Cairo Metro - Line 4 (October-Oasis Highway - The Police Academy)

The Police Academy)

Cairo Metro Line 4 (Construction to begin September 2012) is planned to run from Haram District reaching the New Cairo district literally connecting Greater Cairo from West to East.

Phase 1 of the project will run from El-Malek El-Saleh Station (Interchange with Line 1) all the way to the October-Oasis Highway Station with a total length of 17 km, passing through Giza Railways Station (Interchange with Line 2); the original plan for phase 1 was for it to start from EL-Malek El-Saleh Station and end at the Grand Egyptian Museum Station with a total length of 10 km but the Ministry of Roads & Transportation decided to extend the Line in their efforts to further connect the Governorate of 6 October to the Greater Cairo Area; phase 1 also includes the plan to connect the end of Line 4 to the suburbs of 6 October mainly through executing The October 6th Tram system (The O6T) which will be by using a Tram-train system supplied with the Alstom Regio-Citadis trams.

In September 2009, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) was finalizing the feasibility study of the line, the construction began in 2011. Phase 1 is likely to be operational right after the completion of the 3rd phase in Line 3 by October 2016.

Phase 2 is set to begin in 2014 starting from El-Malek El-Saleh Station passing through Magra El-Oyoun street and Salah El-Din Citadel in Salah Salem street and ending at the 6th District Station (beginning of Nasr City district) with a completion date set at October 2018.

Phase 3 is set to begin in 2015 starting from the 6th District Station and ending at Makram Ebeid Station running through Mustafa El-Nahas street in bored tunnels under the existing old tram system, taking it as a guide and ultimately deconstructing the old railway and paving the path it occupied increasing the street by two lanes in each direction which is critically needed to lighten the traffic congestion in the area. This phase has a completion date set at October 2019.

Phase 4 which is also the final phase of construction work in Line 4 has a starting date set in 2017 where it will start from Makram Ebeid Station with bored tunnels running through Doctor Hassan El-Sherif street and all the way under Ahmed El-Zomor street reaching the end of the line and making it complete at the Police Academy Station.

Line 4 is expected to be fully operational by October 2020.