China Railway Group and AVIC International Holding Corporation provides USD 250 million to Egypt for Phase 4 of the 10th of Ramadan Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project (Linked to Record ID#58094, #1925, #64740, #106116)

China Railway Group and AVIC International Holding Corporation provides USD 250 million to Egypt for Phase 4 of the 10th of Ramadan Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project In June 2021, the Egyptian Ministry of Transport decided to launch the Cairo Light Rail Transit Phase 4 project.

It is reported that the construction of Phase 4 will continue to be carried out by the Joint Venture of AVIC International and China Railway 2nd Bureau Engineering Group.

On November 27, 2023, Chinese companies AVIC Intel and China Railway Group reportedly agreed to provide a concessional loan worth USD 250 million for the Phase 4 of the 10th of Ramadan Light Rail Transit (LRT) Project.

According to the report, Egypt’s National Authority for Tunnels (NAT) will use the loan to pay for the costs of electrical, mechanical, signaling, communications, and central control systems of the project, while the NAT will handle the costs of the civil works.

The purpose of the project is to build a Light Rail Transit (LRT) network that extends from El Salam to New Administrative Capital to 10 Ramadan City.

The electric light railway will extend 67.8 km (42 miles) from 10th of Ramadan City to Egypt’s New Administrative Capital with 11 stops/stations (in the cities of Salam, Obour, Shorouk, Mostaqbal, Robeiky, and the New Administrative Capital). 61 km of the lines will be above ground, 0.7 km below ground, and 6.1 km will be elevated.

Some 7.5 kilometers will be in the form of a bridge, while 0.3 kilometers will be in the form of a tunnel. The speed of the trains will be 120 km/h. The trains will be equipped with non-internal-combustion diesel engines.

The line will start from Adly Mansour Station that is reached by the third metro line, and at Robeiky will be divided into two branches.

One will head north in parallel to the Regional Ring Road to the 10th of Ramadan City and the other will head South to the New Administrative Capital.

The line will be operated within two years, and will be executed by five Egyptian companies along with the railroads and the fence.

The Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) will accomplish the signaling, communication, control, and electricity systems afterwards. It will also manufacture and supply 22 trains.

In the second phase, the line will extend to the Sports City near Al-Ain Al-Sokhna so that its length will be 93 kilometers.

The LRT aims to connect El Salam City (East of Cairo) with the New Administrative Capital (NAC) through the 10th of Ramadan City in multiple phases and serve other new cities, including El Obour, Al Shorouk, Mostakbal City and Badr City.

The 111km long project with 20 stations is being implemented over five phases: Phase I covers 65.63km in length and includes 11 surface stations. Phase II covers 3.18km in length and includes one elevated station. Phase III covers 20.4km and includes three elevated and one surface station.