Dire Dawa Train Station | |||||
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| Railway station | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Dire Dawa Ethiopia | ||||
| Coordinates | 9°37′44″N 41°46′19″E / 9.629°N 41.772°E | ||||
| Owned by | Ethio-Djibouti Railway Standard Gauges Share Company | ||||
| Operated by | Ethio-Djibouti Railway Standard Gauges Share Company | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1897 | ||||
| Closed | 1970s | ||||
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The Dire Dawa Train Station was historic railway station connecting Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa city in Ethiopia built by the French in 1897 as complement of Ethio-Djibouti Railways.
Since 1970s, the railway began to decline and it was fully abandoned in early 2000s.[1]
- ^ AfricaNews (2022-12-08). "100-year-old Ethiopia's French-built railway remains vital for residents". Africanews. Retrieved 2024-11-04.