| No trains run in Cyprus today; the only forms of | | | | mountain to towns and cities all over Cyprus. It carried |
| transport are now via road, sea or by air: buses, taxis, | | | | freight, ore and minerals on behalf of the Cyprus Mines |
| boats and cruise vessels. But a long time ago there | | | | Corporation. Some stations also operated as |
| was another form of transport that was spread | | | | telephone centres, telegram offices and postal offices |
| across all of Cyprus: the magnificent triumph of | | | | which meant that some of the railway stations acted |
| engineering that was the Cyprus Government Railway | | | | as a place where you could exchange goods. |
| (CGR). | | | | The CGR closed down because of financial reasons, |
| The CGR was a 2ft 6in-gauge line with a total of 78 | | | | the line never made a profit and by 1932 the western |
| miles, The construction of the line's first 37 miles began | | | | end of line was shortened by three stops. While from |
| in April 1904 it was from Famagusta to Nicosia and | | | | 1948 Nicosia was the final western stop which meant |
| opened in October the following year, the journey from | | | | ten more stations were closed. This also wasn't helped |
| Famagusta to Nicosia took about two hours. In | | | | by the new 6 ton diesel lorries which appear which the |
| December 1907 the line was extended to Morphou | | | | CGR couldn't compete against. As the railway system, |
| which was 27 miles west of Nicosia. Eight years later | | | | engine and tracks were over 40 years old and it |
| in June it was extended by 14 miles to Evrykhou, and | | | | wasn't easy to upgrade each compared to their road |
| thus the main line was completed. | | | | bound equivalents. |
| It ran for almost 50 years from October 1905 to | | | | The last train to ever run left was the engine no.1 |
| December 1951, with a total of 39 stations, the most | | | | which left from Nicosia station at 14:57 on the 31st |
| notable at Famagusta, Prastio Mesaoria, Angastina, | | | | December 1951 and arrived at Famagusta at 16:38. |
| Trachoni, Nicosia, Kokkinotrimithia, Morphou, Kalo Chorio | | | | When it finished its journey it was lifted to its final |
| and Evrychou. The names were written in three | | | | resting place by army engineers from Dhekelia by a |
| languages English, Greek, and Turkish. The average | | | | 20 ton crane. The dismantlement after the final run |
| speed of the trains ranged from 20 to 30 mph and | | | | lasted for over two years and 10 locomotives, the |
| two trains would leave per day. | | | | tracks and other various items were sold to the |
| The CGR trains were used in various ways by both | | | | company Meyer Newman & Co, amounting up to |
| authorities and the local population. It was used as a | | | | £65,626. The Locomotive 1 train is still in its resting |
| freight transfer system which served from the port of | | | | place in Polat PaÅYa Boulevard in Famagusta and is |
| Famagusta. It transferred timber from the Troodos | | | | placed as a memorial to the CGR. |