The history of rail transport in the Comoros began in about 1907. The only railway to be built in the Comoros was a
narrow gauge
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Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
industrial railway
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. Its owner was a plantation society, the ''Société Comores Bambaoa''. The railway carried only freight traffic. It is not known when the railway was abandoned.
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History of rail transport
The history of rail transport began in the BCE times. It can be divided into several discrete periods defined by the principal means of track material and motive power used.
Ancient systems
The Post Track, a prehistoric causeway in the v ...
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History of the Comoros
The history of the Comoros extends to about 800–1000 AD when the archipelago was first inhabited. The Comoros have been inhabited by various groups throughout this time. France colonised the islands in the 19th century, and they became independe ...
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Transport in the Comoros
References
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Comoros
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