Relics of its golden past, Mosul’s trains left to rust

Aran News Saudi Arabia29 Jul, 2020News

Battered by sanctions against the old regime of Saddam Hussein, back-to-back conflicts and little investment, the once grandiose train station in the Iraqi city�s western half is a shadow of its former self. The first train rumbled into Mosul station in 1940 from the capital Baghdad, then roared out to Istanbul to join the celebrated Orient Express � taking passengers as far as Paris, 4,400 km away.