Egypt plans first driverless metro in Africa

Egypt plans first driverless metro in Africa

The idea of ​​a train without a driver is closer to science fiction or children’s cartoons, or even research that predicts the future of technology in the coming years.

This is what is happening now in Egypt: a trail for nom driver metros.

The sixth line of the Cairo metro will be the first driverless metro in Egypt and Africa.

Alstom, the French company responsible for design and implementation of the project, announced the project for the first time at the UN COP27 Climate Conference, to clarify the extent to which the project is environmentally friendly.

Alstom, stated, in an official statement issued at the COP27 summit, that Egypt signed an agreement to design, implement and maintain Cairo Metro’s sixth line to be the first African electronic driverless metro in Egypt.

It will eventually provide the line which is 35 kilometers longand that accommodating about half a million passengers with this new system design of transport.

The new line will include 27 stations, 12 of which are underground, and will extend from north to south through the neighborhoods of Greater Cairo.

Starting from Shubra al-Khaima, passing through New Maadi, and ending at the beginning of Ain Sokhna Road, al-Khosous.

According to the company’s statement, the company will provide