Dire Dawa Train Station
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LocationDire Dawa
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Coordinates9°37′44″N 41°46′19″E / 9.629°N 41.772°E
Owned byEthio-Djibouti Railway Standard Gauges Share Company
Operated byEthio-Djibouti Railway Standard Gauges Share Company
Dire Dawa Train Station | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Dire Dawa Ethiopia | ||||
| Coordinates | 9°37′44″N 41°46′19″E / 9.629°N 41.772°E | ||||
| Owned by | Ethio-Djibouti Railway Standard Gauges Share Company | ||||
| Operated by | Ethio-Djibouti Railway Standard Gauges Share Company | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1897 | ||||
| Closed | 1970s | ||||
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The Dire Dawa Train Station was a historic railway station connecting Addis Ababa and the city of Dire Dawa in Ethiopia. It was built by the French in 1897 as part of Ethio-Djibouti Railways.
Since the 1970s, the railway began to fall into disrepair and it was fully abandoned in the early 2000s.[1]