Fair Zone station

Metro station in Cairo, Egypt

Preceding station	Cairo Metro			Following station
Abbassiya towards Rod El Farag Corridor or Cairo University		Line 3		Stadium towards Aldy Mansour

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.^[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
B2	Underground Level 2	Engine Rooms/Maintenance
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ Cairo Metro Line 3 toward Aldy Mansour (Stadium) →
	Westbound	← Cairo Metro Line 3 toward Rod El Farag Corridor or Cairo University (Abbassiya)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left

Notable places nearby

Cairo International Book Fair^[5]
State Information Service^[5]
General Authority for Investment^[5]

References

^ "About Company". Cairo Metro. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
^ Giulini-Leonardi, Sylvie; Gastebled, Oliver J.; Mahdi, Samy (2011). "A compact design for shaft-tunnel junction adopted for Greater Cairo Metro Line 3: design aspects and use of advanced numerical methods" (PDF). In Redmond, Steve; Romero, Victor (eds.). Rapid Excavation and Tunneling Conference 2011 Proceedings. Englewood, Colo: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. pp. 880–890. ISBN 978-0-87335-343-4.
^ ^a ^b "Cairo metro Line 3 extension opens". railwaygazette.com. railwaygazette.com. 8 May 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
^ "Phase 2 of Line 3". National Authority for Tunnels. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Cairo Fair Station". National Authority for Tunnels. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
^ "Thales awarded ticketing and supervision system contract for Line 3 of the Cairo Metro". Thales Group. 21 June 2009. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.