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The red driving wheels of an old steam locomotive, with its coupling rod.

Cairo · Ramses station

The Railway Museum

The khedives' locomotives, including Ismail Pasha's gilded saloon carriage.

€ BudgetOff the beaten track

Egypt had Africa's first railway, and this museum inside Ramses station keeps its pieces: steam locomotives, models, and Ismail's state carriage. You enter through a station corridor, which puts most visitors off — and leaves the rooms empty.

The extra bit

Ask for the museum at the station ticket office: it is signposted only by a small plaque.

Know before you go

Frequent closures for works: call or have someone call before crossing town.

Directions

Ramses station, Ramses square, Cairo

Directions

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