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Misr Station
Alexandria railway station is a railway terminus in Alexandria, Egypt. History The station is the current terminus of the line, which was extended from Sidi Gaber railway station Sidi Gaber railway station ( ar, محطة قطارات سيدي جابر) is one of two main railway stations in Alexandria, Egypt. It was constructed in the 1850s and is the oldest train station in Egypt.http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/130 ... in 1876. References {{coord, 31.1929, 29.9055, type:railwaystation_region:EG, display=title Railway stations in Egypt Railway stations opened in 1876 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misr Train Station, Alexandria
Misr or MISR may refer to: * Misr, the romanized Arabic name for Egypt * misr, singular of Arabic ''amsar'', which were early Arabic "garrison towns" * Misr (domain name), a top-level Internet domain name * Misr, a variant of the AKM assault rifle produced in Egypt * Misr Station, former name of Ramses Station, the main railroad station of Cairo * Misr Station, one of two main railroad stations in Alexandria * Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer, NASA's remote sensing instrument See also * {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria grew rapidly and became a major centre of Hellenic civilisation, eventually replacing Memphis, in present-day Greater Cairo, as Egypt's capital. During the Hellenistic period, it was home to the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which ranked among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, as well as the storied Library of Alexandria. Today, the library is reincarnated in the disc-shaped, ultramodern Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Its 15th-century seafront Qaitbay Citadel is now a museum. Called the "Bride of the Mediterranean" by locals, Alexandria is a popular tourist destination and an important industrial centre due to its natural gas and oil pipelines from Suez. The city extends about along the northern coast of Egypt, and is the largest city on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidi Gaber Railway Station
Sidi Gaber railway station ( ar, محطة قطارات سيدي جابر) is one of two main railway stations in Alexandria, Egypt. It was constructed in the 1850s and is the oldest train station in Egypt.http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/13054/marching-to-sidi-gaber_alexandria%E2%80%99s-epicenter-of-u See also * Alexandria Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ... References Railway stations in Egypt {{Egypt-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Railway Stations In Egypt
Railway stations in Egypt include: Stations served by passenger trains Stations served Existing Most major lines originate from Ramses Station, Cairo or Misr Station, Alexandria: * Giza ** Luxor ** Edfu ** Aswan ** Shellal * Port Said * Suez * Damietta * El Alamein ** Marsa Matruh Proposed * In 2010, a road/rail tunnel under the Suez canal was proposed. * In 2014, the following 80 km long double track 25 kV line was proposed: * El Salem * Bilbeis City * Sharqeya Possible * Hurghada (Red sea) * Safaga * to Luxor ---- * Sadat City * Cairo ---- * Aswan * Marsa Alam Ferry A weekly ferry service on the Nile River connects the Egyptian railhead at Aswan with the Sudan railhead at Wadi Halfa. See also * Egyptian National Railways * Egypt-Sudan Railway Committee References External links Upgrade {{Asia topic, List of railway stations in * Railway stations Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a List of transcontinen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
