Bashtīl
Bashtīl is a railway station in Giza Governorate, Egypt. Bashtīl is situated nearby to the railway station Upper Egypt train station.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Upper Egypt train station and Al-Tawfikia.
Upper Egypt train station
Railway station
Bashteel Railway Station, also called Upper Egypt Railway Station, is a major railway station in Giza, Egypt, located in the Bashteel district of the city. Upper Egypt train station is situated 430 metres east of Bashtīl.
Al-Tawfikia
Metro station
Tawfikia is a station in the Cairo University branch of Cairo Metro Line 3, which was opened on 15 May 2024 as part of Phase 3C of the line. It is located in the intersection between El-Rashid and Ahmed Oraby streets in the Mohandiseen district in Giza. Al-Tawfikia is situated 1½ km east of Bashtīl.
Wadi El Nile
Metro station
Wadi El Nile is a station in the Cairo University branch of Cairo Metro Line 3 that opened on 15 May 2024 as part of Phase 3C of the line. It will be the transfer point to the western Cairo Monorail line. Wadi El Nile is situated 2 km southeast of Bashtīl.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dokki and Mohandiseen and Gezira.
Dokki and Mohandiseen
Dokki and Mohandiseen are districts in Giza suburb on the west bank of the Nile River, part of Greater Cairo.
Gezira
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gezira is a district of modern Cairo that occupies the southern portion of the main island in the Nile within Cairo itself; in fact, gezira means "island" in Arabic.
Cairo
Photo: Mario modesto, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cairo is the capital of Egypt and, with a total population of Greater Cairo metropolitan area in excess of 16 million people, one of the largest cities in both Africa and the Middle East.
Bashtīl
- Type: Railway station
- Also known as: “Al Balad”, “Bashtil”, “Bashtîl Station”, “Bashtil Village”, and “Maḩaţţat Bashtīlī”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Giza Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.06715° or 30° 4′ 2″ northLongitude
31.18462° or 31° 11′ 5″ eastElevation
27 metres (89 feet)Open location code
8G2H358M+VRGeoNames ID
358995
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