Starting trial operation with passengers for 4 new stations on the third line of the subway

Engineer Kamel Al-Wazir, Minister of Transport, accompanied by Marc Baretti, French Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Ambassador Christian Berger, Head of the European Union Mission to the Arab Republic of Egypt, leaders of the National Authority for Tunnels and heads of major international companies executing the project in all disciplines witnessed the start of the trial operation with passengers for the first part of the third phase of the third line for the metro ( 3A ) Which extends from the Ataba station to the Kit Kat station, with a length of 4 km, which includes (4) subway stations (Nasser – Maspero – Safaa Hegazy – Kit Kat), passing through the tunnel under the Nile from Maspero station to Safaa Hegazy station in Zamalek, after the end of Experimental operation period without passengers, conducting experiments for train running, and tests for signals and path control.

The trial run period without passengers lasted 3 months, and the trial run period with passengers will be for a month, provided that the official opening of the actual operation with passengers during the climate conference activities. COP27 Next November, a number of other electric traction projects will be launched.

Kit Kat station

This came in accordance with the directives of President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, the President of the Republic, to operate the first part of the third phase of the third line of the subway for passengers on the occasion of the celebration of the glorious October 6 feasts, and to facilitate the movement of the movement of the people of the areas surrounding the High Court and the Maspero areas of Zamalek and Kit Kat.

The minister’s visit began with a visit to Nasser station, which is an interchange station with the first metro line. After the opening of this part of the line, its total area will become 10,000 square meters, consisting of 4 floors, and it includes 52 ticket gates and 4 automatic ticket machines. ( TVM ) To get tickets, take 37 escalators from street level to the station platform.

The minister stressed that this stage has been implemented at the highest level of quality, as the stations are air-conditioned, and there are screens on the sidewalks to inform passengers of the arrival times of the train. A station from the street level to the sidewalks. There are prominent tiles on the sidewalks to facilitate their movement. The Minister also inspected the rest of the stations independently. One of the trains between each two stations started at Maspero Station and then Safaa Hegazy, where the Minister and the attendees were received by a number of people from Zamalek and Al Sharbatly Building who presented flowers to the Minister of Transport and his accompanying delegation. , and thanking President Sisi for these giant projects that facilitate the movement of citizens, and then Kit Kat, where the Minister confirmed that this project will serve this area, which is characterized by a high population density. level of service to the public .

In his speech during the activities of starting the trial operation for the first part of the third phase of the third metro line, the minister thanked the State of France, the French government and French companies for the fruitful cooperation in implementing metro projects, as well as the European Union and its member states in positive cooperation in various fields of transport, as well as the Egyptian companies implementing projects The metro, stressing that the operation of these stations today comes in implementation of President Sisi’s directives to serve the people of the areas through which the project passes and facilitate their various movements.

The Minister of Transport added: “This project is not the end, but the beginning of the completion of huge, giant projects for green electric mass transportation that are environmentally friendly, such as the fast electric train network, the completion of the third and fourth phases of the electric light rail, and the completion of the second and third parts of the third phase of the third line of the metro, the implementation of the fourth line of the metro and the line The sixth, the monorail projects, the high-speed bus, the Abu Qir metro, and the rehabilitation of the sand tram, all of which are environmentally friendly means of transportation, noting that the operation of these stations comes in conjunction with the Egyptian state’s celebrations of the glorious October victory, and that this project is considered one of the modern green mass transportation that will serve the new republic. The foundations of which were laid down by President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic, who directed the expansion of the subway network in parallel with the establishment of a giant transportation network of environmentally friendly electric traction, which constitutes a major qualitative leap in mass transportation in Egypt.

He indicated that he would like to thank the people of all the neighborhoods and areas that the path of the first part passed through, and the people of all the neighborhoods and areas that the path of the third phase of this giant project passes through for bearing the result of traffic diversions and the closure of some streets due to the work of implementing the project, stressing that the areas through which the first part passes All the streets were restored to their original position upon the completion of the executive works of the project to serve the movement of citizens, pointing out that these streets will witness great traffic flow due to the metro’s attraction to a large number of citizens, which will also happen with the areas through which the second and third parts pass and that it will contribute to Reducing carbon emissions, as it will encourage citizens living in the areas surrounding the High Court and the Maspero areas of Zamalek and Kit Kat, which witness a high population density, as well as those who frequent these places to choose this modern, environmentally friendly collective means.

He explained that the average number of passengers per metro carriage 150 people reaches an average of 1,200 people per metro train (8 cars), thus saving an average of (600-900) special vehicles due to its harmful emissions to the environment, which is estimated at 36,000 kilos of carbon emissions per day and 13 1,000 tons per year for a distance of only 4 km is the length of the first part of the third phase of the third line of the metro, adding that metro projects have scientific and engineering foundations for their implementation like other means of transportation, and that these foundations for a metro take into account the following factors (close distances between stations with an average of 1 km between Every two stations – Implementation of the tunnel path in the upper and narrow streets in the broad and shallow streets in isolated places according to the urban planning of the area and the type of soil.

It is worth mentioning that this part, which was piloted in front of passenger traffic today, is part of the third phase of the project, which extends 17.7 km in length and includes 15 stations from Ataba station to Kit Kat Square to branch north to Imbaba area to the ring road, and a branch to the south to Mohandessin and Bulaq El-Dakrour passing by Wadi El-Nile Street and the League of Arab States, then extending to Cairo University, and work is underway in the second part of the third phase 3.B Which extends for 6.6 km from Kit Kat station to the final station at Rod El Farag axis and includes 6 stations[ محطة نفقية ( السودان) وعدد4 محطات علوية ( إمبابة – البوهى القومية العربية – محطة الطريق الدائري و التي  سيتم ربطها مع مشروع اتوبيسات BRT التي سيتم تسييرها على الطريق الدائري بعد الانتهاء من تطويره لتحقيق تبادل الخدمه بينهما ) ومحطة سطحية ( المحطة النهائية عند محور روض الفرج ) ] As well as in the third part of the third stage 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 and includes 5 stations [3محطات نفقية (التوفيقية – وادي النيل ) ومحطة بولاق ومحطة جامعة القاهرة وهما محطتين علويتين ]

Also, the third metro line is considered the first transverse artery to link east and west Greater Cairo, as it extends 41.2 km in length and includes 34 stations. The components of the rail transport network by electric traction (the subway network – the monorail lines – the electric light rail), where the passenger transport service exchanges 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 is integrated with the monorail East Nile at the stadium station and with 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 is equipped to store trains with a capacity of 30 trains. The third line, when completed, will carry 1.5 million passengers/day.

The third line, in all its stages, is run by a company RATP DEV The French specialized in managing and operating the subway, which operates in 13 countries in America, Europe, the Middle East and Asia through more than 100 companies, in addition to its long experience as an operator of the transport network in the capital, Paris, which reaches 120 years and ranks fifth in the world in this field.