'A ţ barah on the Nile River (north of Khartoum) is an important junction and seat of the central administration, repair shops, and equipmentmanufacturing plants of the Sudan Railways Corp. In 1966, a bridge linking Khartoum North and Omdurman, and the enlargement of the bridge on the White Nile between Khartoum and Omdurman were completed ...