Alexandria Metro

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Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines1 (planned)
Alexandria Metro
Overview
OwnerNational Authority for Tunnels
LocaleAlexandria, Egypt
Transit typeRapid transit
Number of lines1 (planned)
Number of stations20
Operation
Operation will start2026
Technical
System length21.7 km (13.4 mi) {13.2 km (8.2 mi) planned}
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
(standard gauge)
System map

Abou Qir
Toson
Mamora
El Eslah
Montazah
Mandarah
Asafra
Miami
Sidi Bishr
Mohamed Nageeb
Victoria
Gobrial
El Souq
El Zaheria
Kafr Abdo
Sidi Gaber
Sporting
El Hadra
Bab Sharq
Misr Train Station

The Alexandria Metro is an under construction rapid transit system for Egypt's second largest city, Alexandria.[1]

It will consist of a 21.7 km transit system designed to connect central Alexandria to Abu Qir in the northeast. Supported by international financiers, including the European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and will be helped by the Madrid Metro, the project aims to provide efficient, high-capacity urban transport to ease congestion in the city. The metro will feature 20 stations, comprising elevated, on-ground, and in the future, underground sections[2]

Future expansion plans include a 13.2 km underground tunnel, intended to reduce travel times and ease traffic congestion, reinforcing the metro's role as a sustainable alternative to traditional transport methods.[2]

It will be Egypt's second metro system after the Cairo Metro.

In March 2017, The National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) was reported to have received a Japanese offer to implement a new metro line in Egypt's Mediterranean city of Alexandria from Masr station to New Borg El Arab.[3]

In 2019, the Governor of Alexandria, Abdul Aziz Qansua, announced that the construction of the Alexandria Metro will begin in either late 2019 or first quarter of 2020, at a cost of $1.05–1.5 billion. It will be implemented over two years in three phases.[4][5]

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