This 70 km light rail line entered service in Egypt. It comprises 12 stations and 120 km/h design speed. The line uses 25 kV AC 50 Hz electrification and 1435 mm standard gauge. National Authority for Alexandria Metro · Cairo Monorail — East Nile Line (New Administrative Capital) · Egyptian National Railways · News
Cairo Light Rail Transit (Adly Mansour–New Administrative Capital–10th of Ramadan) is a light rail project in Egypt, currently operational.
This 70 km light rail line entered service in Egypt. It comprises 12 stations and 120 km/h design speed. The line uses 25 kV AC 50 Hz electrification and 1435 mm standard gauge. National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) is delivering the project, with CRRC Sifang, AVIC International and China Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) as main contractors. It opened in 2022, with an investment of USD 461 m.
Construction began in 2018 and the project opened in 2022.
The project has an estimated investment of $461M.