EGYPT’S NORTH COASTIndependent guide · City · Coast · HomesOCTOBER 2026

ARRIVAL ATLAS · REVIEWED 3 OCTOBER 2026

The journey
starts here.

See where the existing airports sit. Compare the geography, then arrange the flight and the final drive for your actual dates.

From the airport
to the coast.

A Wadi Yemm entrance pin has not been verified here. The map starts at the cape to help locate the area. Get the actual gate from your host.

27° E28° E29° E30° E31° EMEDITERRANEAN SEADBBMUHHBESPXCAIRas El Hekma · cape

Original guide map · land geometry from Natural Earth · airport references from OurAirports.
Lines compare points. They are not roads, transfer routes or travel times. Save the regional map ↓

Geographic comparison to Ras El Hekma cape
AirportStraight lineFor your dates
MUH Marsa Matruh International61 kmCheck airline
DBB El Alamein International68 kmCheck airline
HBE Alexandria / Borg El Arab179 kmCheck airline
SPX Sphinx International317 kmCheck airline
CAI Cairo International362 kmCheck airline

Distances are measured between published map points and rounded to the nearest kilometre. Straight segments on this regional map are reference lines. A closer airport on the map may have no suitable flight. Your road journey depends on the actual gate and current route.

THE FUTURE CITY CONNECTION

A planned airport
is a different question.

Modon announced a new airport for Ras El Hekma. This guide has no accepted location, passenger opening date or confirmed bookable service for it.

El Alamein (DBB) already has a government airport profile. Do not treat that existing airport as the future Ras El Hekma airport.

Read the city's airport plans ↗

A travel note
you can keep.

Put the arrangements in one place. These fields stay on this page until you download or print them. Nothing is submitted or saved automatically.

The note includes the selected airport, review date and national help numbers.

Get a direct answer from your host about the gate and security requirements. Agree waiting charges, tolls, luggage, child seats if needed and the return journey with your transfer provider.

Check supplies, seasonal stores and help contacts ↗

RAIL / THE STATION, THE NETWORK, THE LAST PART OF YOUR TRIP

A station for Ras El Hekma.
Read the plan before you travel.

The station is named in official construction reports. Here is where it appears in the published rail plan, what its earlier design report says, and what you still need to check for a real journey.

Station figures: 18 August 2024Works inspection: 24 July 2026Guide review: 14 October 2026
Ras El Hekma in NAT’s published first-line rail planThe original bilingual project map. The guide ring identifies the printed Ras El Hekma marker in the English panel. Source image coordinates only; no passenger operation, precise entrance, timetable or city gate is located.
© National Authority for Tunnels. The full original Arabic and English image remains available through “Full source”. White ring: guide annotation on the printed Ras El Hekma marker. This is the authority’s project diagram, separate from the guide’s geographic maps.
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Coast section of the English panel. Ras El Hekma is the orange marker between Matrouh and Dabaa.

THE 2024 STATION REPORT

Space, tracks and ways to move.

The report describes a station beside the international coastal road, facing the city. These are reported design figures, not a completed-station inspection.

142,800 m²

Reported station site

The report gives an area for the station site. It does not give a building footprint or plot boundary.

3 levels

Levels

Three levels are described. Their individual uses are not set out in this report.

3 platforms

Platforms

This is a design count, not a list of platforms open to passengers.

4 tracks

Tracks

Four tracks are described. No current route or train stopping pattern is confirmed.

8 escalators

Escalators

A planned way to move between levels; current use is not verified.

14 staircases

Staircases

The report also describes ordinary stairs. Their positions are not supplied.

6 lifts

Lifts

Lifts are listed, but their installation, working condition and step-free route need a current check.

No exact entrance, pickup point, access road, internal floor plan or allocation of lifts by level is supplied in these records.

A LATER WORKS REPORT

Construction was still the subject of the July visit.

The 24 July 2026 inspection names Ras El Hekma among nine station sites. It discusses finishing, passenger movement, elevators, tracks and access roads.

Stations named in that inspection
  • Ras El Hekma
  • Dabaa
  • Sidi Abdel Rahman
  • Alamein
  • El Hamam
  • Borg El Arab
  • Army Stadium
  • King Mariout
  • Nubariya

This is the report’s list of inspected stations, not a timetable or a complete list of passenger stops.

Compare the other dated delivery reports ↗

KEEP EACH DATE WITH ITS NUMBER

675 km in the older report. 660 km in the later one.

The August 2024 inspection gives 675 km for the first line. The July 2026 report and the project page describe about 660 km.

The guide keeps both records. It does not infer a 15 km cut, calculate a journey time from either length, or assume the whole line is open.

BEFORE YOU RELY ON RAIL

Check the journey all the way to your address.

  1. Does a passenger train stop here?

    Check the operator’s current timetable for Ras El Hekma on your exact date. A construction report or trial run is not a passenger service.

  2. Which station does your ticket name?

    Keep the station name and departure time from the ticket. Do not treat Matrouh, Alamein and Ras El Hekma as the same arrival point.

  3. How do you reach your home?

    Arrange pickup at the correct station entrance and confirm entry to your community. The published rail map does not provide a Wadi or Hacienda gate transfer.

  4. Can everyone make the connection?

    Ask about working lifts, the route to the platform, luggage and assistance. For the road transfer, confirm the vehicle, meeting point and contact before travelling.

Passenger opening, tickets, timetables and a station-to-home transfer are not verified by these source records. Use the dated coach comparison and airport atlas to research alternatives for your dates.

Source dates and map method

The complete source image is preserved without resizing or re-encoding. The guide’s ring is at image coordinate [54, 432] in its English panel; it is not a geographic coordinate. Map views change only the visible window. Buttons move or enlarge the image; scrolling over it continues to scroll this page.

Station quantities come from NAT’s 18 August 2024 inspection. The project page and map have no confirmed publication date. The later works report is dated 24 July 2026. A project plan, construction report, train trial and passenger service are different things. This reader does not confirm that trials began or that trains can be booked.

Station report ↗ · Project map ↗ · July works report ↗. © National Authority for Tunnels for the original map. Guide readings and ring are original. No authority endorsement or open republication licence is claimed.

NEW · DATED ARRIVAL COMPARISON

Which day do you arrive?
Where does the ticket end?

Compare 18 Cairo-to-coast search results, see overnight arrivals and keep the final property transfer separate.

Read the coach arrival timeline ↗

SEASONS AND LONGER STAYS

A year on the coast.

Compare 12 months of air temperature, rain, wind and humidity. Look behind the averages with 35 complete years of regional data.

Explore the monthly climate reader ↗

PLAN A VISIT NOW

A future city. A stay you can check today.

Read three city hotel statuses and two nearby reservation routes. See published facilities, coming-soon items, exact source dates and geographic context.

Open the visit and stay reader ↗

COASTAL SERVICE MAP

Food and mobile shops,
with the location checks.

See 20 operator listings, dated closures, seven reference pins and the location links that do not match their addresses. Keep your own service arrangements in a downloadable note.

Open the service map ↗