Cyprus Government Railway
The Cyprus Government Railway ( CGR) was the state railways on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus.
History
The narrow gauge railway was the time from 1904 until December 1951, when Cyprus was under British rule. The track width was 762 mm (2 ' 6 "). The route ran from the port of Famagusta Nicosia on to the port of Morphou. A depot was located in Famagusta. The last train left Nicosia to Famagusta on 31 December 1951.
Today the planum the route lies partly in the United Nations buffer zone and also passes through the ghost town of Varosha.
Traffic
On the route from Famagusta to Nicosia (approx. 37.5 miles ) were the stations at about a distance of two miles. The station names were written in English, Greek and Turkish. With a cruising speed of about 20 up to 30 km / h, the trip took about two hours. It reversed two trains per day, the morning train drove around 8:30 clock in Famagusta from. For the 24 miles from Nicosia to Morphou again had to be estimated around two hours. By 1933, the route until after Evrychou, 75 miles from Famagusta led away.
The locomotives were heated with coal from England or Egypt, which was delivered at the port of Famagusta. The water for the cooler of the railcars had to be chemically treated to obtain a corresponding degree of hardness. The lighting of the locomotive and the cars was done with gas lamps. A major problem was the ongoing maintenance of the bridges because the dry summer flows are in the winter torrents and bridges damaged.
The CGR was built mainly for freight. The pits Association of Cyprus had her brought by rail copper and chrome ore and asbestos to the port of Famagusta. From 1945 the trains was competition from trucks. Goods transport meant the end for the railroad. Resources, tracks and cars were worn after 40 years of operation. According to rumors, the train is said to be profitable, the automaker Ford is said to have operated but the setting of the web in order to increase the sales of motor vehicles.
Inserts
The steam locomotive No. 1 ( Hunslet 0-6-0 ) was due to the small stocks usually shunting in Famagusta and the local port area in use. The steam locomotive No. 22 ( Nasmyth Wilson 2-6-0 ) was used in the mixing operation. During the Second World War, the locomotive was equipped with an oil burner. The tank locomotives from Kitson & Co. came mainly on the steeper sections of the Troodos mountains used.
Beginning in 1934, a 12- seater Rail Bus with a four-cylinder petrol engine from Ford has been appointed, with the 16- seater trailer # 2 wrong.
Today's remains
The station building of Famagusta is used as an office building for the Land Registry. Also, the workshop building of the operating plant was several years ago still exists, but unused. In Morphou the railway station is used as a private residence, the goods shed as a car repair shop.
The station building of Evrychou restored in 2006. In the 1933 shut down and lying on the territory of the Republic of Cyprus station a railway museum to be established.
As a monument is still the Hunslet 0-6-0 steam locomotive # 1 in Famagusta. It was restored again externally in 1972. The car No. 152 was in 2004 in very good condition as an exhibit at the Cultural Laiki.
Yet known rolling stock
Steam Locomotives
- 1 - Hunslet 0-6-0 (846/1904)
- No. 12 - Nasmyth Wilson 4-4-0
- No. 22 - Nasmyth Wilson 2-6-0 (built in 1904)
- No. 41 - Kitson 4-8-4 tank locomotive
Diesel vehicles
- B - Inspection vehicle, Drewry (built in 1932), 5 seats, built with air-cooled 8 hp motorcycle engine, body in Cyprus
- G - Rail Bus, Wickham ( built in 1934 ), 12 seats
- No. 2 - Schienenbusbeiwagen ( built in 1934 ), 16 seats
Car
- No. 16 - Third class carriage - Bristol Wagon and Carriage Works ( Year 1920)
- # 17 - Third class carriage - Bristol Wagon and Carriage Works ( Year 1920)
- # 149 - freight wagons, closed
- # 150 - Livestock Cart
- No. 151 - Livestock Cart
- # 152 - brake van
- # 192 - Water transport trolley
- # 193 - Water transport trolley