ABO-KIR railway line is a double track regional system
and considered as the fastest mean of local transport in the city
of Alexandria. It starts from Alexandria main station and travels
along the southern urban parts of the city to ABO-KIR station.
The line is 22.11 km long and the average commercial
speed is about 26.53 km/hr and has 16 stops (14 intermediate).
The distance between stops varies between 500 m and 2800 m.
Fig. 2 indicates an overview of ABO-KIR railway line with stations
locations. Stations are introduced by numbers, starting
from Alexandria station as number 1 to Abo Kir station as
number 16. Maximum grade of ABO-KIR line is 4 per thousand,
and the minimum radius of horizontal curve is 750 m.