Atbara was a railway city, built by the British to serve the line between Port Sudan, on the Red Sea coast, and Wadi Halfa, in the north.
Atbara waxay ahayd magaalo ay ku yaallaan marinnada tareenka, waxaa dhisay dalka UK, waxayna muhiim u ahayd khadka isku xira Dekadda Sudan ee xeebta Badda Cas, iyo Waadiga Halfa oo ku yaalla waqooyiga.