Egypt Trains, Trains in Egypt

Egypt has a remarkably good – and cheap – rail network. Egyptian trains offer four classes of accommodation:

1st class air-conditioned
2nd class air-conditioned
2nd class ordinary (better thought of as 3rd class)
3rd class (better thought of as 4th class)

1st and 2nd air-conditioned class are available on express trains, and are comparable to European 1st and 2nd class. Ordinary 2nd class is much more basic, and usually only available on slower trains.

Cairo ? Luxor ? Aswan
Train type:		Exp*	Exp	Exp	Ord+	Ord+	Exp	Ord+	Ord+	Ord+	Exp	sleeper	Exp	sleeper	Exp	sleeper	Exp	Exp*	Exp
Train number:		1902	934	980	80	158	982	160	164	1434	988	84	88	86	886	82	976	2000	2002
Alexandria	depart	–	2215	–	–	0715	–	–	1140	–	–	–	1700	–	–	–	–	–	–
Cairo	depart?	0015	0100	08:00	0730	1030	12:00	1230	1530	1820	1900	–	2000	20:30	2100	–	2115	2200	2300
Giza	depart?	0035	0120	08:20	0750	1050	12:20	1250	1550	1840	1920	20:00	2020	20:50	2120	21:35	2135	2220	2320
Luxor?	arr/dep	0930	1010	17:45	1920	2105	21:50	2325	0150	0350	0410	05:20	0625	06:35	0640	07:10	0635	0710	0825
Isna	arrive	1020	–	18:30	2010	–	22:57	–	0240	\|	0500	\|	0717	07:25	0730	08:00	–	0800	\|
Edfu	arrive	1105	–	19:15	2105	–	23:35	–	0330	0520	0545	07:00	0755	08:10	0815	08:45	–	0845	0950
Kom Ombo	arrive	1150	–	20:10	2210	–	00:25	–	0425	0610	0635	\|	0850	09:10	0905	09:45	–	0930	1040
Aswan	arrive	1240	–	21:00	2305	–	01:15	–	0525	0655	0720	08:35	0940	10:00	0950	10:30	–	1015	1125

Aswan ? Luxor ? Cairo
Train type:		Exp	Ord+	Exp	Exp	Exp	Ord+	Ord+	Ord+	Exp	Exp	sleeper	sleeper	Exp	Exp*	sleeper	Exp	Exp*	Exp
Train number:		2003	157	981	983	935	81	993	163	887	1903	83	87	977	2001	85	997	89	989
Aswan	depart	01:00	–	05:00	07:00	–	0930	–	1300	1500	1600	16:00	16:45	–	1800	19:00	2000	2015	2130
Kom Ombo	depart	01:43	–	05:48	07:48	–	1025	–	1355	1542	1648	16:45	17:30	–	1843	\|	2043	2101	2220
Edfu	depart	02:35	–	06:45	08:40	–	1123	–	1450	1630	1740	17:40	18:30	–	1932	20:35	2137	2158	2315
Isna	depart	\|	–	07:35	09:25	–	1210	–	1540	1715	1825	18:30	19:20	–	2017	\|	2222	2246	0002
Luxor?	arr/dep	04:15	0730	08:30	10:30	13:00	1315	1430	1645	1910	1920	19:35	20:25	2000	2110	22:30	2315	2345	0055
Giza?	arrive	13:20	1755	18:05	20:50	22:15	0045	0155	0245	0350	0415	05:00	05:55	0530	0600	08:15	0820	0905	0945
Cairo?	arrive	13:35	1810	18:20	21:05	22:30	0100	0210	0300	0405	0430	? 05:15	? 06:10	0545	0615	? 08:30	0835	0920	1000
Alexandria	arrive	–	2230	–	–	01:30	–	–	0645	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1230	–

Cairo to Port Said

Ord+ = Ordinary train, with 2nd class air-conditioned and 3rd class non-A/C.

Exp = Express train with air-conditioned 1st & 2nd class.

Fare😕 LE 20 one-way 2nd class (?2 or $4).

?Cairo ? Port Said
?		Ord+	Exp	Exp	Ord+	Ord+	Ord+
Cairo?	depart?	06:15	–	13:45	14:40	–	19:45
Alexandria?	depart	\|	04:30	\|	\|	15:30	\|
Port Said?	arrive	10:15	11:10	18:00	19:05	22:10	23:50
?
?Port Said ? Cairo

?		Ord+	Ord+	Exp	Ord+	Ord+	Exp	Ord+
Port Said	depart?	05:30	07:25	09:30	13:00	17:30	18:25	18:15
Alexandria?	arrive	\|	13:30	\|	\|	\|	00:35	\|
Cairo	arrive	09:45	–	13:35	17:10	21:35	–	00:50

Cairo ? Suez
?		Ord	Ord+	Ord	Ord	Ord	Ord	Ord
Cairo (main station)?	depart?	–	05:10	–	–	–	–	–
Cairo (Ain Shams station)?	depart?	06:30	\|	09:20	13:10	16:15	18:45	21:45
Suez?	arrive	08:40	09:50	11:35	15:20	18:30	21:00	00:00
?
?Suez ? Cairo

?		Ord	Ord	Ord	Ord+	Ord	Ord	Ord
Suez	depart?	06:00	10:10	13:10	15:25	15:50	19:00	21:25
Cairo (Ain Shams station)?	arrive	08:15	12:15	15:25	\|	18:05	21:10	23:35
Cairo (main station)?	arrive?	–	–	–	20:05	–	–	–

Egypt Trains, Trains in Egypt

Egypt Trains, Trains in Egypt

Cairo ? Luxor ? Aswan

Aswan ? Luxor ? Cairo

Cairo to Port Said

?Cairo ? Port Said

?Port Said ? Cairo

Cairo ? Suez

?Suez ? Cairo