Cairo Monorail

The Cairo Monorail (Arabic: مونوريل القاهرة‎) is a two-line monorail rapid transit system currently under construction in Cairo, Egypt. 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 when the project is complete.[4]

Cairo Monorail

Overview
Native name	مونوريل القاهرة
Owner	National Authority for Tunnels (Egyptian state)
Locale	Greater Cairo
Transit type	Monorail
Number of lines	2 under construction
Number of stations	33 Planned[1]
Operation
Operation will start	2023[2]
Number of vehicles	70
Train length	4
Technical
System length	96 km (60 mi) planned[3]
Average speed	80 km/h (50 mph)[1]

Rolling stock

Cairo Monorail will use 70 fully automated, driver-less Bombardier INNOVIA Monorail 300 rolling stock for the two lines with four cars each.[1]

Innovia Monorail 300, Line 15, São Paulo Metro, Brazil

References

1. "Cairo Monorail System in Egypt". Railway Technology. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
2. "INNOVIA monorail 300 / CITYFLO 650 - Cairo, Egypt". Bombardier Transportation. Bombardier. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
3. "Monorails of the New Administrative Capital and 6 October City | The Arab Contractors". www.arabcont.com. Arab Contractors. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
4. Stein, Joshua (16 April 2020). "£2bn Egypt monorail project reaches milestone with ground investigation underway". New Civil Engineer. Retrieved 21 August 2020.