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Philipp The train was ok, we arrived well at our destination. The egyptian railway service was excellent, we had no trouble to find the correct track and also getting the hard ticket was no problem. However, its more a train for locals, as a Tourist we felt a bit uncomfortable…
Cairo - Luxor, Tren First Class Special Express, Egyptian Railways, 16 Eyl 2026
SI
Samdanae IThe trip took longer than expected due to a late start and rest times of more than one hour and several other rest stops, all in the same trip. Unfortunately, this meant that we were quite late to start our day in our destination, and that threw us off schedule. Otherwise, the service was very friendly and the cars were excellent. We hate to leave a bad review, but the long delays really caused us a lot of issues that were completely due to the service provider not sticking to the time seriously
Cairo - Luxor, Taksi Standard 3pax, Egypt Luxury Transport, 19 Ağu 2026
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Jerome BI chose this class of bus for its comfort, but besides the damaged equipment, there are no phone chargers and no TV screens.
And we are arriving 1 hour and 30 minutes late.
Cairo - Luxor, Otobüs Business Class DD, Go Bus, 2 Tem 2026
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Nicolas AThe road and our driver was perfect
Cairo - Luxor, Minibüs Minivan, Your Bus, 25 Haz 2026
NB
Nicholas BFinding the right platform at Cairo station was hard, there were no signs anywhere. The toilets on board were unpleasant and the train was an hour and a half late. I don’t advise anybody to use this method of transport in Egypt
Cairo - Luxor, Tren First Class Special Express, Egyptian Railways, 13 Haz 2026
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Christine JToo many stops. Driver stopped 5 times for cigarette and coffee, 2 times for fuel, because the first place first have the correct kind. 1 time to pee on the dive of the road and 1 time to use a toilet. I asked him not to smoke in the car but he did anyway. Many times I saw him scrolling through photos on his phone while driving.
Cairo - Luxor, Minibüs Minivan, Your Bus, 9 Haz 2026
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Lars VThe 12Go’s subcontractor didnt respond to our email on time. When we arrived the police took us apart and arranged our ticket and send us in the right direction. We were obliged to pay them for their service, we felt not reallu comfortable. When at the platform at Luxor we couldnt read the platform because it was in arabic. The locals (0 tourist on the train) were helpfull, thanks!
The train itself was quite alright, it left only 20 minuts late, the AC worked and it was not that disgusting. However they woke us up 2 times in the middel of the night on a sleeper train) to check our tickets for the second time and pay for the food we bought hours ago…
In the end we were happy everything worked out but I think the bus might be better value for money.
Cairo - Luxor, Tren First Class Special Express, Egyptian Railways, 16 May 2026
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Swapnil TThe bus timing was 9:45 to 6:45. It arrived at 10:45, left at 11pm and we reached destination at 9am. So do not believe the timings mentioned by operators.
Cairo - Luxor, Otobüs Elite Business M, Go Bus, 8 May 2026
KG
Kenneth GThis was a terrible experience from start to finish. You will receive a confirmation telling you to contact a WhatsApp number at least 10 hours before departure who tell you that you must retrieve your ticket from the police office at the station. This is not easily located. Don’t ask the customer services desk either as they don’t know anything and then point you in the wrong direction to get rid of you. The tourism police when they show up then take you to the office and then of course ask for money once they’ve given you the ticket. Because keeping a pre-booked train ticket in a drawer required a lot of effort. Finding the platform is then a nightmare. Ask for directions and you’ll be pointed in the wrong direction every time. This happened again on the platform where the tourism police pointed me to the wrong end of the train. Then a guy takes my ticket, as in grabs the ticket and takes me to the wrong seat, but tells me to sit there. Of course someone shows up for that seat later and a huge scene unfolds on the train between me, this passenger and the police officer who told me to go to the wrong end of the train. Eventually I’m in a sitting down but decide to go get something to eat. They had small sandwiches in the food car, I only dared eat the cheese one which was stale and I think days old and definitely wasn’t being stored in a fridge when I bought it. Wouldn’t touch the chicken ones for obvious reasons. Furthermore train door was broken so the smell of the toilets and cigarette smoke accompanied the entire 12 hour journey as did the sound of the compartment door constantly slamming due to the movement of the train. If this was the “first class” experience, God only knows what second and third class is. Do yourself a favour and fly, drive, walk if you have to. Avoid avoid avoid Egyptian trains and especially pre-booking them.
Cairo - Luxor, Tren First Class Special Express, Egyptian Railways, 27 Nis 2026
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Ulrica The check in was confusing and the reception guy wasn't very helpful. I walked from pillar to post in the dark to find the bus as he kept on telling me it's second road to my left until.slmost an hour later he showed me where I had to wait. It was very cold in the bus. The trip was supposed to be 7hrs but it took 10hrs.
Cairo - Luxor, Otobüs VIP 50 Seater, Your Bus, 15 Nis 2026
