CAIRO METRO
Urban traffic in Cairo, one of the most populous and extensive cities in the world with its population of 10 million, travels on three subway lines. Three more are in the planning and construction phases. Line 1, operational since 1989, is 44 km long with 35 stations and is used, now at full capacity, with peaks of 60,000 people per hour per direction.
Italferr, in partnership with the company EHAF (Egypt's leading engineering company and one of the top 100 in the world), was awarded a contract for the verification of the project to modernise and upgrade the technology of the Cairo Metro Line 1.
The activities include upgrade the track's superstructure, power supply, signalling and telecommunications systems to the latest and safest technological standards, as well as the construction of a central command post, which will improve the capacity, performance and safety of the metro line.