North Africa
Egypt
Cairo Governorate

Ramses Railway Station

Ramses Railway Station, also called Misr Station, is the main railway station of , . The name is derived from the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, whose statue was erected by former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser on the square there in 1955.
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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: railway station in Egypt
  • Also known as: “Maḩaţţat Mişr”, “Mahattat Ramsis”, “Maḩaţţat Ramsīs”, “Maḥaṭṭat Ramsīs”, “Mişr Railway Station”, “Misr Station”, and “Ramses Station”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Coptic Hospital and Chaar Hachamaim Synagogue.

Hospital
Photo: ديفيد عادل وهبة خليل 2, CC0.
The is a in , Egypt. is situated 630 metres east of Ramses Railway Station.

Synagogue
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The Sha'ar HaShamayim Synagogue, also known as Temple Ismailia and the Adly Street Synagogue, is an Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located at 17 Adly Street in , . is situated 1¼ km south of Ramses Railway Station.

Arts center
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is an arts center, which is situated 1¼ km southwest of Ramses Railway Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Daher and Boulaq.

Neighborhood
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is a district in the Western Area of , . According to the district map, and the census, it is subdivided into the qisms of al-Wayli and el-Daher, or al-Zahir. Some of their better known quarters are and .

Suburb
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, is a district of , in . It neighbours , Azbakeya, and the River Nile.

Photo: Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is the commercial heart of the modern city of . In addition to hosting the Egyptian Museum, Downtown is the convenient location of many smaller hotels, retail outlets, travel agencies and restaurants.

Ramses Railway Station

Latitude
30.06298° or 30° 3′ 47″ north
Longitude
31.24605° or 31° 14′ 46″ east
Elevation
31 metres (102 feet)
Operator
سكك حديد مصر
Open location code
8G2H367W+5C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 271864421
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Geo­Names ID
7921920
Wiki­data ID
Q633754
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Ramses Railway Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة رمسيس”
  • Arabic: “محطة مصر”
  • Chinese: “拉美西斯車站”
  • Dutch: “Station Ramses”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة مصر (القاهرة)”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “محطة مصر”
  • French: “gare de Ramsès”
  • French: “Gare Ramsès”
  • French: “Ramsès”
  • French: “Station Ramsès”
  • German: “Misr-Bahnhof”
  • German: “Ramses-Bahnhof”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת הרכבת רעמסס”
  • Hebrew: “תחנת רעמסס”
  • Hungarian: “Ramszesz vasútállomás”
  • Indonesian: “Stasiun kereta api Ramses”
  • Japanese: “ラムセス駅”
  • Korean: “람세스역”
  • Polish: “Kair Ramsis”
  • Romansh: “Staziun Ramses”
  • Russian: “Рамзес (вокзал)”
  • Russian: “Рамзес”
  • Spanish: “Estacion de Ramses”
  • Spanish: “Estación de Ramsés”
  • Urdu: “رمسیس اسٹیشن”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ramses Railway Station”. Photo: Faris knight, CC BY-SA 3.0.