The Light Rapid Train Project
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The Light Rapid Train Project Adly Mansour ( El Salam) to The New Capital and 10 Th of Ramdan City Friendly cooperation between the oldest two historical civilizations Final Report Updating Forecasting Study Namat for Engineering Consultancy Dr. Mostafa Sabry – Dr. Hatem Abdel-Latif • In the transportation master plan of Greater Cairo Region (GCR) (CREATS, 2003), two options have been investigated to develop a mass transit system serving the corridor. The first option was a busway, utilizing the middle of the Ismailia Road for an exclusive and dedicated busway. This option was abandoned as it will lead to increasing traffic congestion, and therefore decreasing the internal rate of return of the project. The most promising option was the use of the existing railway line between Ain Shams and Robaikey, with an extension to 10th of Ramadan City. A feasibility study was carried out along with a demand forecast analysis derived from CREATS model, and the results showed high demand projections on the line. Noteworthy is that the focus of CREATS study was on heavy-rail-based options; namely diesel-operated trains. 1. Overview 1.1 Latest Alignment Overview Total Length 74.49km Subgrade 64.78km 6 LRT Bridge 9.15km 3 Tunnel 0.56km At-grade 10 Station Elevated 1 Depot 1 (Including OCC) Traction Substation 2 Pedestrian Bridge 5 No. Telecommunications LRT Tunnel 3 No. LRT Tunnel Repeater ENR shifting 7.3km ENR Tunnel 4 Car Bridge 9.29km The alignment details Based on: Transmittal No. Date 76M-T-PEO-NAT-PM-01-404 2019.04.04 76M-T-PEO-NAT-PM-01-423 2019.04.22 76M-T-PEO-NAT-PM-01-424 2019.04.22 Car Bridge Telecommunication Repeater LRT Station with Pedestrian Bridge Phase I Phase II Total Length (km) 74.23 42.81 Number of Stations 11 6 Station Names REVIEW OF THE PREVIOUS STUDIES Existing proposals, plans, and reports were collected and extensively reviewed to enable an in-depth understanding of the transport system requirements of the 10th of Ramadan LRT-1 development. These reports included but not limited to: ENR Study, (Menarail Consultants, 2000) ENR Study, (HTA Transport Consultants, 2001) Cairo Regional Area Transportation Study (CREATS), (JICA, 2003). 10th of Ramadan Railway Line Project Traffic Demand Study (EGEC, 2008). Egypt East Wing Corridor Study, Final Report, (Dar El Handasa, 2013). Each of these documents was carefully reviewed to benchmark the results of our analysis and compare them to the findings of other previous studies. The following paragraphs summarize the highlights of each of the previous studies. The interference between LRT and other Transportation types From station To station Peak hour person trips per direction Ain Shams Salam City 13,481 Salam City Airport 19,027 Airport Obour 28,269* Obour Darb Al-Hag 27,332 Darb Al-Hag Shorouq 27,332 Shorouk Heliopolis 26,476 Heliopolis Badr 26,476 Badr Asher-1 26,584 Asher-1 Industrial area 26,584 Industrial area Asher-2 25,283 Asher-2 Asher-3 11,266 Asher-3 Asher-4 5,746 Asher-4 Asher-5 1,059 *28269= all boarding passengers at Ain Shams + all boarding passengers at Salam station+ all boarding passengers at Airport station – alighting passenger at Salam from Ain shams - alighting passenger at Airport from Ain Shams - alighting passenger at Airport from Salam = 13481+5546+9242-0-0-0=28269 Phases of Metro Line 3 and its connection with the proposed LRT-1 shows the predicted number of daily boarding and alighting passengers at each stop for the two directions in the year 2022. Train Routing Track design alignment.