Classic route
Talgo Intercity
Cairo → Alexandria · Egypt
- Distance
- 208 km
- Fastest time
- 2 h 30 min
- Top speed
- 160 km/h
- Operator
- Egyptian National Railways (ENR)
- Train
- Talgo 230
- Countries
- Egypt
- In service since
- 1856
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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