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Cairo Monorail: the East Nile Line to the New Capital

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Claim 1 clm-21477de472a4e0ce quantitative
Cairo's monorail carried its first passengers on 6 May 2026 over 16 stations between El-Musheer Tantawi and Justice City
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What the mapping says
Alstom's release of 6 May 2026 announces commercial service with 16 of 22 stations operational; Al Jazeera dates public opening to 6 May and names the 16-station trial phase.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alstom — commercial service begins for the East of Nile Monorail (May 2026)
  2. Al Jazeera — Egypt's new monorail offers a modern ride, but Cairo is still not convinced (1 June 2026)
Claim 2 clm-91028ebc3940ec76 quantitative
reached its full 22 stations on 27 June 2026 when six Nasr City stations opened
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What the mapping says
Egyptian Streets reports the second phase opening on Saturday 27 June with six stations, bringing the line to all 22.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Egyptian Streets — Egypt to launch second phase of East Nile Monorail on Saturday (26 June 2026)
Claim 3 clm-e73962dab9a9af84 quantitative
The 56.5 km elevated line runs from Cairo Stadium in Nasr City through New Cairo and into the New Administrative Capital
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What the mapping says
Wikipedia gives the 56.5 km length and the Stadium to Justice City route; Egyptian Streets names Nasr City, New Cairo and the New Administrative Capital as the districts served.
Caveat
Alstom gives the length as 56 km and Al Jazeera as 56.6 km.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Wikipedia — Cairo Monorail
  2. Egyptian Streets — Egypt to launch second phase of East Nile Monorail on Saturday (26 June 2026)
Claim 4 clm-b8b2f64c894ae9e3 quantitative
Alstom supplies 40 four-car Innovia 300 trains and CityFlo 650 signalling
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What the mapping says
Global Trade Review gives 40 four-car trains for the New Capital line; Railway Technology names the CityFlo 650 train control.
Caveat
The 40-train figure is from 2021 contract reporting; no delivery count for the opened line was found.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Global Trade Review — UK Export Finance backs Bombardier monorail project (20 January 2021)
  2. Railway Technology — Cairo Monorail project profile
Claim 5 clm-6868c8238e1b6d27 quantitative
says the line operates with fully driverless GoA4 signalling; no independent confirmation of unattended running was found
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What the mapping says
Alstom's own commercial-service release states fully driverless GoA4 signalling; Railway PRO relays it as automated operation without a driver on board, citing Alstom. No source independent of the supplier says what is aboard.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alstom — commercial service begins for the East of Nile Monorail (May 2026)
  2. Railway PRO — Africa's first monorail has begun commercial operations (May 2026)
Claim 6 clm-502083ec17c800d6 quantitative
The National Authority for Tunnels owns the line; a consortium of Bombardier (now part of Alstom), Orascom Construction and Arab Contractors won a 2019 design-and-build contract with 30 years of operation and maintenance, covering this line and a second line between Giza and 6th of October City
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What the mapping says
The 2019 consortium release names the National Authority for Tunnels, both lines and the 30-year O&M term; Railway Technology records the owner and that Alstom now leads the consortium.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Bombardier Transportation / Orascom Construction — consortium wins contract to supply and operate two monorail lines in Egypt (5 August 2019)
  2. Railway Technology — Cairo Monorail project profile
Claim 7 clm-310a94110b780f89 quantitative
whose full trial operation the transport minister targeted in August 2026 for early 2027
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What the mapping says
Youm7 reports Transport Minister Kamel El-Wazir's statement of 30 August 2026 that the ministry targets full trial operation of the West Nile monorail at the start of 2027.
Caveat
A ministerial target, not an opening date; earlier targets for this line (2024, 2025, September 2026) were missed.

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  1. Youm7 — Transport minister: West Nile monorail trial operation to begin in early 2027 (30 August 2026)
Claim 8 clm-98f8ab145f080596 quantitative
The much-quoted 45,000 passengers per hour per direction is a design figure.
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What the mapping says
Alstom calls 45,000 passengers per hour per direction the ultimate capacity of the system, and project profiles carry it as capacity — not as measured demand.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alstom — commercial service begins for the East of Nile Monorail (May 2026)
  2. Railway Technology — Cairo Monorail project profile
Claim 10 clm-7cadb222c2dad2fd quantitative
No ridership figure had been published by October 2026.
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What the mapping says
None of the operator, ministry or press sources reports a passenger count; the second-phase announcement and Alstom's release give capacity and hours only.
Caveat
An absence finding: a figure may exist in Arabic-language official channels that could not be read.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alstom — commercial service begins for the East of Nile Monorail (May 2026)
  2. Egyptian Streets — Egypt to launch second phase of East Nile Monorail on Saturday (26 June 2026)
  3. Al Jazeera — Egypt's new monorail offers a modern ride, but Cairo is still not convinced (1 June 2026)
Claim 11 clm-b440892912847dac descriptive
only a handful of passengers in carriages at peak hours, and stations difficult to reach for some commuters
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What the mapping says
Al Jazeera's reporter rode the line in its first days and describes near-empty carriages at peak hours and stations that are hard to reach.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Al Jazeera — Egypt's new monorail offers a modern ride, but Cairo is still not convinced (1 June 2026)
Claim 12 clm-e9153e47a88dbe1d quantitative
Alstom says its project assessment cuts the El-Musheer Tantawi to Justice City trip from around 1 hour 20 minutes by road to about 40 minutes
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What the mapping says
Alstom's release cites project mobility assessments for the ST07 to ST22 journey time; it is the supplier's figure.
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No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alstom — commercial service begins for the East of Nile Monorail (May 2026)
Claim 13 clm-a7f1de2c4ee9040f quantitative
the same Innovia 300 monorail runs São Paulo's Line 15, where staff rode the trains from 2014 until unattended operation began in March 2025
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What the mapping says
Alstom's anniversary release confirms Line 15 opened on 30 August 2014 with 27 Innovia 300 trains; Diário do Transporte reports the move to operation without onboard operators from the weekend of 15–16 March 2025, after a gradual transition since July 2024.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alstom — Alstom celebrates a decade of operation of the São Paulo Monorail Line 15 (29 August 2024)
  2. Diário do Transporte — Line 15 begins fully automated operation (14 Mar 2025)
Claim 14 clm-73e286d58ac1434a quantitative
Cairo's GoA4 label rests on the supplier's statement
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What the mapping says
Both automation statements trace to Alstom; Railway PRO says so explicitly ('according to Alstom's announcement').
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Alstom — commercial service begins for the East of Nile Monorail (May 2026)
  2. Railway PRO — Africa's first monorail has begun commercial operations (May 2026)

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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
National Authority for Tunnels (owner); Alstom, Orascom Construction and Arab Contractors consortium under a 30-year O&M contract
Actor types
private
Funding model
public
Funding description
Egyptian state borrowing; £1.7bn UK Export Finance guarantee (2021) behind a JP Morgan-led syndicated buyer credit, reinsured by SACE and CESCE
Cost
≈$4.5bn (2019 contract value, both lines, including 30 years of O&M); the construction contract alone is put at ≈€2.7bn, or ≈€4.1bn once the 30-year operation and maintenance is included — the same asset at three figures, depending on what is counted
Ownership
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Al Jazeera — Egypt's new monorail offers a modern ride, but Cairo is still not convinced (1 June 2026) aljazeera.com · 4 linked claims

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Name not classified · aljazeera.com
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2026-06-01
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Independent reporting from the first weeks: opening on 6 May 2026 with 16 of 22 stations, 56.6 km from Nasr City to the New Administrative Capital, fares tiered from 20 to 80 pounds with a 50% subscription discount, only a handful of passengers at peak hours, stations difficult to reach for some commuters, and an analyst's calculation that daily use takes about 22% of the minimum wage.

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Egyptian Streets — Egypt to launch second phase of East Nile Monorail on Saturday (26 June 2026) egyptianstreets.com · 3 linked claims

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Name not classified · egyptianstreets.com
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2026-06-26
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The transport ministry's announcement of phase two: six Nasr City stations (Cairo Stadium, Hisham Barakat, Al-Azhar University, Seventh District, Field Marshal Ahmed Ismail, Jehan El-Sadat) open on Saturday 27 June 2026, bringing all 22 stations into service; daily operation 06:00–21:00; interchanges with Metro Line 3 and the LRT. No ridership figure.

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Bombardier Transportation / Orascom Construction — consortium wins contract to supply and operate two monorail lines in Egypt (5 August 2019) globenewswire.com · 1 linked claim

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Publisher
Name not classified · globenewswire.com
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2019-08-05
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Fetched. Primary contract source, supplier-issued. Scope: design and build two lines plus 30 years of O&M; 54 km East Cairo to the New Administrative Capital and 42 km 6th of October City to Giza; 70 four-car Innovia Monorail 300 trains (280 cars); total value 'exceeds $4.5 billion US (4.1 billion euro)', of which Bombardier $2.85bn and Orascom Construction close to $900m. Language is 'flagship performance in driverless operations'; the release makes no 'longest driverless monorail' claim.

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Global Trade Review — UK Export Finance backs Bombardier monorail project (20 January 2021) gtreview.com · 1 linked claim

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2021-01-20
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Fetched. Financing detail: £1.7bn UKEF guarantee behind a €1.89bn facility (including financed ECA premium), JP Morgan as initial mandated lead arranger and facility agent with CaixaBank, Crédit Agricole, Credit Suisse, KfW Ipex-Bank, NatWest, Société Générale and UBS; SACE and CESCE as reinsurers; described as the largest amount UKEF has ever provided for an overseas infrastructure project.

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Railway PRO — Africa's first monorail has begun commercial operations (May 2026) railwaypro.com · 2 linked claims

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Trade press relaying Alstom's announcement: CBTC GoA4 signalling described as fully automated operation without a driver on board, 16 of 22 stations at launch, vehicles built in Derby, capacity of up to 45,000 passengers per hour per direction at maximum, and platform screen doors. Not independent of the supplier.

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Railway Technology — Cairo Monorail project profile railway-technology.com · 3 linked claims

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2024-04-17
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Fetched (article dated April 2024, pre-opening). Trade profile corroborating route geometry (Line 1 54 km/22 stations; Line 2 42 km/13 stations, Boulak to 6th of October City), the $4.5bn Alstom-led consortium contract of August 2019, the UKEF £1.7bn plus New Urban Communities Authority loans on 14-year terms, 70 Innovia 300 trains at up to 80 km/h, CityFlo 650 moving-block CBTC, the 30-year O&M term and 45,000 pphpd. Its completion targets (Line 1 late 2024, Line 2 2025) were both missed.

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Wikipedia — Cairo Monorail en.wikipedia.org · 1 linked claim

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Reference work used for route geography: East Nile line from Stadium to Justice City, 56.5 km, 22 stations, inaugurated 20 March 2026 with public service from 6 May. It also states the West Nile line has no estimated operation date. Its attribution of financing to the EBRD and EIB is not corroborated by any other source and is not used.

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Alstom — commercial service begins for the East of Nile Monorail (May 2026) alstom.com · 6 linked claims

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The supplier's announcement of commercial service: 16 of 22 stations open, 56 km from East Cairo to the New Administrative Capital, an ultimate capacity of up to 45,000 passengers per hour per direction, fully driverless CBTC GoA4 signalling, platform screen doors, and a project assessment putting the El-Moshir Tantawi to Justice City trip at about 40 minutes against around 1 hour 20 minutes by road.

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Youm7 — Transport minister: West Nile monorail trial operation to begin in early 2027 (30 August 2026) youm7.com · 1 linked claim

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Transport Minister Kamel El-Wazir says the ministry targets full trial operation of the West Nile monorail (New October to Nile Valley, 43.8 km, 13 stations) at the start of 2027, possibly in stages, with a preference for opening the whole line at once.

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Alstom — Alstom celebrates a decade of operation of the São Paulo Monorail Line 15 (29 August 2024) alstom.com · 1 linked claim

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Alstom marks ten years of São Paulo's Line 15 monorail, opened on 30 August 2014, running 27 Innovia 300 trains with Cityflo 650 signalling.

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Diário do Transporte — Line 15 begins fully automated operation (14 Mar 2025) diariodotransporte.com.br · 1 linked claim

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São Paulo's Metro starts fully automated GoA4/UTO operation on Line 15 from 15–16 March 2025, after a gradual transition since July 2024; unions dispute its safety.

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