With a traffic congestion problem paralyzing Lebanon's economic powerhouse of Beirut, calls are growing to put the country's long-defunct railway lines back into use.
Lebanon Trains
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Elias Maalouf is founder of TrainTrain, which campaigns for the restoration of train lines in Lebanon. (Photo - J. Owens/VOA)
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Congestion has reached a crisis point in Lebanon, especially around and within Beirut. Some see trains as the answer. (Photo - J. Owens/VOA)
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Maya Alameddine, a photojournalist who lives in Lebanon's second-largest city of Tripoli. (Photo - J. Owens/VOA)
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Graffiti is seen at the Rail Authority's Beirut headquarters in what used to be a train station. (Photo - J. Owens/VOA)