Editing Luxor (section)

===Transport===
[[File:Luxor International.JPG|thumb|[[Luxor International Airport]]]]

Luxor is served by [[Luxor International Airport]].

A bridge was opened in 1998, a few kilometres upstream of the main town of Luxor, allowing ready land access from the east bank to the west bank. Traditionally river crossings have been the domain of several ferry services. The so-called 'local ferry' (also known as the 'National Ferry') continues to operate from a landing opposite the Temple of Luxor.

[[File:Luxor Station.jpg|thumb|left|Luxor railway station]]

Transport to sites on the west bank are serviced by taxi drivers who often approach ferry passengers.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}} There are also local cars that reach some of the monuments for 2 L.E., although tourists rarely use them. Alternatively, motorboats line both banks of the Nile all day providing a quicker, but more expensive (50 L.E.), crossing to the other side.

The city of Luxor on the east bank has several bus routes used mainly by locals. Tourists often rely on horse carriages, called "calèches", for transport or tours around the city. Taxis are plentiful, and reasonably priced, and since the government has decreed that taxis older than 20 years will not be relicensed, there are many modern air-conditioned cabs. Recently, new roads have been built in the city to cope with the growth in traffic.

For domestic travel along the route of the Nile, a rail service operates several times a day. A morning train and sleeping train can be taken from the railway station situated around {{convert|400|m|yd}} from Luxor Temple. The line runs between several major destinations, including [[Cairo]] to the north and [[Aswan]] to the south.