Monday morning, May 20, 2024, the implementation work of the first phase of the fourth metro line, Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, and his entourage, went to inspect the trial operation work with passengers for the third part of the third phase of the third metro line (3C).
Lieutenant General Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, Minister of Transport, indicated that the trial operation work with passengers for the third part of the third phase of the third line began last Wednesday, explaining that this part is 7.1 kilometers long and extends from Al-Tawfiqia Station to Cairo University Station, passing through Wadi Al-Nile Street. The League of Arab States and Boulaq Al-Dakrour includes 5 stations: (3 tunnels, “Al-Tawfiqia - Wadi Al-Nile - League of Nations) + a surface station, “Boulaq Al-Dakrour,” and an overhead station, “Cairo University.”
During the Prime Minister's inspection of the stations of the third part, he and his companions boarded one of the metro cars starting from Cairo University Station all the way to Al-Tawfiqia Station, passing through the five new stations of this important civilizational project, to monitor the regularity of passenger movement and the extent to which the new stations contribute to facilitating their transportation.
During the inspection, the Prime Minister stressed the interest that the state attaches to developing all means of mass transportation according to the latest systems, and expanding in the areas of sustainable green transportation, and there are assignments from President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, the President of the Republic, to always work to improve mass transportation services for citizens.
The Minister of Transport stressed that the heavy passenger demand witnessed by these new stations since their trial operation reflects the importance of metro projects in facilitating the movement of citizens, shortening travel times, and reducing pollution. The metro is the best and fastest means of mass transportation operating within Greater Cairo, pointing out the great importance that the Ministry of Transport attaches to completing the metro network, within the framework of the Ministry’s comprehensive plan to create a network of green, sustainable, and environmentally friendly mass transportation means. In implementation of presidential directives in this regard.
Lieutenant General Kamel Al-Wazir also explained that the areas served by this part of the third line witnessed great traffic flow following the start of the trial operation with passengers. Thanks to the metro’s attraction to a large number of citizens, he added that restoration work was carried out in all the streets affected by the implementation work immediately after the work was completed. This is to serve the movement of citizens in the region.
The Minister added that after the start of the trial operation with passengers for this last part of the third line; The third line will have been fully operated for the public from Adly Mansour Central Interchange Station, passing through Abbasiya and Ataba, then Kit Kat. It branches north to the Rod al-Farag axis station and south to the Cairo University station, pointing out that this line extends 41.2 km, includes 34 stations, and was implemented in four stages.
Lieutenant General Kamel Al-Wazir added that this line is considered the first transverse artery to connect the east and west of Greater Cairo. It is also the link between all components of the railway transport network by electric traction (the subway network - the two monorail lines - the light electric train), as it exchanges passenger transport service with The first line is at Nasser Station, and the second line is at Ataba and Cairo University stations, and with the light electric train at Adly Mansour Central Station, and it is integrated with the East Nile Monorail at Stadium Station, and with the West Nile Monorail at Wadi Nile Station, and with the sixth line being studied at the Nile Valley Station. Abbasiya.
The Minister explained: This line includes 3 Umrah workshops to maintain the mobile units operating on the line (Al-Abbasiya, on an area of 10 acres, Imbaba, on an area of about 24 acres, where light Umrah is carried out for trains, and Al-Salam, which is considered one of the largest workshops in the Middle East and Africa, and was implemented on... An area of 65 acres, designated for light and major train overhaul works.