Cairo Metro
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Rapid transit system in Cairo, Egypt
Key facts
- Native name
- مترو أنفاق القاهرة
- Owner
- National Authority for Tunnels (Egyptian state)
- Locale
- Greater Cairo , Egypt
- Transit type
- Rapid transit
- Number of lines
- 3 (+1 under construction, +1 framework agreement signed)
- Daily ridership
- 5 million
- Annual ridership
- 1460.0 million (2023)
- Website
- Cairo Metro (in English)
- Began operation
- 27 September 1987 ; 38 years ago ( 1987-09-27 )
- Operator s
- Line 1: The Egyptian Co. for Metro Management & Operation Line 2: The Egyptian Co. for Metro Management & Operation Line 3: RATP Dev (15 years)
- Character
- Mixed, Underground, At-grade and Elevated
- System length
- Line 1: 44 km Line 2: 21.6 km Line 3: 41.2 km
- Track gauge
- 1,435 mm ( 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in ) standard gauge
- Electrification
- Line 1: Overhead line ,1.5 kV DC , Lines 2 and 3: Third rail , 750 V DC
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.cairometro.gov.eg/HomePage.aspx
- Image
- Metro-1-l.jpg
- Length
- 106.8
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- مترو أنفاق القاهرة
- Commons category
- Cairo Metro
- patronage
- 1314000000
- date of official opening
- 1987-09-27
- inception
- 1987-01-01
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The Cairo Metro (Egyptian Arabic: مترو القاهرة, romanized: Metro Anfāq al-Qāhirah, lit. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or مترو الأنفاق pronounced [ˈmetɾo lʔænˈfæːʔ]) is a rapid transit system in Greater Cairo, Egypt. It was the first of the three full-fledged metro systems in Africa and the first in the Middle East to be constructed. It was opened in 1987 as Line 1 from Helwan to Ramses Square with a length of 29 kilometres (18.0 mi).
As of 2013, the metro carried nearly 4 million passengers per day. As of 15 May 2024, the Cairo Metro has 84 stations of which 5 are transfer stations, with a total length of 106.8 kilometres (66.4 mi). The system consists of three operational lines numbered 1 to 3.