Cairo–Aswan railway line

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inter-city rail corridor railway line

The Cairo–Aswan railway line is a major Egyptian rail corridor running along the Nile Valley, connecting the capital Cairo with the southern city of Aswan and serving key urban centers in between.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Cairo–Aswan line 1
Cairo–Upper Egypt main line 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf inter-city rail corridor ⓘ
railway line ⓘ
connects Aswan ⓘ
Cairo ⓘ
connectsTo Cairo–Alexandria line ⓘ
surface form: Alexandria–Cairo railway line
country Egypt ⓘ
electrification not electrified ⓘ
follows course of the Nile River ⓘ
gauge standard gauge ⓘ
hasDirection north–south ⓘ
importance main north–south rail axis of Egypt ⓘ
infrastructureType double-track on most sections ⓘ
locatedIn Nile Valley ⓘ
operator Egyptian National Railways network ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian National Railways
partOf Egyptian National Railways network ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian railway network
passesThroughGovernorate Aswan Governorate ⓘ
Asyut Governorate ⓘ
Beni Suef Governorate ⓘ
Giza Governorate ⓘ
Luxor Governorate ⓘ
Minya ⓘ
surface form: Minya Governorate

Qena Governorate ⓘ
Sohag ⓘ
surface form: Sohag Governorate
primaryUse passenger transport ⓘ
regionServed central Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Middle Egypt

Upper Egypt ⓘ
secondaryUse freight transport ⓘ
servesCity Assiut ⓘ
surface form: Asyut

Beni Suef Governorate ⓘ
surface form: Beni Suef

Giza ⓘ
Luxor ⓘ
Minya ⓘ
Qena ⓘ
Sohag ⓘ
startingStation Ramses Station, Cairo ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
terminusA Cairo ⓘ
terminusB Aswan ⓘ
usedByService local passenger trains ⓘ
long-distance express trains ⓘ
overnight sleeper trains ⓘ
usedFor commuter travel between Nile Valley cities ⓘ
domestic tourism travel to Luxor and Aswan ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Assiut → connectedBy → Cairo–Aswan railway line ⓘ
Beni Suef Governorate → hasTransportInfrastructure → Cairo–Aswan railway line ⓘ
Qena Governorate → hasTransportInfrastructure → Cairo–Aswan railway line ⓘ
Egyptian National Railways network → mainCorridor → Cairo–Aswan railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cairo–Aswan line
Giza railway station → railwayLine → Cairo–Aswan railway line ⓘ
Giza railway station → railwayLine → Cairo–Aswan railway line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cairo–Upper Egypt main line