Hyundai Rotem wins bid to supply 6 trains for metro’s 2nd line

CAIRO – 2 January 2018: South Korean Company, Hyundai Rotem, won the bid launched by the National Railway Authority to buy six air-conditioned trains worth LE 2.42 billion for the metro's second line.

The European Bank will provide the National Railway Authority with a loan to buy the six air-conditioned trains as per the agreement signed in 2014 to upgrade Egyptian railways.

In the bid, the authority chose between a French company and Hyundai Rotem to buy six trains, two tractors and spare parts to maintain and develop the second line for eight years with a total of $131 million along with around LE 63 million including the tax.
The authority decided to import the 2 tractors worth €4.6 million from a Chinese company.

The Ministry of Transportation has set a plan to develop the first and second lines with a total of LE 30 billion. The plan aims to upgrade all the trains, as 32 trains worth LE 12.5 billion will be purchased for the first line (Marg-Helwan) in addition to the six air-conditioned trains that will be purchased from the Korean Company.

As part of the development of Egyptian railway, including the three metro lines, the third phase of line 3 of the Cairo metro will be connected to Rod Al-Farag axis, which links Greater Cairo with El-Dabaa and Marsa Matrouh.

An interchange station will be established at the end of the third line, linking it to Rod Al-Farag axis (Greater Cairo-El-Dabaa). This interchange station will also be connected to the electric train project.

The two-way Rod Al-Farag axis connects north and east Cairo to west Cairo at the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road and connects Red Sea Coastal Road, the new Galala Road, with Mediterranean Sea Coastal Road; it contains six lanes, as well as two lanes for buses and an electric metro train line.

The third phase of line 3 will connect the working-class districts of Attaba, Bulaq and Imbaba with Cairo University in Giza. The phase will also pass through well-off neighborhoods like Zamalek, Mohandiseen and Agouza. The construction work on the 18-kilometer phase officially started in 2017.

Additionally, the fourth phase runs from Haroun station to Heliopolis Square, while the first one is from Attaba to Abbasiya and the second phase is from the Fair Zone to Ahram.

At the same time, Egypt’s underground also comprises the original two lines: the first runs from Al-Marg to Helwan, while the second runs from Shubra to Giza.