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The '''Aden State Railway''' operated from 1916 and 1929 in Aden, a dependency of of the Bombay, British Colony and Protectorate, in the south-west corner of Southern Arabia. The metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]])
railway was 29 miles(46km). The railway was worked by the [[North Western Railway]] of India under one of its officers who was designated ‘Engineer-in-Charge’
<ref name=Aden>[http://www.bpadenkids.com/AdenTrains/AdenTrains.pdf “Railways of Aden” from original article “Indian Outpost in Arabia” by Robert Mumford published in the ‘Railway Magazine’ February 1976 pages 73-75]; Retrieved 22 Nov 2016 </ref>.
== History ==
In 1922 the line was opened up to public use, carrying traffic between Aden and Yemen and military supplies to the outpost at Sheikh Othman. The line was worked by the [[North Western Railway]] under a designated Engineer-in-charge. The line proved too costly to maintain and was closed in 1929 before being dismantled in 1930 <ref>British Library IOR L/PS/12/1462 ‘Disposal of Rolling Stock and Material of former Aden Railway’</ref>
The ‘Statistics of Working’ from 1915-16, through to closure to public traffic on 1 Aug 1929, show the year-by-year financial results through to final winding-up in 1932-33<ref name=Hist>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 258 pdf 301]; Retrieved 26 Jul 2020</ref>.
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system.
