Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said the first phase of Cairo Metro Line 4 represents a major addition to Egypt’s public transport system. He described it as a strategic project linking areas of Cairo and Giza with new urban cities, increasing reliance on modern, sustainable transit as part of efforts to build an advanced transport network for the New Republic.
Madbouly made the remarks on Sunday, while he was inspecting the first phase of Cairo Metro Line 4, which extends for 19 km and comprises 17 stations — 16 underground and one surface station — from west of the Ring Road on the outskirts of 6 October City to Fustat station. The premier’s inspection was part of his tour of a number of transport projects in Giza and Cairo.
Madbouly inspected work sites on the project, beginning with the fourth-line heavy maintenance workshop.
The workshop is being built on an area of about 316,500 square metres and comprises 30 buildings to accommodate heavy maintenance, inspection, servicing, washing and storage of 23 trains.
Madbouly also inspected a number of Line 4 trains inside the workshop and boarded one of them, while reviewing the status of the supply and manufacture of the line’s trains.
Transport Minister Kamel El-Wazir said that five trains had arrived, the latest on September 5, and were currently undergoing static and dynamic tests.
Madbouly and his delegation then headed to Hadayek Al-Ashgar station, the first station of the first phase of Line 4, located west of the Ring Road on the outskirts of 6 October City.
The station covers about 7,100 square metres, with construction work 68.4 per cent complete.
El-Wazir said during the tour that overall progress on the first phase had reached 65 per cent, with civil works on the western section 80 per cent complete, civil works on the eastern section 46 per cent complete, electromechanical works, track and workshop works 67 per cent complete, and rolling stock works 48 per cent complete.
He stated that the project is being implemented, for the first time in Egypt, using six tunnel boring machines simultaneously to build the tunnels for the phase. The tunnels for the first section, from Hadayek Al-Ashgar station to Massaha station, with one tunnel in each direction, are being excavated by four tunnel boring machines, two for each direction.
Ibrahim Bakhit, Deputy Chairman of the National Authority for Tunnels, said the Metro Line 4 will be executed in four phases, adding that work has already begun on the second phase, from Fustat to New Cairo, with sites being handed over to national contracting companies. The phase will extend for 26.9 km and comprise 21 stations.
Studies are under way on the implementation of the third phase, from Hadayek Al-Ashgar to El-Hossary Square, and the fourth phase, from New Cairo to the Capital Airport, he added.
