The Cairo Monorail (Arabic: مونوريل القاهرة) is a two-line monorail rapid transit system currently under construction in Cairo, Egypt, which will be the most comprehensive driverless monorail system in the world. The 54km line connecting the New Administrative City with East Cairo will take 60 minutes, and the 42km line connecting the 6th of October City with Giza 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.
56.5 kilometres (35.1 mi) long, with 22 stations including 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. 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.
Forty-five kilometres (28 mi) long, with 12 stations: 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, 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. The rolling stock is to be manufactured in Derby, England.
