Transportation in Egypt

Egypt has approximately 8600 km (about 5300 mi) of railroads.  The principal railway line links Aswan and points north in the Nile Valley to Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast.  The inland waterways of Egypt including the Nile, navigable throughout its course in the


 country, the approximately 1600 km (about 1000 mi) of shipping canals, and the more than 17,700 km (more than 11,000 mi) of irrigation canals in the Nile delta—are used extensively for transportation.  Camel caravans are employed to a limited extent in the desert.

Two highways connect Cairo with Alexandria. Other highways connect Cairo to Port Said, Suez and Al Fayoum. The total length of highways and roads is about 38,000 km (about 23,600 mi), of which about 18,000 km (about 11,200 mi) are highways.  International airlines provide regular services between Cairo and Alexandria and major world centres.  Egypt-Air, the government-owned airline, also provides domestic and foreign services; the country has about 80 airfields.  The major port is Alexandria, followed by Port Said and Suez, all of which are served by numerous shipping companies.  The Suez Canal, which was closed from 1967 until mid 1975, produces substantial annual toll revenues.  In the early 1990s about 16,600 vessels used the canal each year.

Distances between major  town and places in Egypt  in KM.

Town	Cairo	Alex	Luxor	Aswan	Hrg	Sharm	Ismalia	Seuz	Marsa matrouh	port said	Menya
Cairo	0	224	676	906	529	550	140	130	512	224	248
Alex	224	0	895	1128	759	705	272	364	288	357	472
Luxor	676	895	0	223	299	1036	785	810	1185	895	387
Aswan	906	1128	223	0	513	1386	1043	1044	1415	1128	655
Hrg	529	759	299	513	0	737	487	395	1047	569	608
Sharm	550	705	1036	1386	737	0	431	342	993	566	730
Ismalia	140	272	785	1043	487	431	0	91	560	85	387
Seuz	130	364	810	1044	395	342	91	0	652	174	388
Marsa matrouh	512	288	1185	1415	1047	993	560	652	0	645	760
port said	224	357	895	1128	569	566	85	174	645	0	472
Minia	248	472	387	655	608	730	387	388	760	472