Cairo Ring Road Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)
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The first 35 km opened on 3 July 2025: 14 stations, about 100 locally manufactured electric buses, running where informal microbuses used to. Two further phases are still to come, toward 48 stations.
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A bus rapid transit line on the Greater Cairo Ring Road whose Phase 1 (35 km, 14 stations) entered full service on 3 July 2025, running in dedicated lanes with about 100 locally manufactured electric buses. The full network is planned to reach 48 stations across three phases at a cost of roughly EGP 9.5 billion, replacing informal microbus routes along the ring road.
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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Cairo Ring Road Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)” — Cairo, Egypt. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/cairo-ring-road-brt/ (last verified 2026-07-18). Data: CC BY 4.0.
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