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Buses in Egypt

     
     
 
Bus services are to be found everywhere in Egypt. Deluxe buses, which run between most of the main towns and cities, are air-conditioned and fairly comfortable. The basic intercity bus service is less luxurious and is often crowded.
Tickets can be bought at a bus station window, or, sometimes, on the bus. Regular ticket inspections are the norm. On longer runs, seats can be booked in advance, but for short distances those who board first will get the best seats.
Visitors should be a little wary of 'video buses' which, despite their superior speed and cleanliness, show non-stop movies at high volume, and are not for those with delicate eardrums.

   
   Buses Departure from Cairo
   
LEAVING FROM THE TOURGUMAN TERMINAL NEAR RAMSES STATION
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE
Suez 6 am-8:30 pm (every 1/2 hour-both ways)  
Ismailia 6:30am-8:30pm(every 1/2 hour-both ways)  
Port Said

6:30am-7 pm (every 1/2 hour-both ways) A/C Superjet bus 10 am, 3pm and 4:30 pm

 
Damietta 6:00 am-7 pm (every 1/2 hour - both ways)  
El-Mansoura 6 am-8 pm (every 1/2 hour - both ways) Superjet bus (6:30 am-5:30 pm)  
Ras El Bar 7:15am-5:15pm(every 1/2 hour-both ways)  
Gamasa 7:20 am-6 pm  
   
LEAVING FROM AL-AZHAR TERMINAL
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE
Bahariya Oasis

12 noon, 9 am (Fridays only)                 8 am (Mon,Thurs.& Sat.)

Farafra Oasis  (viaBahariya Oasis) 8 am Mon., Thurs. Sat.
Kharga Oasis      (ViaAssyut) 7 am, 10 am, 7 pm and 8 pm daily
Dakhla Oasis 7 am and 7 pm
LEAVING FROM THE ABDEL MOUNEEM RIYAD TERMINAL
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE
Alexandria

Every half-hour from 5:30 am to 11 pm Superjet BusWest Delta Bus Co.

 
Mersa Matrouh

 7:15 am, 7:30 am, 7:45 am, 8:00 am, 8:30 am

    
and  5:00 pm
 
Port  Said 6 am, 2 pm Superjet bus  
Hurghada 8 am Nile Bus Co. and Upper Egypt Bus Co.  
Luxor 9:15 am Nile Bus Co. and Upper Egypt Bus Co.  
Aswan

5 pm

7 pm Nile Bus Co. and Upper Egypt Bus

Co.

 
     
LEAVING FROM THE ABBASSIA STATION 
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE
Rafah 8:00 am, 12 nn, 4 pm  
Al-Arish 8:00 am, 12 noon, 4 pm  
Sharm El-Sheikh

7 am, 8:30 am, 11am, 2 pm, 4 pm 11:30 pm 12 mn

 
Dahab

8:30 am,  2 pm,  5 pm 12 mn

 
Taba

8 am 11 pm

 
Nuweiba

8 am 11 pm

 
St. Catherine 11:30 am  
Jordan (via Nuweiba) 8 pm  
LEAVING FROM THE SINAI BUS TERMINAL
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE

Sharm El Sheikh (via El Tor)

  

7:30 am, 8:30 am, 11:00 am, 4:00 pm, 11:00 pm, 11:30 pm and 11:45 pm

 
Dahab 2:00 pm, 5:00 pm, 12 mn  
Nuweiba

8 am, 9 am, 9 pm11 pm

 
Taba (via Nuweiba) 8:00 am, 11:00 pm  
St. Catherine’s Monastery 9 am  
     
LEAVING FROM THE AHMED HELMI TERMINAL  (BEHIND RAMSES STATION)
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE
Luxor

6:30 pm
8 pm and 9 pm

10 pm Superjet Bus
 
Aswan

5 pm
7 pm

10 pm Superjet Bus
 
Hurghada 5 pm, 8:30 pm and 9:15 pm Superjet Bus  
Minya hourly (non A/C bus)  
Assyut 8 am daily (non A/C bus)  
Sohag 6 am daily (non A/C bus)  
Beni Suef every 30-min from 6 am to 6 pm  (non A/C bus)  
Fayoum City every 15-30 min from 6:15 am to 6:45 pm (non A/C bus)  
Zagazig (Eastern Delta) every 30 min from 8:30 am to 6 pm (non A/C bus)  
FROM   EL TOR
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE
Sharm El-Sheikh 7:30 am,  8:30 am and 11:00 am   
Sharm El-Sheik / Dahab 2:00 pm, 5:00 pm and   12:00 am  
FROM   TABA
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE
Nuweiba 9 am. 10 am, 2 pm and 3 pm  
Sharm El-Sheikh and Dahab 9 am and 3 pm  
St. Catherine’s 10 am  
Cairo 10 am and 2 pm  
Suez 7 am  
FROM   NUWEIBA
THE TERMINAL IS AT THE PARKING LOT OUTSIDE HELNAN HOTEL
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE
Taba 11:00 pm  
Dahab 7 am and 3:30 pm; 1 hr  
Na’ama Bay 7 am and 3:30 pm; 3hr  
Sharm El-Sheikh via Dahab 7 am, 2 pm and 4 pm ; 3 hr  
St. Catherine 6:30 am, 11 am and 2 pm  
Suez 5:30 am, 6:30 am and 7:30 am  
Cairo 10:30 am and  2:30 pm  
FROM SHARM EL-SHEIKH
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE
Taba 9:00 am  
Cairo

7 am, 10 am and 1 pm
4:30 pm

11:30 pm and 12 am
 
St. Catherine’s Monastery 7:30 am  
Dahab 8 am, 9 am, 3 pm and 5 pm  
Nuweiba 9 am and 5 pm  
Suez 9 am and 11 pm  
Ismailia 9:30 pm  
FROM    SUEZ
LEAVING FROM THE ARBA’IN TERMINAL
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE
El Tor (via Aburedes) 7:00 am-4:00pm  
Cairo every half-hour from 6 am to 6 pm  
Ismailia every 15 min. from 6 am to 4 pm  
Port Said 6:30 am, 12 noon and 3:30 pm  

Sharm El-Sheikh (via El Tor)

11:00 am, 1:30 pm and 3:00 pm  
Sharm El Sheikh (with stops at Dahab and Nuweiba) 10:30 am  
St. Catherine 2:30 pm  
Nuweiba (via Sharm El-Sheikh) 11:00 am  
Nuweiba (via El Naqab) 3:00 pm  
Taba (via Nuweiba) 3:00 pm  
INTERNATIONAL BUSES
LEAVING FROM CAIRO SHERATON IN DOKKI
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (via El Arish and Rafah) 5:30 am daily (except Sat.)  
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (via Taba and Eliat) 5:30 pm (Mon and Thurs. only)  
     
LEAVING FROM THE SINAI BUS TERMINAL
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE
Tel Aviv and Jerusalem (via Rafah)
8 am (Mon and Wed. only)
 
Riyadh, Jeddah and Libya (all via Nuweiba-Aqaba)
Kuwait

8-9 pm daily

East Delta (tel. 2 (02) 392-3027)
 
Jeddah
5 pm daily except Fri & Sat.
 

Riyadh

(with Al Fwzan)
7:30 am and 9:30 am (Tues, Thurs, Sat. & Sun)
 
Benghazi (with East Delta)

10 am daily except Fri.

8 pm A/C buses
 
Tripoli (with  East Delta) 10 am daily except Fri.  
 
LEAVING FROM MIDAN ALMAZA IN HELIPOLIS
DESTINATION DEPARTURE PRICE
Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Libya
by:  Arab Union Bus Co. (tel. 2 (02) 290-9017 or 772-663)
Amman 7 am (Mon., Tues. & Thurs. ) and 10 pm (Sat.)  
Damascus 10 pm (Thurs)  
Tripoli 7:30 am daily  
Tripoli (via Benghazi) 7:30 am daily  

by:  Al-Taha Hodat  1 Midan Ismailiya (tel.2 (02) 667-447)

Benghazi 10 pm daily and 2 pm  (Tues, Thurs. and Fri.)  
Amman and Damascus 9 pm daily except Fri