Palestine Railways

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railway operator state-owned railway company

Palestine Railways was the state-owned railway system that operated under British administration in Mandatory Palestine, providing key passenger and freight transport across the region in the early to mid-20th century.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Palestine Railways canonical 4
Palestine Railways network 2
Government of Palestine Railways Department 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railway operator ⓘ
state-owned railway company ⓘ
administeredBy British authorities in Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
surface form: British Mandate authorities
connectedTo Egyptian National Railways network ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian State Railways

Hejaz Railway ⓘ
surface form: Hejaz Railway remnants
country Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
dissolved 1948 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Haifa ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
mid 20th century ⓘ
inception 1920 ⓘ
languageOfOperation Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ
mainLine Haifa–Lydda–Gaza–Rafah line ⓘ
Haifa–Lydda–Jerusalem line ⓘ
Rafah–El Kantara line ⓘ
mainPortTerminus Haifa Port ⓘ
notableFacility Haifa East railway station ⓘ
Lydda railway junction ⓘ
operatedIn Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
operatedRailGauge narrow gauge ⓘ
standard gauge ⓘ
operatorDuring British Mandate for Palestine ⓘ
surface form: British Mandate period
ownedBy Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
surface form: Government of Palestine (British Mandate)
playedRoleIn economic development of Mandatory Palestine ⓘ
military logistics during World War II ⓘ
transport of citrus exports ⓘ
precededBy Ottoman military railways in Palestine ⓘ
primaryFunction freight transport ⓘ
passenger transport ⓘ
regulatingAuthority Palestine Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Government of Palestine Railways Department
servedCity Gaza City ⓘ
surface form: Gaza

Haifa ⓘ
Jaffa ⓘ
Jerusalem ⓘ
Lydda ⓘ
Rafah ⓘ
servedRegion Jezreel Valley ⓘ
surface form: Coastal Plain of Palestine

Galilee ⓘ
Judean Mountains ⓘ
surface form: Judean Hills
successor Egyptian National Railways network ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian National Railways (for lines in Gaza area)

Israel Railways ⓘ
Jordanian rail services (for some eastern connections) ⓘ
supervisedBy British railway officials ⓘ
usedRollingStockFrom British military railways ⓘ
Egyptian National Railways network ⓘ
surface form: Egyptian State Railways
usedTractionType steam locomotives ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Mandate for Palestine → railwayOperator → Palestine Railways ⓘ
Palestine Railways → regulatingAuthority → Palestine Railways self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Palestine Railways Department
Haifa Port → connectedTo → Palestine Railways ⓘ
this entity surface form: Haifa–Beirut–Tripoli railway (historical)
Israel Railways → hasPredecessor → Palestine Railways ⓘ
Haifa East railway station → formerOperator → Palestine Railways ⓘ
Lydda railway junction → partOf → Palestine Railways ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestine Railways network
Lydda railway junction → usedBy → Palestine Railways ⓘ
Haifa–Lydda–Gaza–Rafah line → partOf → Palestine Railways ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestine Railways network
Rafah–El Kantara line → connectedWith → Palestine Railways ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestine railway network