The trains run daily, there is express service too, but I don't think it's possible to do a day trip it's quite a distance between the two places, you need to change trains in Cairo.

If you want to do a day trip, then I would suggest fly there (that might also be via Cairo) it will probably work out cheaper and a lot quicker.

The train fares are higher for foreign travellers, and payable in USD I think.

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