Night trains
Night trains from Aswan
2 sleeper routes · Egypt
2 night trains serve Aswan in the World Train Map atlas, with sleeper routes to Alexandria, Cairo. The longest is the Alexandria–Aswan Express at 1,090 km (16 h 40 min); the oldest service on this list has run since 1856. Board in the evening, wake up 1,090 km closer. Every route below links to its full story and the world railway map.
- Alexandria–Aswan Express
One seat, the whole of Egypt: from the Mediterranean up Africa’s oldest main line, waking to palms, feluccas and temples along the Nile to Aswan.
- Nile Valley Sleeper
Overnight up the Nile past Luxor’s temples: wake to feluccas and the First Cataract at Aswan.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence
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