Ramses Station
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Ramses Railway Station is the main railway station of Cairo, Egypt. The name is derived from the Ancient Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II whose statue was erected by Nasser on the square in 1955. The station was formerly known as Misr Station.
The original railway station was built as the terminal of the first raillink from Alexandria to Cairo in 1856. The current building was erected in 1892 and upgraded in 1955.
The statue of Ramses II was relocated to near the Giza Plateau on 25 August 2006.
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Coordinates: 30°03′49″N 31°14′50″E / 30.06361°N 31.24722°E
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