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Welcome guys and gals


I'll discussing all the public transportation types in Egypt

note: this from more than 9 years experience in Egypt
but it's not accurate 100%


so let's get started

Taxi's types

The White Taxi

Cost:
starting from 2.5 pounds (entering the car + the first kilometer) + 1 pound for each additional kilometer


Comfortably:
good (depending of the car and it's your right to ask him to turn on the air condition)


Where to find:
every where


Advantage:
fixed prices has a meter counter with the price (affordable price)


Disadvantage:
i. some cabs will tell you that they don't have a change to take more money so take chance with you

ii. some cabs are saying their counter is broken down, so when you ride a taxi if you see him didn't turn the counter on ask him to do and if he said it's broken down get out of the car

iii. in the high traffic places while you sill waiting in car the counter is still counting

The Capital Taxi or The Yellow Taxi

the service called: Cairo taxi services

Cost:
in Cairo: starting from 3.5 pounds ((entering the car + the first kilometer) + 1.25 L.E for each additional kilometer

in Alexandria: starting from 4 pounds + 1.5 L.E for each kilometer + 10% sales tax


Comfortably:
excellent ( with air condition )


Where to find:
Pre-Reserve by calling 19155 if your in Cairo
and 19559 in Alexandria


Advantage:
fixed price (has a meter counter with the price (fair price), the cabs are gentle and respectful


Disadvantage:
i. it's not easy to find an empty one on the streets so you need to reserved in advance
ii. the service works only in Cairo & Alex
iii. in the high traffic places while you sill waiting in car the counter is still counting

p.s: this is not the same Taxi in Ismailia (both are yellow)

The Black taxi

Cost:
depending on the taxi cab!


Comfortably:
fair(depending of the car and it's hard to find air condition)


Where to find:
every where specially when you don't need them


Advantage:
when you discide you'll take a white taxi, the street become full of black taxi


Disadvantage:
i. some cabs will give you a really high price so when you negotiate with him he will make a discount but it's still high price, so before you enter the cars ask him how it will cost and tell him what you are willing to pay, if you don't know the fair price to the place you want to go don't take it!

p.s: not all of them are bad guys but most of them are greedy

p.p.s: for each province there's a different color (black with white one exist in Cairo)

London Taxi

Cost:
Starting from 50 L.E



Comfortably:
The BEST (LCD + Wifi + air condition + you can pay using your credit cards)


Where to find:
only on the airport (after the revolution)not sure if they back to work on the city again
but you can call them 19670 to Pre-Reserve one


Advantage:
you feel like a king


Disadvantage:
i. very high prices but still affordable for the tourists


list of the London Taxi's prices

Microbus

The most popular transportation Vehicle

(1)

(2)

(3)



Cost:
Starting from 0.5 to 4 L.E (inside the Cairo depending on where you're going)

p.s: the cost i'm talking about is inside cairo only, so for example if you're going to Alexandria from Ramses station it will cost you 20 L.E


Comfortably:
depend on the type of the microbus ( as you see in the photos above no,(3) very good, no,(1) fair, no,(2) low)


Where to find:
everywhere


Advantage:
i. in most places it's working 24 hours
2. cheap
3. cover all Cairo
3. they stop wherever you want, and if you are lucky might even take you home.
4. very fast

Disadvantage:
i. sometimes they love to turn their crappy local music on highest volume possible

The Underground Metro

Cost:
1 L.E/ticket

Comfortably:
fair and very good ( if you found an empty seat )


Where to find:
check out the maps below and the station's lines


Advantage:
i.very cheap
ii.Fast
iii.no traffic
iv.systematic (there's available Metro each ~ 5 minutes)
v.working almost all the day (check the working times below)
vi.covering alot of cities in Cairo
vii.there are also 2 special carriages in the middle for girls and women only so they can get rid of the bad guys


Disadvantage:
i. can be crowded specially in the traffic jam (when the employees are going to work and return from it) some times you can't find a place to put one of your legs inside so you may skip 3 or 4 metros but still better than the traffic on streets
in the traffic jam

ii. sometimes inside the metro in the crowded times there might be some thieves with a light hands and they may steal you cellphone or your wallet so make sure you're securing your staff or hold them on your hand

iii. It's not working outside Cairo

ps. the metro carries nearly 4 million passengers per day!


Working Time:
On the Summer: from 6 am to 12:30 am
on the Winter: from 6 am to 1:00 am

[b]Logo of The Underground Metro

Metro Lines


Line 1
Cairo Metro

听 听 Helwan 丨賱賵丕賳
听 听 Ain Helwan 毓賷賳 丨賱賵丕賳
听 听 Helwan University 噩丕賲毓丞 丨賱賵丕賳
听 听 Wadi Hof 賵丕丿賷 丨賵賮
听 听 Hadayeq Helwan 丨丿丕卅賯 丨賱賵丕賳
听 听 El-Maasara 丕賱賲毓氐乇丞
听 听 Tora El-Asmant 胤乇丞 丕賱兀爻賲賳鬲
听 听 Kozzika 賰賵鬲爻賰丕
听 听 Tora El-Balad 胤乇丞 丕賱亘賱丿
听 听 Thakanat El-Maadi 孬賰賳丕鬲 丕賱賲毓丕丿賷
听 听 Maadi 丕賱賲毓丕丿賷
听 听 Hadayeq El-Maadi 丨丿丕卅賯 丕賱賲毓丕丿賷
听 听 Dar El-Salam 丿丕乇 丕賱爻賱丕賲
听 听 El-Zahraa' 丕賱夭賴乇丕亍
听 听 Mar Girgis (English Saint George) 賲丕乇 噩乇噩爻
听 听 El-Malek El-Saleh 丕賱賲賱賰 丕賱氐丕賱丨
听 听 听 听 Interchange with Line 4
听 听 AlSayyeda Zeinab 丕賱爻賷丿丞 夭賷賳亘
听 听 Saad Zaghloul 爻毓丿 夭睾賱賵賱
听 听 Sadat 丕賱爻丕丿丕鬲
听 听 听 听 Interchange with Line 2
听 听 Gamal AbdAlNasser 噩賲丕賱 毓亘丿丕賱賳丕氐乇
听 听 听 听 interchange with Line 3
听 听 Orabi 毓乇丕亘賷
听 听 Shuhada (know also as Ramsees) - (previous name : Mubarak ) 卮賴丿丕亍
听 听 听 听 Interchange with Line 2, trams, and mainline rail routes
听 听 Ghamra 睾賲乇丞
听 听 El-Demerdash 丕賱丿賲乇丿丕卮
听 听 Manshiet El-Sadr 賲賳卮賷丞 丕賱氐丿乇
听 听 Kobri El-Qobba 賰賵亘乇賷 丕賱賯亘丞
听 听 Hammamat El-Qobba 丨賲丕賲丕鬲 丕賱賯亘丞
听 听 Saray El-Qobba 爻丕乇丕賷 丕賱賯亘丞
听 听 Hadayeq El-Zaitoun 丨丿丕卅賯 丕賱夭賷鬲賵賳
听 听 Helmeyet El-Zaitoun 丨賱賲賷丞 丕賱夭賷鬲賵賳
听 听 El-Matareyya 丕賱賲胤乇賷丞
听 听 Ain Shams 毓賷賳 卮賲爻
听 听 Ezbet El-Nakhl 毓夭亘丞 丕賱賳禺賱
听 听 El-Marg 丕賱賲乇噩
听 听 New El-Marg

Line 2

听 听 ElMounib 丕賱賲賳賷亘
听 听 Sakiat Mekki 爻丕賯賷丞 賲賰賷
听 听 Giza Suburbs 囟賵丕丨賷 丕賱噩賷夭丞
听 听 Giza Railway 賲丨胤丞 丕賱噩賷夭丞
听 听 Faisal 賮賷氐賱
听 听 Cairo University 噩丕賲毓丞 丕賱賯丕賴乇丞
听 听 Bohooth 丕賱亘丨賵孬
听 听 Dokki 丕賱丿賯賷
听 听 Gezira (Opera) 丕賱兀賵亘乇丕
听 听 Sadat 丕賱爻丕丿丕鬲
听 听 听 听 interchange with Line 1
听 听 Naguib 賲丨賲丿 賳噩賷亘
听 听 Ataba 丕賱毓鬲亘丞
听 听 听 听 interchange with Line 3
听 听 Shuhada - (previous name : Mubarak) 卮賴丿丕亍
听 听 听 听 interchange with Line 1, trams, and mainline rail routes
听 听 Massara 丨賷 卮亘乇丕
听 听 Road El-Farag 乇賵囟 丕賱賮乇噩
听 听 Sainte Teresa 爻丕賳鬲丕 鬲乇賷夭丕
听 听 Khalafawy 丕賱禺賱賮丕賵賷
听 听 Mezallat 丕賱賲馗賱丕鬲
听 听 Koliet El-Zeraa 賰賱賷丞 丕賱夭乇丕毓丞
听 听 Shobra El Kheima 卮亘乇丕

Line 3

听 听 Airport 丕賱賲胤丕乇
听 听 Omar Ibn Al Khattab
听 听 Ain Shams 2 毓賷賳 卮賲爻 佗
听 听 Ain Shams 1 毓賷賳 卮賲爻 佟
听 听 El Arab 丕賱毓乇亘
听 听 Alf Maskan 兀賱賮 賲爻賰賳
听 听 Heliopolis Square 賲賷丿丕賳 賴賱賷賵亘賵賱賷爻
听 听 Haroun 賴丕乇賵賳
听 听 AlAhram 丕賱兀賴乇丕賲
听 听 Koleyet El Banat 賰賱賷丞 丕賱亘賳丕鬲
听 听 The Stadium 丕賱廿爻鬲丕丿
听 听 Cairo Fairground 兀乇囟 丕賱賲毓丕乇囟
听 听 Abbassiya 丕賱毓亘丕爻賷丞
听 听 Abdou Pasha 毓亘丿賴 亘丕卮丕
听 听 El Geish 丕賱噩賷卮
听 听 Bab El Shaaria 亘丕亘 丕賱卮毓乇賷丞
听 听 Ataba 丕賱毓鬲亘丞
听 听 听 听 Interchange with Line 2
听 听 Nasser 噩賲丕賱 毓亘丿丕賱賳丕氐乇
听 听 听 听 Interchange with Line 1
听 听 Maspero 賲丕爻亘賷乇賵
听 听 Zamalek 丕賱夭賲丕賱賰
听 听 听 听 听 听 Kit Kat' 丕賱賰賷鬲 賰丕鬲'

North Direction

听 听 听 听 听 听 Sudan St. 卮丕乇毓 丕賱爻賵丿丕賳
听 听 听 听 Imbaba 廿賲亘丕亘丞
听 听 听 听 听 听 El Moneera
听 听 听 听 El Bohy

South Direction

听 听 听 听 El Tawfikeya
听 听 听 听 听 听 Wdi El Nil
听 听 听 听 听 听 Mustafa Mahmoud 賲氐胤賮賶 賲丨賲賵丿
听 听 听 听 听 听 Shehab 卮賴丕亘


The Mohandiseen line is still under feasibility study since it wasn't included in the original plan and it might be removed according to budget limitations. According to a statement to the previous minister of transportation, Dr. Ibrahim El Demery, the Mohandiseen part will be the last phase of the 3rd line with an estimated date of operation around 2019.


Line 4

听 听 Sheikh Zayed City 賲丿賷賳丞 丕賱卮賷禺 夭丕賷丿
听 听 October - Oasis Highway 胤乇賷賯 兀賰鬲賵亘乇 - 丕賱賵丕丨丕鬲
听 听 Ahram Gardens 丨丿丕卅賯 丕賱兀賴乇丕賲
听 听 The Grand Egyptian Museum 丕賱賲鬲丨賮 丕賱賲氐乇賷 丕賱噩丿賷丿
听 听 Remaya Square 賲賷丿丕賳 丕賱乇賲丕賷丞
听 听 Mansoureya 丕賱賲賳氐賵乇賷丞
听 听 Arish 丕賱毓乇賷卮
听 听 Talbeya 丕賱胤丕賱亘賷丞
听 听 Giza Railways 爻賰賰 丨丿賷丿 丕賱噩賷夭丞
听 听 听 听 Interchange with Line 2
听 听 Manyal 丕賱賲賳賷賱
听 听 El-Malek El-Saleh 丕賱賲賱賰 丕賱氐丕賱丨
听 听 听 听 Interchange with Line 1
听 听 Magra El-Oyoun 賲噩乇賶 丕賱毓賷賵賳
听 听 Salah Eldin Citadel 賯賱毓丞 氐賱丕丨 丕賱丿賷賳
听 听 ElMalek Mansour -Salah Salem Intersect- -丕賱賲賱賰 賲賳氐賵乇 -鬲賯丕胤毓 氐賱丕丨 爻丕賱賲
听 听 The 6th District -ElHay ElSadis- 丕賱丨賷 丕賱爻丕丿爻
听 听 ElTayaran 丕賱胤賷乇丕賳
听 听 Abbas ElAkkad 毓亘丕爻 丕賱毓賯丕丿
听 听 Makram Ebeid 賲賰乇賲 毓亘賷丿
听 听 Ahmed ElZomor 兀丨賲丿 丕賱夭賲乇
听 听 El-Methaq 丕賱賲賷孬丕賯
听 听 Police Academy 兀賰丕丿賷賲賷丞 丕賱卮乇胤丞


There are also plans to extend Line 4 to reach the 6th of October Governorate but currently it's still in the planning phase; station is yet to be identified

Metro's Map

Tramco

It's called also micro-bus, serfees

Cost:
Starting from 0.5 L.E to 2 L.E (depending on where it's going)

Comfortably:
very low


Where to find:
most of the time on the local areas and some bus stations


Advantage:
very cheep


Disadvantage:
i. high risk and the drivers are rude and sometimes vey young!
ii. you'll hear all the tough language + they love to turn their crappy local music on highest volume possible
iii. some of them live to drive on a high speed

Tok Tok

Cost:
Starting from 1 L.E to 3 L.E


Comfortably:
it's the opposite of the word comfort


Where to find:
most of the time on the local and poor areas in Egypt where there's no buses or macro-buses are not working there


Advantage:
serving in the places where you can't find anything going to where you want ( it's like a taxi with all of this disadvantage)


Disadvantage:
i. the driver sometimes is 13 years and younger!
ii. you'll hear all the tough language + they love to turn their crappy local music on highest volume possible:D
iii. can flip easily and now days it's not recommended to take one till the security back again
v. the drivers become greedy so you have to make a deal before ride it

Tram

Cost:
0.5 L.E


Comfortably:
good


Where to find:
there are 5 stations
rarely used but i included below showing their tracks


Advantage:
i. very cheap
ii. have their own road
so some times toy don't have option if the traffic is extremely high
ii. cover all Masr El-gedida


Disadvantage:
i. very slow ( takes like 3 months )
ii. always comes late to their appointments 听







special thanks for erikabrio for adding more value to the topic


To be continued

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