Year |
Date |
Event |
1887 |
January |
Italians defeated at Dogali |
1887 |
November 24 |
Construction starts inland from Massawa to Emkulu |
1887 |
|
First section of Asmara-Munkulo railway opens |
1888 |
|
Generale San Marzano arrives at Massawa and retakes Sa'ati (8km inland
from Dogali) and builds rail line to it. |
1888 |
March |
Opened first 25 km to traffic |
1889 |
December |
Ethiopian treaty grants Eritrean land to Italy |
1890 |
January 1 |
Eritrea Declaired Italian Colony |
1904 |
|
Ghinda Reached |
1910 |
|
Railway Reached Nefasit |
1911 |
December 6 |
Reached Asmara |
1914 |
October 1 |
Dem Sebai |
1921 |
October 1 |
Halib Mentel |
1922 |
July 1 |
Reached Keren |
1924 |
|
FIAT Claims First Diesel Delivered to Eritrea |
1925 |
February 16 |
Railway Reached Agat |
1926 |
March 12 |
Darotai |
1926 |
May 7 |
Mai Adarte |
1927 |
March 21 |
Umfutat |
1928 |
February 17 |
Railway Reached Agordat |
1928 |
|
Shops moved from Ghinda to Asmara |
1932 |
March 7 |
Reached Bascia |
1932 |
|
Design of Ropeway (teleferica) Started |
1935 |
|
First Littorina arrives |
1935 |
|
Construction of Ropeway began |
1937 |
March 18 |
Inauguration of Ropway Betwen Asmara and Massawa |
1941 |
April 1 |
British control over Asmara |
1940s |
|
Line from Agordat to Biscia abandon |
1944 |
|
Ropeway rendered inoperable by the British...strips Eritrea of some
$86 Million in property |
1952 |
September 11 |
Eritrea Federated with Ethiopia |
|
|
|
1957 |
|
First diesel locomotives delivered to Railway. Some rail
and other materiel taken to Addis to Djibuti line. |
1962 |
November 14 |
Eritrea's Federation with Ethiopia dissolved |
1963 |
|
Ropeway Structure dismantling begins |
1964 |
|
Peak year of operation for line |
1965 |
|
Ropeway completely dismantled |
1965 |
|
Peak year of operation...446,000 passengers and 200,000 tons of freight. |
1975 |
|
Railway Destroyed by Derg regime |
1993 |
May 24 |
Eritrean Declares Independence |
1994 |
|
Intent to rebuild Railway Announced. President declairs rebuilding
railway a national priority |
1995 |
|
Construction Begins |
1997 |
January 4 |
First 38 km of Railway (Amatere-Demas) opens |
1998 |
|
Reached Ghinda |
2000 |
January 1 |
Line opened to Embatkalla |