1987: Inauguration of Line 1 (33 stations, 44 km), 2 million passengers/day.
2005: Inauguration of Line 2, (14 Stations, 14 km), 1.76 million passengers/day.
2001: Inauguration of the El Azhar Tunnel (Smoke extraction and SCADA over 2.8 km).
2012 and 2014: Inaugurations of phase 1 and 2 of line 3 (33 Stations, 40 km), 2 million passengers per day.
19 February, 19 June and 19 October/strong>: Inauguration of New El Marg, Line 3 Phase 4 A-1 and Heliopolis Station.

Colas Rail has more than 40 years of experience in Egypt with a solid record of energy and electromechanical projects. The turnkey New El Marg project has confirmed our position as a key player on the Track and Catenary market.

The energy business involves supplying substations (Rectifier Stations and Lighting Power Stations) with 20 KV from the high voltage substation (220 KV). These substations provide power to the train and auxiliaries in the station and tunnels via transformers and rectifiers.

The ventilation and smoke extraction system provides the stations with air conditioning and extracts smoke in the event of fire. These are controlled by a SCADA system.

Colas Rail Egypt is involved in all stages of the project from the engineering to the maintenance phase including procurement, construction, testing and commissioning. Colas Rail has the capacity to carry out electrical design studies and computer simulations of smoke extraction at various points on the line.

Colas Rail Egypt has more than 170 management employees, 4 permanent logistics depots (Ramses, Maasara, Tourah and New El Marg) and more than 400 workers on its ongoing projects.