Italian Libya Railways
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Italian Libya Railways was a group of small railways built in the Italian colony of Libya
History of Libya as Italian Colony
The History of Libya as an Italian colony began in the 1910s and lasted until February 1947, when Italy officially lost all the colonies of the former Italian Empire.-First years:...

 between the two World Wars.

History

The Kingdom of Italy
Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
The Kingdom of Italy was a state forged in 1861 by the unification of Italy under the influence of the Kingdom of Sardinia, which was its legal predecessor state...

 built in Italian Libya
Italian Libya
Italian Libya was a unified colony of Italian North Africa established in 1934 in what represents present-day Libya...

 nearly 400 km of railways with 950 mm gauge.

Projects

The Italian authorities decided to give priority to the construction of road
Road
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which typically has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways each with one or more lanes and also any...

s in Libya when Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....

 took control of the Italian colonies. After 1926 no more railways were made in Libya, but during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 the need of railways transport to the front during the war in the frontier with British Egypt
History of Egypt under the British
History of Egypt under the British refers to the era from 1882 when the British succeeded in defeating the Egyptian Army at Tel El Kebir in September and took control of the country to the 1952 Egyptian revolution which made Egypt a republic and when British advisers were expelled.-British...

 changed this approach.

Equipment

In Libya the first locomotives were the steam locomotives R.401 and R.301, but the most successful were the R.302 produced in northern Italy
Northern Italy
Northern Italy is a wide cultural, historical and geographical definition, without any administrative usage, used to indicate the northern part of the Italian state, also referred as Settentrione or Alta Italia...

.

Railways

There were only five small railways:

1) Tripoli-Zuara (118 km):
Stations Central: Tripoli 5 km: Gurgi 6 km: Gargaresc 16 km: Zanzur 22 km: Saliad 30 km: Lemaia 35 km: EtTuebiaGarg 47 km: EzZauia 56 km: EsSabriaBu-Isa 64 km: Sorman 76 km: SabrathaVulpia 82 km: ZungaelAgelat 100 km: Mellita 118 km: Zuara


2) Bengazi-Barce (108 km):
Stations Central: Bengazi 9 km: Lete 19 km: Benina 30 km: Regima 41 km: GabreGira 49 km: BuMariam 60 km: el-Abiar 76 km: SidiMaius 86 km: Sferi 91 km: Sleaia 97 km: SidiGibrin 108 km: Barce


3) Tripoli-Garian (90 km):
Stations Central: Tripoli 5 km: Gurgi 6 km: Gargaresc 19 km: ElMisciasta 24 km: EnNgila 29 km: SuaniBenAdem 35 km: BirElMiamin 43 km: UmmelAdem 50 km: ElAzizia 83 km: HenscirElAbiat 90 km: Vertice31


4) Bengasi-Soluch (56 km):
Stations Central: Bengazi 1 km: Bengasi Porto 2 km: Berca 10 km: Guarscia 14 km: GuarsciaBen 24 km: Nauaghia 32 km: NauaghiaB 40 km: Giardina 45 km: GiardinaVS 50 km: SoluchFV 56 km: Soluch


5) Tripoli-Tagiura (21 km):
Stations Central: Tripoli 2 km: Tripoli Riccardo 3 km: Cavalleria 5 km: SidiMessri 9 km: Fornaci 11 km: AinZara 13 km: Sghedeida 15 km: ElMellaha 20 km: TagiuraFV 21 km: Tagiura VS

See also

  • Railway stations in Libya
    Railway stations in Libya
    There are no railway stations in Libya, which as of 2011 has no operational railway network. Construction of a national rail system was suspended because of the 2011 Libyan civil war...

  • History of Libya as Italian colony
    History of Libya as Italian Colony
    The History of Libya as an Italian colony began in the 1910s and lasted until February 1947, when Italy officially lost all the colonies of the former Italian Empire.-First years:...

  • Italian Libya
    Italian Libya
    Italian Libya was a unified colony of Italian North Africa established in 1934 in what represents present-day Libya...

  • Eritrean Railway
    Eritrean Railway
    The Eritrean Railway is the only railway system in Eritrea. It was constructed between 1887 and 1932 by the Kingdom of Italy for the Italian colony of Eritrea, and connected the port of Massawa with Bishia near the Sudan border. The line was essentially destroyed by warfare in subsequent decades,...

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