The Cairo Monorail (Arabic: مونوريل القاهرة) is a two-line monorail rapid transit system currently under construction in Cairo, Egypt. It will be the most comprehensive driverless monorail system in the world. The 54km line will connect the New Administrative City with East Cairo, and will take 60 minutes. Meanwhile, the 42km line will connect the 6th of October City with Giza, and will take 42 minutes. When the project is complete, the two lines will create the first public transport links from the New Administrative Capital and 6th of October City to the Cairo metropolitan area.
The first section of the system is set to open to the public in 2022, with another stage in 2023.
Routes
New Administrative Capital line
Due to begin operating in May 2022.
It will be 56.5 kilometres (35.1 mi) long, with 22 stations. These include Stadium, Hisham Barakat, Nouri Khattab, the 7th District, Free Zone, Marshal Tantawy, Cairo Festival, El Choueifat, Air Hospital, Narjis District, Mohammed Naguib, American University, Emaar, Nafoura Square, Al Barwa, Middle Ring Road, Mohammed Bin Zayed, Regional Ring Road, Almasa Hotel, Ministries (Al Wezarat) District, and Administrative Capital.
The line will provide a transfer to the Cairo Metro Line 3 at its terminus in Stadium Station. Additionally, it will also be connected to the Cairo LRT at Almasa Hotel station (transfer to the LRT’s Arts and Culture City station).
6th of October City line
It is projected to begin operating in February 2023.
Another line will be forty-five kilometres (28 mi) long, with 12 stations. These are: New October Station, Industrial Zone Station, Sadat Station, Sixth of October City Authority Station, Engineers Association Station, Nile University Station, Hyper One Station, Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, Mansouriya Station, Mariouteya Station, Ring Road Station, and Nile Valley Station.
The line will provide a transfer to the Cairo Metro Line 3 at Nile Valley Station. This is part of the line’s eastern expansion plans.
Rolling stock
Cairo Monorail will use 70 fully automated, driverless Bombardier INNOVIA Monorail 300 rolling stock for the two lines, with four cars each. Furthermore, the rolling stock is to be manufactured in Derby, England.