Project Type
Metro
Country
Egypt
Length
19
Stations
16
Category
New Line
Traction
1500 V DC OHL
Capacity
–
Project Start
–
Stage
Contract Awarded
Cost
US$ 4.38 B
Financing
Govt; Loans
Contract Type
–
Project Owner
Background
The Cairo Metro Line 4 project involves the construction of 42 km of a metro line with 37 stations. It will be implemented in two phases.
Phase 1 extends from Hadayek El Ashgar Station to Amr Ibn El Aas Station with a length of 19 km and includes 16 underground stations. Phase 2 extends from Amr Ibn El Aas Station to the New Cairo Station with a length of 23 km and includes 21 stations.
Phase 1 of Cairo Metro Line 4
Implementation of Phase 1 is structured into four packages: two civil works packages, a rolling stock package and a systems package. The rolling stock for this phase consists of 23 eight-car trains whose procurement is currently underway (NAT is only accepting bids with a Japanese company as the main contractor).
Financing of Phase 1
- Egypt Government: $2.4 billion
- JICA: $1.2 billion. First tranche of $391m was disbursed in March 2012. This tranche has a 10-year grace period and will be repaid in 40 years at an annual interest rate of 0.2 per cent.
Japanese consultants involved in the project
Consultants involved in the project include
Contractors
Main Contractor
Mitsubishi Corporation and Orascom Construction
Sub-Contractors
Arab Contractors, Concord, Petrojet, Hassan Allam Construction: Implementation of Phase 1 civil works from Hadayek El Ashgar to El Mesaha station (13.7 km).
Recent Developments
Milestones
NAT signed a $800m turnkey contract with a consortium of Mitsubishi Corporation and Orascom Construction to execute the railway systems, track and depot works package for Phase 1.
Scope of work includes supply and installation of signalling, power supply, telecommunications, platform screen doors, automatic fare collection, track work, depot and workshop.
Project Documents
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