Railway Museum

The Cairo Railway Museum was founded in 1933. In his collection - about 700 exhibits. The building of this small museum is located near Cairo Central Railway Station.

The exposition of the museum has 5 sections. In the first - transport to the era of steam engines, from the chariots of the pharaohs to water transport.

The second, most important section is devoted to the trains themselves: from the very first trains to the most modern ones. There are models of steam engines, locomotives and wagons, some of them are made in life size.

There are also real details of the engines. Tourists are invited to view the personal train of Muhammad Ali Pasha, which looks like it has just left the depot and is ready to go.

Two other sections of the museum feature models of railway bridges and stations from all over Egypt. The last section of the exhibition is devoted to aircraft – from the inventions of the Wright brothers to the present day. The museum also contains statistics on the development of the transport network in Egypt, photographs, maps and documents.