You can travel between the two cities either by train or by bus. Trains depart from Port Said Train Station to Ramses station in Cairo. Also, Several bus companies offer a bus service into Port Said at a reasonable price. Most buses start out from the El-Torgoman Bus Station in Cairo and stop by the Almaza Bus Station in Heliopolis before finally setting out to Port Said; if you join from El-Torgoman expect a 4 hour trip rather than the average 2-3. Port Said Bus Station is the place you can catch the bus in order to travel to Cairo and other major cities in Egypt.
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Port Said is a quiet and relatively small city; you can get pretty much anywhere by using the local transportation available anywhere. Port Said's white and blue taxis are a good way to travel in the city, and a cheap one as well. No taxi ride between any two points in the city should cost more than 10LE.