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The 2024 Lebanon pager explosions occurred on 17 September 2024 at around 15:30 EEST, when thousands of handheld pagers used by Hezbollah, a Lebanese political party and militia, simultaneously exploded across Lebanon and Syria.
Map of the Lebanese rail network when it was in operation. Rail transport in Lebanon began in the 1890s as French projects under the Ottoman Empire but largely ceased in the 1970s owing to the country's civil war. The last remaining routes ended for economic reasons in the 1990s. At its peak Lebanon had about 408 kilometres (254 mi) of railway.
The Lebanese Commuting Company, or LCC in short, is just one of a handful brands of public transportations all over Lebanon. [1] On the other hand, the publicly owned buses are managed by le Office des Chemins de Fer et des Transports en Commun (OCFTC), or the " Railway and Public Transportation Authority " in English. [2]
Route history. The train operates on approximately 25 miles (40 km) of track between Lebanon, Mason and Monroe – all cities in southwestern Ohio. For most trips the LM&M runs 4.4 miles (7.1 km) south from Lebanon Station in downtown historic Lebanon to Hageman Junction. The train runs along the right-of-way of the Cincinnati, Lebanon and ...
Tripoli railway station. Coordinates: 34°26′56″N 35°49′41″E. Steam locomotives in the rail depot of Tripoli station. The Tripoli railway station is located in El-Mina, Tripoli, Lebanon. It began operating in 1911 and was connected to the Syrian city, Homs, with a single track. It formed the terminus of the Orient Express line in the ...
1895. Closed. 1975/1976. The Beirut Railway Station is a former passenger railway station, located in the Mar Mikhaël district of Beirut, Lebanon. Situated along two railway lines, it opened in 1895 and operated until it was closed in 1975 due to the Lebanese Civil War. [1] In addition to the passenger station building, the 62 000 square metre ...
Riyak railway station, about 1920. The Riyak Railway Station is a former passenger railway station and railway repair shop, located in Riyak, Lebanon.Riyak was a strategically-located station within the Lebanese railway system; it acted as a railway junction, with the main branch to Syria towards the cities of Homs and Damascus (eventually reaching Mosul, Iraq) as well as a large repair facility.
Palestine Railways locomotives. The LNWR 0-6-0s were old, worn out and performed very badly in Palestine, so PR retired all of them for scrap by 1922. [28] The LSWR 0-6-0s performed better, [27] so PR kept most of them in service until 1928 [28] and retained the last nine as shunting locomotives until 1936.