Railway stations in Italian Somaliland
The Railway Stations in Somaliland (or "Somalia") were served by the Mogadishu–Villabruzzi Railway of 114 km. Characteristics. The Railways Stations in Somalia, with the exception of the one of the capital Mogadiscio, were very simple and often were simple wood structures without passenger services. Some structures of the Mogadiscio station were dismantled by the British during WWII and sent to India. The railway of "Somalia italiana" connected the capital city Mogadishu with Afgooye, and subsequently after 1929 with Villaggio Duca degli Abruzzi -called usually Villabruzzi (present-day Jowhar). The line in the early 1930s  was served mainly by FIAT-TIBB diesel machines. The line and the stations were built by the Italians, but were later dismantled by British troops during World War II. In 1940 was proposed the construction of a huge and modern railway station in Mogadishu (similar to the one in Addis Abeba), but the beginning of WW2 blocked it.