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Train routes in Egypt
3 routes · classic 1 · night train 2
3 routes cross Egypt in the World Train Map atlas. The longest is the Alexandria–Aswan Express at 1,090 km; the fastest is the Talgo Intercity, running up to 160 km/h; the oldest line dates to 1856. Every route links to its facts, photo and story, and to the interactive world map.
Open the world railway map →Classic (1)
- Talgo Intercity
Cairo–Alexandria is the oldest railway in Africa and the Middle East (1854–56); since December 2022 it has been worked by Spain’s Talgo 230 trainsets.
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Night train (2)
- Nile Valley Sleeper
Overnight up the Nile past Luxor’s temples: wake to feluccas and the First Cataract at Aswan.
- 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.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons — each route page credits the author & licence