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This is what the morning commute looks like in Aleppo after four years of civil war.

Hundreds of Syrians returned to everyday life on Wednesday by taking the first train ride through the ravaged city in five years.

A photographer working with Agence France-Presse was on board for the historic, one-hour round trip across the city’s devastated eastern districts, controlled by rebels until last month.

The last time a train traveled through east Aleppo was in the summer of 2012 — just before the city was captured by insurgents and split into the regime-held west and rebel-controlled east.

Syrians old and young looked stunned as they stared out train windows and surveyed the damage, as a driver manned the controls and steered the train from Jibreen station to Aleppo’s main Baghdad railway station, according to AFP.

The riders pulled out their cellphones along the way and snapped photos of the remnants of their beloved city, which was razed during years of airstrikes and ground warfare.

The train was adorned with portraits of President Bashar al-Assad at the front and in the carriages, the photographer said.

Syria’s Transport Minister Ali Hamoud called the train service resumption a “victory of the heroes of the Syrian army, returning safety and stability to the whole city.”

During repairs, inspectors found at least 40 points of damage caused by “terrorism” along the east Aleppo train line, Hamoud said.

Regime forces recaptured Aleppo in December, after receiving help from the Russians in their bombing efforts.

According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an estimated 21,500 civilians have been killed in the city since 2012.

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Syrians take pictures of a train arriving at Aleppo's main Baghdad railway station
Syrians take pictures of a train arriving at Aleppo's main Baghdad railway station.Getty Images
Syrian railway workers wait for a train to leave Aleppo's Jibreen station.Getty Images
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Syrians board a train at Aleppo's Jibreen station.Getty Images
Syrian railway workers wait for a train to leave Aleppo's Jibreen station.Getty Images
Syrians wave at passengers riding a train across Aleppo's devastated eastern districts for the first time in more than four years
Syrians wave at passengers riding a train across Aleppo's devastated eastern districts for the first time in more than four years.Getty Images
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