The New Cairo Monorail

This project has been proposed by private investors and awaiting approval from the
government with a plan to connect Line 3 with Line 4 through a route which is
mostly parallel to the Ring Road's eastern arc, therefore covering New Cairo from
north to south starting at the Cairo International Airport and ending at the
beginning of the Cairo-Ain Sokhna Highway[citation needed], where the government is
currently planning to build a major bus station to serve those traveling to the
eastern part of the country. The project had an estimated cost of $750 million and
a completion date set at 2020.

As of August 2016, a different monorail project is under discussion, connecting 6

October city with other western parts of Greater Cairo. The line was expected to be
35 km long, cost $1.5 billion, and be completed by 2018.[51]

A contract was signed in August 2019 with Bombardier Transportation, Orascom

Construction, and Arab Contractors for $4.5 billion to build and operate the two
monorail lines. The first will run 54 km from eastern Cairo to the new
administrative capital. The second will run 42 km from 6 October City to Giza.[52]

Qalyub Line 2 extension

As of December 2017, Spokesperson for the Egyptian National Authority for Tunnels
(NAT) said that there are plans to extend Line 2 7 kilometers to the north from
Shubra Al-Kheima station to end at Qalyub station due to the increasing traffic in
north Cairo entrances, He also said that bidding will be held in February 2018 and
the winner will be revealed mid 2018. The station will be an at-grade station built
parallel to the train railway, bridges will be built to divert traffic from the
Metro route.[53]

Long-term plans

Map of the Cairo metro system. Planned or under-construction routes use dashed
lines. Some planned stops are missing from the map. This map follows the plans
posted on Egypt National Authority for Tunnels web site (other reported plans may
differ).
A transportation study of the Greater Cairo region was completed in 1999. It
recommended the implementation of a six line system consisting of lines 1, 2 and 3
(existing), and lines 4, 5 and 6. The completed Metro Network would be capable of
serving most of the densely populated areas in the Greater Cairo region, which was
much in need of a comprehensive mass transit system. The plans include interchange
stations between the six metro lines and would also provides interchange facilities
with existing main railway stations, the airport, and bus stations.

The six planned metro lines aim to meet the transportation demands of the Greater
Cairo area up to the year 2032.[54] However, the actual construction and
implementation schedule will be restricted by available funding, and it is likely
that the timetable will slip.

Line 5 would be a half-circular line connecting lines 1-4 in northern Cairo,

running from Nasr City in the east, to Port Said Street and Shubra El Kheima in the
west. It would have a length of 20 kilometres (12 mi), entirely within bored
tunnels.[8][9] It would intersect Line 1 at Helmiet el-Zaitoun station, Line 2 at
El-Khalafawy station, Line 3 at Haroun station, and Line 4 at Al-Wafaa we al-Amal
station.[55]

Line 6 would be a north-south line, from Shubra in the north to the Maadi and
Helwan districts in the south. It would run from Ataba Station through El Kalaa
street in bored tunnels to Salah Eldin Citadel Station (Interchange with Line 4)
and moving on from there to both districts via bored tunnels using the existing
route El-Mahager Railway as a guide through both Maadi and Helwan. This Line has a
length of 19 kilometres (12 mi).[8][9] It would intersect Line 1 at Ghamra station,
Line 3 at Bab al-Sharia station, Line 4 at Amr Ibn al-Ase station, and Line 5 at
Sawah station.[55]