ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Eritrean Railway

Okay kiddo, so you know how trains are big machines that go on tracks and can take people and things from one place to another? Well, in Eritrea, which is a country in Africa, they have a railway too!

The Eritrean railway was built a long time ago, before you were even born, in the early 1900s. It was made to help transport goods like salt, livestock, and coffee from the highlands of Eritrea to the port city of Massawa.

The railway is really special because it was built using human labor and simple tools, like shovels and picks. Can you imagine building something so big and important without using big machines like we have today? That was really hard work!

The railway was closed for many years due to a war in Eritrea, but it's been reopened for tourists and locals to ride on. People can take a train ride and see the beautiful countryside of Eritrea, which has mountains, deserts, and even some coastline.

So that's the Eritrean railway in a nutshell, kiddo! It's a special train track that helps move things from one place to another and was built a long time ago by many hardworking people.