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Transport facilities in Egypt are centered in Cairo and largely follow the pattern of settlement along the Nile. The main line of the nation's 4,800-kilometer (2,800-mi.) railway network runs from Alexandria to Aswan and operated by Egyptian National Railways. The badly maintained road network has expanded rapidly to over 21,000 miles, covering the Nile Valley and Nile Delta, Mediterranean and Red Sea coasts, the Sinai, and the Western oases.

Egypt Air provides reliable domestic air service to major tourist destinations from its Cairo hub, in addition to overseas routes. The Nile River system (about 1,600 km. or 1,000 mi.) and the principal canals (1,600 km.) are important locally for transport.
The Suez Canal is a major waterway of international commerce and navigation, linking the Mediterranean and Red Sea. The ministry of transportation, along with other governmental bodies are responsible for transportation in Egypt. Major ports are Alexandria, Port Said, and Damietta on the Mediterranean, and Suez and Safaga on the Red Sea.

Contents 1 Highways 1.1 Regional highways 2 Railways 2.1 Maps 3 Waterways 4 Pipelines 5 Ports and harbors 5.1 Mediterranean Sea 5.2 Red Sea 5.3 Nile River 6 Merchant marine 6.1 Ships by type 7 Airports 7.1 Airports with paved runways 7.2 Airports with unpaved runways 8 Heliports 9 See also 10 External links 11 References

Driving is on the right side of the road.

total: 64,000 km

paved: 49,984 km

nonpaved: 14,016 km (1996 est.)

Two routes in the Trans-African Highway network originate in Cairo. Egypt is also the only country in Africa which has highway links with a neighbouring continent, to western Asia via Gaza and Israel.

The Egyptian railway system is the oldest railway network in Africa. The first line between Alexandria and Kafer Eassa was opened in 1854. Today the system is about 5,063 km long and is operated by the Egyptian National Railways. ENR carries about 500 million passengers and 12 million tonnes of freight annually. A major investment programme is planned to begin in 2007 with the aim of modernising the rail network and improving safety standards.^[1]

The city of Cairo is served by the Cairo Metro, which is run by the National Authority for Tunnels.

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3,500 km (including the Nile, Lake Nasser, Alexandria-Cairo Waterway, and numerous smaller canals in the delta).
Suez Canal, 193.5 km (including approaches), used by oceangoing vessels, drawing up to about 7295.2 m of water.

crude oil 1,171 km; petroleum products 596 km; natural gas 460 km

• Alexandria Port - Port Authority
• Port Said Port - Port Authority
• Damietta Port - Port Authority
• Marsa Matruh

• Red Sea Ports Authority
• Suez Port
• Petroleum Dock Port
• Adabieh Port
• Sokhna Port
• Hurghada Port - Al Ghardaqah
• Safaga Port - Bur Safajah
• Noueibah Port
• Al-Tour Port
• Sharm El-Sheikh Port

• Aswan
• Asyut

total: 180 ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 1,348,148 GRT/2,014,483 DWT

• bulk: 25
• cargo: 63
• container: 1
• liquified gas: 1
• passenger: 57
• petroleum tanker: 14
• roll-on/roll-off: 16
• short-sea passenger: 3 (1999 est.)

• 90 (1999 est.)

total: 71

over 3,047 m: 12

2,438 to 3,047 m: 36

1,524 to 2,437 m: 16

914 to 1,523 m: 3

under 914 m: 4 (1999 est.)

total: 19

2,438 to 3,047 m: 2

1,524 to 2,437 m: 2

914 to 1,523 m: 6

under 914 m: 9 (1999 est.)

• 2 (1999 est.)

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1. ^ Egyptian investment will raise safety standards. Railway Gazette International August 2007.

This article contains material from the CIA World Factbook which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain.

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