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CEL - Chemin de Fer de l'Etat Libanais Lebanese State Railways |
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BEIRUT - TRIPOLI The earlist part of this branch was the 1.05m gauge Tramway Libanais, started in 1895, which reached Maameltein in 1908. In 1942 British forces had completed a standard gauge line to Tripoli as part of the HBT (Haifa-Beirut-Tripoli) line. After WWII under the NBT and later, the CEL, a passenger service was set up between Beirut and Tripoli, with a weekly sleeping car that connected to the Taurus Express at Aleppo. |
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