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==Maps==
==Maps==
* Online: [http://bueker.net/trainspotting/maps_syria.php Railways Through Europe]
* Online: [https://web.archive.org/web/20230128200812/http://www.bueker.net/trainspotting/map.php?file=maps/syria/syria.gif web archive copy of Syria map from the Railways Through Europe site], dated June 2009
* Printed: [[Printed Maps#NR-VOL8 | World Rail Atlas - The Middle East and Caucasus]] by Neil Robinson
* Printed: [[Printed Maps#NR-VOL8 | World Rail Atlas - The Middle East and Caucasus]] by Neil Robinson


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==Obscure and Sparse Passenger Services==


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==Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services==
See [[Syria - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services]].
==See also==
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The details below applied before the outbreak of civil war in March 2011. Any information about any current passenger operations on the narrow gauge (1050 mm) lines in Syria would be '''welcomed by the compilers.'''
===Bosra Citadel – Gasim [– Dera'a] SY1===
This 34.2km branch has, in the past, had a through train from Damascus (Dimashq) during the period of the Bosra festival, which is held for a fortnight during September every other year. ''Report updated: September 2011''
===Dera'a – Tell-shihab – Zeizoun SY2===
The first 25.1km of the line through the Yarmuk Gorge (which formerly extended to Haifa [IL]) are used only by charter specials. ''Report updated: August 2008.''
===SY3 and SY4===
Entries deleted - services withdrawn
===El Hame – Ain Fije (Fijeh) SY5===
This is short (10.4 km) section of the Syrian segment of the line that formerly extended from Damascus to Beirut. On Fridays an excursion left El Hame (10 km northwest of Damascus) at 09.30 for Ain Fije (Fijeh), returning at 15.00. ''Reported: March 2007''
Limited short excursion service resumed in Damascus from 1 May 2015, Rabwa (Raboeh), in the west of the capital, ⇔ Dumar, to the northwest on the former Beirut line (line SY5): see [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-32561050 news report], and [https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/syrians-watch-on-as-the-tourist-train-in-damascus-passes-news-photo/471796826 photo]. ''Reported: May 2015''

Latest revision as of 21:11, 2 November 2024

Country Details

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National Railway System

UIC code

numeric 97; alpha SY

Maps

Timetable

Information is available at the Man in Seat 61. Note: this describes the situation before the civil war started.

Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services

See Syria - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services.

See also

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