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This steam locomotive dating from the 1930s still operates, carrying both freight and tourists. As of 1999, there was a total of 317 kilometres of ( narrow gauge ) rail line in Eritrea.

The railway links Agordat and Asmara with the port of Massawa ; however, it was nonoperational since 1978 except for about a 5 kilometre stretch that was reopened in Massawa in 1994.

Rehabilitation of the remainder and of the rolling stock has occurred in recent years.

By 2003 the line had been restored from Massawa all the way through to Asmara.