Narrow-gauge railways in former Spanish Morocco

[citation needed] The Compañía Española de Minas del Rif was founded in July 1908.

In spring 1914 the Compañía Española de Minas del Rif operated three daily passenger trains to Nador of which two continued to San Juan de las Minas with corresponding return workings to Melilla.

Another company, the Ferrocarril Nador–Tistutin, built a 1,000 mm gauge 36 km Nador–Tinequemart–Zeluan–Monte Arruit–Tistutin–El Batel line.

There was continuous unrest in the area and the Rif Cabyle rebellionists attacked against the railways.

Later, it had been decided to be built to standard 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in) gauge field railways and the Spanish Army bought a number of surplus former German built World War I locomotives and rolling stock from Germany.

The Ferrocarril Ceuta–Tetuan was founded in September 1912 to connect Ceuta to Tetuan with 41 km 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) gauge railway.

The Austrian company Sager & Wörner had obtained from the Spanish Government the contract to build the harbour installations at Larache on the Atlantic coast in 1911.

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