Line 2 Shubra Al Khaimah - El Mounib | |
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Overview | |
Native name | الخط الثاني |
Status | Operational |
Owner | National Authority for Tunnels (Egyptian state)[1] |
Locale | Cairo |
Termini |
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Stations | 20 |
Service | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | Cairo Metro |
Operator(s) | Cairo Metro - The Egyptian Co. for Metro Management & Operation[2] |
Daily ridership | 895,000 (FY 2009/2010)[3] |
History | |
Opened | 1996 |
Technical | |
Line length | 21.6 km (13.42162 mi)[4] |
Character | Mixed[4] 3 Stations Elevated 5 Stations At-grade 12 Stations Underground |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) |
Electrification | Third rail, 750 V DC[5] |
Operating speed | 100 km/h (62 mph) |
Cairo Metro Line 2 is the second line of the Cairo Metro in Cairo, Egypt.
Cairo's metro network was greatly expanded in the mid-1990s with the building of Line 2 (red), from Shubra Al Khaimah to Cairo University, with an extension to Giza.
It is the first line in history to have a tunnel going under the Nile.[6][7] The tunnel under the Nile is 8.35 m (27 ft 5 in) in internal diameter and was constructed using two Herenknecht bentonite slurry shield TBMs, which are 9.43 m (30 ft 11 in) in diameter.[6] Extending 21.5 kilometres (13 mi) with 20 stations, it is sometimes called the "Japanese-Built Line".[citation needed] It is mostly in bored tunnel, with two exceptions: a short section at the northern end approaching Shubra El-Kheima which is elevated, and a section just south of this by cut-and-cover. The main difference between Lines 1 and 2 is that Line 1 uses an overhead line while Line 2 uses the third-rail system.[citation needed] The construction of the line was finished in October 2000 and was later extended to El Mounib.[6] The communication for line 2 was provided by Alcatel in 2005.[8]
Total project cost was 761 million euros.
After the 2011 Egyptian revolution, the station "Mubarak" has been renamed and is now called "Al-Shohadaa" (Arabic for "martyrs").
Line 2 connects to Line 1 at Al-Shohadaa and Sadat stations and with Line 3 at Cairo University and Attaba stations.
Because the line often run parallelly with the railway, a few stations are near to the train stations, including:
Cairo Transport Authority buses and private microbus services are also nearby.
Access to Cairo International Airport is expected via transfer to Line 3 upon completion of Phase 4 in early 2020.[10]
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Line 2 |
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Line 3 |
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