Editing Cairo Metro (section)

{{short description|Rapid transit system in Egypt}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2014}}
{{Infobox Public transit
| box_width = 275px
| name = Cairo Metro
| image = Cairo metro logo2012.svg
| imagesize = 100px
| image2 = Metro-1-l.jpg
| imagesize2 = 200px
| caption2 = The Cairo Metro (line 2)
| native_name = {{lang|ar|مترو أنفاق القاهرة}}
| owner = National Authority for Tunnels (Egyptian state)<ref>{{cite web|title=TWINNING PROJECT FICHE - Assistance to the Egyptian Metro Company (ECM) in Reforming Railway Safety Regulations, Procedures and Practices|url=http://vm.ee/sites/default/files/content-editors/Twinning%20fiche%20-%20Metro%20regulation%20Final-launched.pdf|access-date=4 August 2014}}</ref>
| locale = [[Greater Cairo]], [[Egypt]]
| transit_type = [[Rapid transit]]
| lines = 3
| stations = 84<ref name=metrobits>{{cite web|title=Cairo|url=http://mic-ro.com/metro/metrocity.html?city=Cairo|date=28 August 2020|website=metrobits.org|access-date=30 March 2021}}</ref><ref group="Note">Counting [[interchange station]]s only once.</ref>
| ridership = 2.2 million<ref name="ridership2020">{{cite web |title=Egypt: number of subway passengers |url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/1386079/number-of-subway-passengers-in-egypt/|website=Statista |access-date=26 June 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
| annual_ridership = 1460.0 million (2023)<ref name="ridership2020" />
| website = {{URL|cairometro.gov.eg/en|Cairo Metro}} {{in lang|en}}
| began_operation = {{Start date and age|1987|9|27|df=y}}<ref name=metrobits/>
| operator = * Line 1: The Egyptian Co. for Metro Management & Operation<ref name="auto">{{cite web |url=http://cairometro.gov.eg/uipages/AboutUS.aspx |title=About Company |publisher=Cairo Metro |access-date=2014-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140817212601/http://www.cairometro.gov.eg/UIPages/AboutUS.aspx |archive-date=17 August 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Line 2: The Egyptian Co. for Metro Management & Operation<ref name="auto"/>
* Line 3: [[RATP Dev]] (15 years)
| marks = 
| character = Mixed<br />Underground, At-grade and Elevated
| vehicles = 
| system_length = * Line 1: 44 km<ref name="line1">{{cite web |title=National Authority for Tunnels |url=http://www.nat.gov.eg/LocationActivity.aspx?id=79 |website=www.nat.gov.eg |access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref>
* Line 2: 21.6 km<ref name="ركاب">{{Cite web|url=https://www.skynewsarabia.com/business/1306650-30-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7-%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%86-%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%94%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%85-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%94%D9%86%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%82|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127112513/https://www.skynewsarabia.com/business/1306650-30-عاما-مصر-تعلن-رسميا-أرقام-مترو-الأنفاق|url-status=dead|title=بعد 30 عاما.. مصر تعلن رسميا "أرقام مترو الأنفاق"|archivedate=27 November 2020|website=سكاي نيوز عربية}}</ref>
* Line 3: 41.2 km<ref name="ركاب2">{{Cite web|url=https://m.akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/3703229/1/15-%D9%85%D8%AD%D8%B7%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84-17-%D9%83%D9%85..-%D9%86%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AC%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%88--%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%A9---%D8%A5%D9%85%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A9-|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405160937/https://m.akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/3703229/1/15-محطة-بطول-17-كم..-ننشر-مستجدات-مترو--العتبة---إمبابة-|url-status=dead|title=15 محطة بطول 17 كم.. ننشر مستجدات مترو «العتبة - إمبابة»|date=16 March 2022|archivedate=5 April 2022}}</ref>
| track_gauge = {{RailGauge|1435mm}} [[standard gauge]]
| el = Line 1: [[Overhead line]],1.5 [[Volt|kV]] [[Direct current|DC]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Barrow|first1=Keith|title=Cairo to order new trains for metro Line 1|url=http://www.railjournal.com/index.php/africa/cairo-to-order-new-trains-for-metro-line-1.html|website=International Railway Journal|publisher=Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc.|access-date=23 January 2015|date=14 March 2014}}</ref><br />Lines 2 and 3: {{750 V DC|conductor=third rail}}<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Banerjee|first1=M.K.|last2=El Hoda|first2=N.|title=Review of the automatic train control system for Cairo Metro line 2|journal=Power Engineering Journal|date=October 1998|volume=12|issue=5|pages=217–228|doi=10.1049/pe:19980506|publisher=IET|doi-broken-date=7 December 2024 |issn=0950-3366}}</ref>
| top_speed = 
| map = [[File:CAIRO METRO.jpg|275px]]
| map_name = System map
| map_state = collapsed <!-- show or collapsed -->
}}
{{Cairo Metro route diagram}}

The '''Cairo Metro''' ({{langx|ar|مترو أنفاق القاهرة|Metro Anfāq al-Qāhirah}}, <!------Please note: this is a standard transliteration of the Arabic letters, reflecting Standard Arabic, and not intended to be a pronunciation guide.-------> lit. "Cairo Tunnel Metro" or {{lang|arz|مترو الأنفاق}}&nbsp; {{IPA|arz|ˈmetɾo lʔænˈfæːʔ|pron}}) is a [[rapid transit]] system in [[Greater Cairo]], [[Egypt]]. It was the first of the three full-fledged metro systems in [[Africa]] and the first in the [[Middle East]] to be constructed.<ref name=railway>{{cite web |url=http://www.railway-technology.com/projects/cairo-metro/ |title=Cairo Metro, Egypt |website=Railway-Technology.com |publisher=Kable |access-date=2014-06-26}}</ref><ref name=urbanrail>{{cite web |url=http://www.urbanrail.net/af/cairo/cairo.htm |title=Cairo |website=UrbanRail.Net |access-date=2014-06-26}}</ref> It was opened in 1987 as [[Cairo Metro Line 1|Line 1]] from [[Helwan]] to [[Ramses Station|Ramses Square]] with a length of {{convert|29|km|mi|1}}.<ref name="Line1">{{cite web |url=http://cairometro.gov.eg/UIPages/FirstLineWorking.aspx |title=First Line Working |publisher=Cairo Metro, Inc. |access-date=2014-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503080302/http://www.cairometro.gov.eg/UIPages/FirstLineWorking.aspx |archive-date=3 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of 2013, the metro carried nearly 4 million passengers per day.<ref name="bbc">{{cite news |last1=Sood |first1=Suemedha |url=http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20130314-subway-systems-by-the-numbers |title=Subway systems by the numbers |newspaper=BBC |date=15 March 2013 |access-date=2014-07-28 |archive-date=28 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728174957/http://www.bbc.com/travel/blog/20130314-subway-systems-by-the-numbers |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of 15 May 2024, the Cairo Metro has 84 stations<ref name=metrobits/> of which 5 are transfer stations, with a total length of {{convert|106.8|km|mi|1}}. The system consists of three operational lines<ref name=metrobits/> numbered 1 to 3.<ref name="Line1"/>

The Cairo Metro is owned by the National Authority for Tunnels.<ref name="Line1"/> The lines use [[standard gauge]] ({{RailGauge|1435mm}}).<ref name=metrobits/>