The Ethio-Djibouti Railway is a metre gauge railway in the Horn of Africa that once connected Addis Ababa to the port city of Djibouti. The operating company was also known as the Ethio-Djibouti Railways. The railway was built in 1894–1917 to connect the Ethiopian capital city to French Somaliland. During early operations, it provided landlocked Ethiopia with its only access to the sea. After World War II, the railway progressively fell into a state of disrepair due to competition from road transport.
SLM M-series Diesel locomotive with a mixed goods/passenger train on the Holhol viaduct in 1960
SLM steam locomotive No. 1 "Lion" in 1899, the very first locomotive of the railway
Coal wagon built by Société Franco-Belge
The Addis Ababa Legehar train station.
Addis Ababa is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. In the 2007 census, the city's population was estimated to be 2,739,551 inhabitants. Addis Ababa is a highly developed and important cultural, artistic, financial and administrative centre of Ethiopia.
Image: Addis in night
Image: Addis View
Image: Holy Trinity Cathedral Church (cropped)
Image: Addis Ababa Light Rail vehicle, March 2015