Location : Cairo , Egypt
Client/Consultant : Natonal Authority Of Tunnels
Contractor : COLAS RAIL CAIRO
Chanel partner : OMEGA Engineering
Products : Crane FS balancing valves & a wide selection of general valves and strainers.
The transportation studies which were carried out on Greater Cairo region had specified the route of
line 3 to be started from Embaba to El Mohandiseen ,passing under the Nile up to Elzamalek Island –
Attaba .
The importance of line 3 :
- Meeting the huge transportation demands along the route of line 3
- Reduction of the traffic density of the other means of transportation with a rate equivalent to 2 M
trip/daily .
- Linking between the east and west of Cairo ,since that line 3 is the first transversal line, while lines
1 & 2 are linking between the north and south of Cairo.
- Exchanging the service with line 1 & 2 in Attaba , Gamal Abd El Naser and Cairo University stations .
- The saving for the national economy achieved by line 3 project is 2700 M.EGP per year.