Fair Zone station explained
Fair Zone station (Arabic: محطة المعرض) is a station on the Cairo Metro, part of Phase 2 of Line 3.[4] It is located on Salah Salem Street in front of the Cairo International Fair Ground, one of the most important commercial and administrative centers of Cairo.[5]
Overview
Fair Zone station was inaugurated on 7 May 2014 as part of phase 2 of Line 3.
In addition, the station has a contactless fare collection system as well as an integrated supervision and communication system supplied by the Thales Group.[6]
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Entrances/Exits
(Elevator) |
| B1 | Underground Level 1 | to entrances/exits, fare control |
| valign=top width=50 | B2 | valign=top width=100 | Underground Level 2 | valign=top width=400 | Engine Rooms/Maintenance |
P
Platform level | |
| Eastbound | → Cairo Metro Line 3 toward Aldy Mansour (Stadium) → |
| Westbound | ← Cairo Metro Line 3 toward or |
| |
Notable places nearby
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Giulini-Leonardi, Sylvie . Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. 978-0-87335-343-4. 880–890. Steve . Redmond . Victor . Romero. Gastebled . Oliver J. . Mahdi . Samy . Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference 2011 Proceedings. A compact design for shaft-tunnel junction adopted for Greater Cairo Metro Line 3: design aspects and use of advanced numerical methods. Englewood, Colo. 2011 . https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/3993889/A%20compact%20design%20for%20shaft-tunnel%20junction%20adopted%20for%20Greater%20Cairo%20Metro%20Line%203.pdf?__hstc=&__hssc=&hsCtaTracking=c4a69481-4025-4df9-a4bb-8fbdcdaecef4%7C65aa207f-c2d6-44cd-8017-9f092a498f66.
- Web site: Cairo metro Line 3 extension opens. railwaygazette.com. railwaygazette.com. 12 September 2014. 8 May 2014. 25 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180925025345/https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/news/africa/single-view/view/cairo-metro-line-3-extension-opens.html. dead.
- Web site: About Company. Cairo Metro. 11 September 2014. 17 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140817212601/http://www.cairometro.gov.eg/UIPages/AboutUS.aspx. dead.
- Web site: Phase 2 of Line 3. National Authority for Tunnels. 11 September 2014.
- Web site: Cairo Fair Station. National Authority for Tunnels. 11 September 2014.
- Web site: Thales awarded ticketing and supervision system contract for Line 3 of the Cairo Metro . . 9 May 2015 . 21 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150518065832/https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/content/thales-awarded-ticketing-and-supervision-system-contract-line-3-cairo-metro . 18 May 2015 .
