Trams in Greater Cairo

Constructed near the beginning of the 20th century, until 2014 the Cairo tramway network was still used in modern-day Cairo, especially in modern areas, like Heliopolis, Nasr City. During the 1970s, government policies favoured making space for cars, resulting in the removal of over half of the 120-kilometre (75 mi) network. Trams were removed entirely from central Cairo but continued to run in Heliopolis and Helwan.[2]

Map of the Cairo and Helwan tramway lines

Trams in Greater Cairo

Cairo Tram
Overview
Locale	Greater Cairo, Egypt
Transit type	Tram
Operation
Began operation	12 August 1896[1]
Operator(s)	Cairo Transportation Authority (CTA)
System map

However, the Helwan's part of the system shut down completely in the aftermath of 2011 Egyptian revolution,[2] and in 2014–2015 the surviving tram service in Heliopolis were almost entirely discontinued. Only a short section of one line in Heliopolis, between Court Square and the Tivoli Dome, continued to be operated.[3] By the end of 2019, service had ceased definitively, with tracks dismantled in order to widen the neighborhood's roads.[4]

References

1. Abdel Rahman, Ahmed (28 December 2019). قصة مواصلات المصريين.. من الحنطور إلى الحافلة الكهربائية [The story of Egyptian transportation... from the cab to the electric bus]. Al Jazeera (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-02-19.
2. "On Cairo's dying trams". cairobserver.com. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
3. Lücker, Christian (22 June 2018). "Mega-City mit Rumpel-Tram" [Mega-city with rumble tram]. Straßenbahn Magazin (in German). No. 7/18. GeraMond Verlag GmbH. pp. 36–39. ISSN 0340-7071.
4. "Egypte: au Caire, un quartier historique sacrifié sur l'autel de la nouvelle capitale" [Egypt: in Cairo, a historic district sacrificed on the altar of the new capital]. Geo (in French). Prisma Media (Gruner + Jahr). 11 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-16.