Night train route
Alexandria–Aswan Express
Alexandria → Aswan · Egypt
- Distance
- 1,090 km
- Fastest time
- 16 h 40 min
- Average speed
- 65 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
- Operator
- Egyptian National Railways
- Train
- ENR air-con express coaches
- Countries
- Egypt
- In service since
- 1856
Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log
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.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 98.5% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 4 m); the longest stretch away from it is 10.5 km
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Egyptian National Railways — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
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