Cairo Metro Line 2 is the second line of the Cairo Metro in Cairo, Egypt.

History

Cairo's metro network was greatly expanded in the mid-1990s with the building of Line 2 (red), from Shubra Al Khaimah to Cairo University, with an extension to Giza. It is the first line in history to have a tunnel going under the Nile. The tunnel under the Nile is 8.35 m in internal diameter and was constructed using two Herenknecht bentonite slurry shield TBMs, which are 9.43 m in diameter. Extending 21.5 km with 20 stations, it is sometimes called the "Japanese-Built Line". It is mostly in bored tunnel, with two exceptions: a short section at the northern end approaching Shubra El-Kheima which is elevated, and a section just south of this by cut-and-cover. The main difference between Lines 1 and 2 is that Line 1 uses an overhead line while Line 2 uses the third-rail system. The construction of the line was finished in October 2000 and was later extended to El Mounib. The communication for line 2 was provided by Alcatel in 2005. Total project cost was 761 million euros. After the 2011 Egyptian revolution, the station "Mubarak" has been renamed and is now called "Al-Shohadaa" (Arabic for "martyrs").

Connections

To other Metro lines

Line 2 connects to Line 1 at Al-Shohadaa and Sadat stations and with Line 3 at Cairo University and Attaba stations.

To other forms of transit

Because the line often run parallelly with the railway, a few stations are near to the train stations, including: Cairo Transport Authority buses and private microbus services are also nearby. Access to Cairo International Airport is expected via transfer to Line 3 upon completion of Phase 4 in early 2020.