Tag - Railway

NAIROBI RAILWAY MUSEUM

We took a Bolt and drove to the main gate, where we had to fill out the Entrance Pass and sign in to the book. Then we had to pay for the ticket (🎟️ 650 KES) in the museum building; we do not use the Mpesa, so we just gave them cash (no ticket). The primary collection here is housed in an...

TABŪK (تبوك)

We stopped in Tabūk, an oasis city in northwestern Saudi Arabia, for several hours. The city is situated amid a grove of date palms. Unfortunately, it was Friday today, so the city was deserted, and nearly everything was closed. Still, we walked from the Turkish fort built in 1694 in the...

RJUKAN RAILWAY

We made a short stop at the Mæl Station – a part of the Rjukan Railway. This terminus railroad station is located at Lake Tinn in Telemark. The Rjukan Railway was built by Norsk Hydro (the largest industrial concern in Norway) and opened in 1909 (and electrified in 1911). It’s a...