Nablus, old train station, detail condition
Considering the age of the building, that it is out of service and the destruction during the last Intifadas, the station is in a relatively good condition. Note the broken roof....
The old station is a side-line of the Afula - Beer Sheva line, starting in Messoudije to Nablus and back. The extension of the railway to Nablus was built in 1911–12. The construction work for the station building was started relatively late in end of 1917 and were unfinished when the Allied troops conquered Nablus. What makes the station somehow unique is that its architecture was different to standard Ottoman Hedjaz-/Palestinerailway-style.
The British finished the station and a train run once a week from Haifa to Nablus via Afula. The railway was destroyed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and never rebuilt.
Nablus, old train station, detail condition
Considering the age of the building, that it is out of service and the destruction during the last Intifadas, the station is in a relatively good condition. Note the broken roof....
The old station is a side-line of the Afula - Beer Sheva line, starting in Messoudije to Nablus and back. The extension of the railway to Nablus was built in 1911–12. The construction work for the station building was started relatively late in end of 1917 and were unfinished when the Allied troops conquered Nablus. What makes the station somehow unique is that its architecture was different to standard Ottoman Hedjaz-/Palestinerailway-style.
The British finished the station and a train run once a week from Haifa to Nablus via Afula. The railway was destroyed during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and never rebuilt.