As much as I heard, the shuttle from Cairo airport to Alexandria is free of charge, so I don't think you'll need any tickets, for the place & times of departure, while I dunno anything about the time of departure or where to find the bus
the dorms from the train station should not be very far, but plz make sure that there are 2 train stations in alexandria which are Mahattet Sidy Beshr (sidy beshr station) , and Mahattet el Raml (raml station), if you're talking about saint marc dorms, sidy beshr station should be a bit closer to it than el raml, but both of them are not considered very far if you'll take a taxi On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 2:59 AM, Al Tally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/7/9 Ahmed Koraiem <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> I cannot answer all your questions but if you want to reserve a seat >> in a train from cairo to alexandria >> >> you can reserve online before even coming at >> https://www.egypt.gov.eg/english/services/enr/default.asp >> >> and I recommend that you start reserving within the next 2 days >> because during this tiem of summer, train seats become sold out before >> 2 or 3 days of the train's departure >> >> I also recommend that you get a 1st class seat at the Espanol train >> (El Aspany) or the Turbo train (El Torbiny), because the're the ones >> who are direct to alexandria without stops and have an air conditioned >> first class seats,, otherwise, it may be annoying >> >> the trip could take from 2-3 hours depending on the train and the >> departure time, and there are trains to alex almost every 2 or hours >> but the direct ones are about 3 a day, so check out good >> >> if you want to reserve a train from egypt after you arrive, you don't >> have to go to te train station itself in cairo (Mahattet Masr), you >> can reserve a ticket from one of the 2 main phone centrals of Almaza >> or Heliopolis (masr el gedida) >> >> Hope that helps... >> >> Ahmed Koraiem > > What about the free shuttle from Cairo to Alexandria that is being provided? > Will we get information on that soon? Such as: where it is located from the > airport, how to obtain tickets, how far is the station in Alexandria from > the dorms? (echoing Lodewijk here, but with a week to go, I'd really like to > be prepared). > > -- > Al Tally > (User:Majorly) > _______________________________________________ > Wikimania-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikimania-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimania-l
