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This article is a list of the railway stations in Eritrea.
The Eritrean Railway originally ran from Massawa, a port on the Red Sea, via the capital Asmara to Agordat. The line can be divided into three sections.
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Massawa to Asmara
The route was built between 1887 and 1910 by the Italians, who made the two main stations (Asmara and Massawa) with typical structures of railway stations in small Italian cities.
As of 2008, this is the only section open.
Asmara to Keren
This section (with the stations) was built between 1911 and 1923.
Keren to Agordat
This section was built between 1924 and 1929.
Beyond Agordat
Beyond Agordat, the rails were laid as far as Bishia, another 31 kilometres (19 mi), with plans to extend to Ellit and Teseney, linking with the railway network in Sudan. However this section was never completed.
There would have been a break-of-gauge at the connection between Sudan and Eritrea.