Cairo–Alexandria line

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intercity railway line railway line

The Cairo–Alexandria line is Egypt’s primary intercity railway route linking the capital Cairo with the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria and carrying a large share of the country’s passenger and freight traffic.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Alexandria–Cairo railway line	1
Cairo–Alexandria railway	1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intercity railway line ⓘ railway line ⓘ
connects	Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Alexandria Cairo ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
electrification	not electrified ⓘ
endPoint	Alexandria ⓘ
gauge	standard gauge ⓘ
hasService	express trains ⓘ intercity trains ⓘ local trains ⓘ
importance	primary intercity railway route in Egypt ⓘ
locatedIn	Egypt ⓘ
modeOfTransport	rail ⓘ
operator	Egyptian National Railways network ⓘ surface form: Egyptian National Railways
owner	Egyptian National Railways network ⓘ surface form: Egyptian National Railways
partOf	Egyptian National Railways network ⓘ surface form: Egyptian railway network
regionServed	Lower Egypt ⓘ
role	carries a large share of Egypt’s freight traffic ⓘ carries a large share of Egypt’s passenger traffic ⓘ
serves	Alexandria ⓘ surface form: Alexandria metropolitan area Greater Cairo metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Greater Cairo
startPoint	Cairo ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
terminus	Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ surface form: Alexandria Cairo ⓘ
terminusStation	Alexandria Misr Station ⓘ surface form: Misr Station, Alexandria Ramses Station, Cairo ⓘ
trackConfiguration	double track (on most sections) ⓘ
use	freight transport ⓘ passenger transport ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Cairo–Aswan railway line → connectsTo → Cairo–Alexandria line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexandria–Cairo railway line

Qalyubia Governorate → hasTransportLink → Cairo–Alexandria line ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cairo–Alexandria railway

Egyptian National Railways network → mainCorridor → Cairo–Alexandria line ⓘ