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Cairo Light Rail Transit

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and another turning south towards the New Administrative Capital. The northern branch currently terminates in the Knowledge City Station, in the outskirts of 10th of Ramadan. The line will reach the center of the city via an extension of 16.5 km (10.3 mi) with three more stations.
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with an extension over 20.4 km (12.7 mi) and four stations over all before terminating at the future New Administrative Capital high-speed rail station. And there is another extension of 5.5 km (3.4 mi) and one station until the industrial zone under studying.
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Although it is dubbed a light rail, the system is not a light rail in the sense the term is commonly used among transportation professionals. Based on its technical characteristics, it is more comparable to a modern regional commuter rail system such as the
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Further phases of the project are currently being built by a partnership between Egypt's National Authority for Tunnels and a consortium of Chinese construction companies. The full system is projected to extend over 100 km with 19 stations.
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The system links Cairo with 10th of Ramadan City and with the New Administrative Capital. The main branch of the system serves the city of Cairo in Adly Mansour station, providing an interchange with
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The New Administrative Capital branch turns south, serving the Capital International Airport before terminating at Arts and Culture City. This station will provide an interchange with the Cairo-
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and CAC (CREC and AVIC) under contract with the National Authority for Tunnels, i.e. the Egyptian Ministry for Transportation.
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to the current capital of Cairo. Additionally, the system would provide transportation to other
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On 3 July 2022, an inauguration ceremony took place with the attendance of Egyptian President
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The Light Rail Transit project was devised by the Egyptian government to link the
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The branch will serve the 1042: 1040: 920: 865: 793: 344:New Administrative Capital Monorail line 1036: 205: 1139: 1137: 1135: 31: 318:and Chinese ambassador Liao Liqiang. 7: 49: 922:New Administrative Capital branch 207:Cairo Metro, LRT, and monorail map 27:Commuter Rail line in Cairo, Egypt 25: 1094:Oirere, Shem (5 September 2017). 1654:Standard gauge railways in Egypt 754: 729: 709: 689: 668: 661: 640: 633: 612: 605: 584: 577: 556: 549: 529: 522: 502: 482: 462: 442: 422: 391: 213: 755: 669: 1491:Memphis Area Transit Authority 1074:National Authority for Tunnels 634: 585: 60:National Authority for Tunnels 1: 1531:TheBus Prince George's County 1496:Mountain Metropolitan Transit 1451:Charlotte Area Transit System 730: 710: 690: 662: 641: 613: 530: 523: 392: 1521:Santa Maria Regional Transit 606: 578: 557: 550: 503: 483: 463: 443: 423: 1670: 285:New Administrative Capital 246:New Administrative Capital 18:Light Rail Transit (Cairo) 1247:Tramways in Île-de-France 1120:. 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Index

Light Rail Transit (Cairo)
Greater Cairo
Commuter rail
RATP Dev
Rolling stock
CRRC Sifang
Track gauge
standard gauge

Arabic
Cairo
Egypt
New Administrative Capital
10th of Ramadan City
French RER
German S-Bahns
RATP Dev
New Administrative Capital
New Urban Communities
Cairo
10th of Ramadan City
Badr City
Obour
El Shorouk
Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Line 3
Cairo Metro
10th of Ramadan City
New Administrative Capital Monorail line
Nativity Cathedral

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