Alexandria Metro: what the city's new 22 km first line will change
The first phase, from Abu Qir to Misr station, will carry up to 60,000 passengers an hour in each direction.
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Alexandria — Alexandria's metro, one of the city's biggest transport projects, is planned to run 108 km in three phases.
The first phase, now under construction, runs 22 km from Abu Qir to Misr station: 6.5 km at ground level and 15.5 km elevated. It will have 20 stations and 21 trains with 189 cars built by Egypt's National Company for Railway Industries. A 2.5 km extension is being studied to link it with the high-speed line at a new Abu Qir station.
Faster and fuller
According to Youm7, the first phase raises capacity on the route from 2,850 to 60,000 passengers an hour in each direction, cuts the journey from 50 to 25 minutes, raises operating speed from 25 km/h to 100 km/h, and brings trains every 2.5 minutes instead of every 10.
What comes next
Two later phases are under study: 31 km from Al-Zahiriya to Kilo 21 in Agami, and 48 km from Kilo 21 to Borg El Arab airport, each with 21 stations. The metro is planned to connect with the Cairo–Alexandria railway at Misr and Sidi Gaber, the Raml tram at Sidi Gaber and Victoria, the Rashid line at Maamoura, and eventually the high-speed electric train at Borg El Arab.
The project is also expected to cut fuel use, emissions, noise and congestion.
Source: Youm7 (in Arabic), November 2026.
