As much as I heard, the shuttle from Cairo airport to Alexandria is
free of charge, so I don't think you'll need any tickets, for the
place & times of departure, while I dunno anything about the time of
departure or where to find the bus
the dorms from the train station should not be very far, but plz make
sure that there are 2 train stations in alexandria which are
Mahattet Sidy Beshr (sidy beshr station) , and Mahattet el Raml (raml
station), if you're talking about saint marc dorms, sidy beshr station
should be a bit closer to it than el raml, but both of them are not
considered very far if you'll take a taxi
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:59 AM, Al Tally <majorly.wiki(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
2008/7/9 Ahmed Koraiem <amkoraiem(a)gmail.com>om>:
I cannot answer all your questions but if you want to reserve a seat
in a train from cairo to alexandria
you can reserve online before even coming at
https://www.egypt.gov.eg/english/services/enr/default.asp
and I recommend that you start reserving within the next 2 days
because during this tiem of summer, train seats become sold out before
2 or 3 days of the train's departure
I also recommend that you get a 1st class seat at the Espanol train
(El Aspany) or the Turbo train (El Torbiny), because the're the ones
who are direct to alexandria without stops and have an air conditioned
first class seats,, otherwise, it may be annoying
the trip could take from 2-3 hours depending on the train and the
departure time, and there are trains to alex almost every 2 or hours
but the direct ones are about 3 a day, so check out good
if you want to reserve a train from egypt after you arrive, you don't
have to go to te train station itself in cairo (Mahattet Masr), you
can reserve a ticket from one of the 2 main phone centrals of Almaza
or Heliopolis (masr el gedida)
Hope that helps...
Ahmed Koraiem
What about the free shuttle from Cairo to Alexandria that is being provided?
Will we get information on that soon? Such as: where it is located from the
airport, how to obtain tickets, how far is the station in Alexandria from
the dorms? (echoing Lodewijk here, but with a week to go, I'd really like to
be prepared).
--
Al Tally
(User:Majorly)
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