Editing Asmara (section)

==Transport==
[[File:Train Asmara Eritrea.jpg|thumb|upright=1.15|Steam train outside Asmara on the [[Eritrean Railway]]]]

After Eritrean independence, the roads of Asmara underwent extensive construction projects. Old roads were renovated and new highways were also built. There are five primary roads out of Asmara.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-its-like-inside-asmara-one-of-africas-most-isolated-capitals-1445390907|title=What It's Like Inside Asmara, One of Africa's Most Isolated Capitals|last=Stevis|first=Matina|date=21 October 2015|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|access-date=14 November 2016}}</ref>

[[Asmara International Airport]] serves the city with many international flights. [[Massawa International Airport]] is an alternative airport nearby.

As of 1999, there is a total of 317 kilometres of {{Track gauge|950 mm}} (narrow gauge) rail line in Eritrea. The [[Eritrean Railway]] was built between 1887 and 1932.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1KBP7QbalX0C&q=eritrean+railroad+km&pg=PA379|title=Africa South of the Sahara 2003|first=Europa Europa|last=Publications|date=31 October 2002|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=9781857431315|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/eritrea07.htm|title=Eritrean Railway Revival|website=www.internationalsteam.co.uk}}</ref> Badly damaged during [[WWII]] and in later fighting, it was closed section by section, with the final closure coming in 1978.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trainweb.org/italeritrea/|title=Italian-Eritrean Railway and Tramway|website=www.trainweb.org}}</ref> After independence, a rebuilding effort commenced, and the first rebuilt section was reopened in 2003. As of 2009, the section from Asmara to [[Massawa]] was fully rebuilt and available for service.