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.

Aliases (1)

Government of Palestine Railways Department ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	railway operator → state-owned railway company →
administeredBy	British Mandate authorities →
connectedTo	Egyptian State Railways → 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 period →
ownedBy	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	Government of Palestine Railways Department →
servedCity	Gaza → Haifa → Jaffa → Jerusalem → Lydda → Rafah →
servedRegion	Coastal Plain of Palestine → Galilee → Judean Hills →
successor	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 State Railways →
usedTractionType	steam locomotives →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
British Mandate for Palestine →	railwayOperator
Palestine Railways ("Government of Palestine Railways Department") →	regulatingAuthority