The Nile Train
Navigate from Khartoum North to Port Sudan Railway Station across a span of 780km. This is an overnight service.
22 hours
780 km
Ultra-affordable
First Class AC
Meals: None
Ensuite: No
Sudan Railways diesel-electric locomotives; modernized Chinese-built trainsets introduced post-2010
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Cape gauge
Air brake systems on modern rolling stock; vacuum brakes on heritage coaches
Traversing the hyper-arid Nubian Desert with extreme temperature fluctuations (daytime >50°C, near-freezing nights)
Seasonal flash flooding in wadi crossings between Khartoum and Atbara
Sand encroachment on exposed desert sections
Long gaps between water and fuel replenishment points
Maintaining rail integrity across 780 km of lightly maintained secondary track
Desert and semi-arid terrain
~80 km/h passenger
Original line 1898–1909 (British colonial); modernized post-2010
Sudan Railways Corporation (SRC)
Built to connect interior Sudan to Red Sea coast; part of proposed Cape to Cairo route