Cairo Metro Line 3

Cairo Metro Line 3 is a main east-west line of the Cairo Metro mass transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt. After the opening of phase 3C (planned for 2024), it will have a length of 34.2 km (21.3 mi) with 34 stations (21 underground, 2 at grade, 11 elevated), where 29 stations have been built and operated in six phases between 2007 and 2024.

Line 3
Adly Mansour/Cairo Int. Airport - Rod El Farag Corridor/Cairo University
Overview
Native nameالخط الثالث
StatusPartly opened, partly under construction
OwnerNational Authority for Tunnels (Egyptian state)
LocaleGreater Cairo
Termini
Stations29 (operational)
5 (under construction)
5 (planned)
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemCairo Metro
Operator(s)RATP Dev
Daily ridership6,200,000 (2019/2020)
History
Opened2012; extensions in 2014, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2024
Technical
Line length29.1 km (18.1 mi)
CharacterSubway
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrificationthird rail
Operating speed100 km/h (62 mph)
Route map

Rod Al-Farag Corridor
Imbabah depot
Ring Road
Al-Kawmeiah
Al-Bohy
Imbaba
Sudan
Cairo University
 2 
Bolak Al-Dakror
Gamaet Al-Dowal
Wadi Al-Nile
Al-Tawfikya
Kit Kat
Nile
Safaa Hegazy
Nile
Maspero
Nasser
 1 
Attaba
 2 
Bab El Shaaria
El Geish
Abdou Pasha
Abbassia
Abbassia depot
Fair Zone
Cairo Stadium
Koleyet El Banat
Al Ahram
Haroun
Heliopolis Square
Al-Hegaz Square
Al-Hegaz 2
Military Academy
Sheraton
Airport
Alf Masken
El-Shams Club
El-Nozha
Hisham Barakat
Qobaa
Omar ibn Al-khattab
Hikestep
Adly Mansour
 LRT 
Adly Mansour depot

As of 2024, the line is operational between Rod al-Farag Axis in Imbaba 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 remaining phase 3C is currently under construction between Kit Kat and Cairo University in El-Mohandessin and Dokki. Phase 3C is due to open in 2024. 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.

Caire Metro 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.

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