Before the opening of the Suez canal, the English have tried to construct a railway line from Alexandria to Cape Town. The railway line between Alexandria and Cairo they constructed goes through the Nile Delta with lots of bridges.
from Alexandria by train to:
Cairo |
Egypt's railway system has over 5,000km of track, connecting almost every major city and town. Timetables are generally reliable, although the system itself is in need of some modernisation.