A couple of days before the second invasion his uncle decided, against the strong advice of his family, to return to the North. He was never to be seen again. He was one of many Greek Cypriots listed as missing . The Cypriot State Railway was primarily a freight line used to ship copper ore to the port at Famagusta from the copper mines at Morfou beyond Nicosia. It closed in 1951 after 50 years of service.
Entry is forbidden to anyone other than the Turkish military.
It may be viewed offshore from boat trips from Protaras or Ayia Napa. Note Ray Berry has put together an interesting series of pages entitled Forgotten Cyprus which includes the abandoned railway.