Mauritania Railway

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Mauritania Railway

Legend Cansado 0km Nouadhibou 460km Choum Choum Tunnel (Disused) Enters Western Sahara Re-enters Mauritania 625km Fderik 650km Zouerat 670km Guelb El Rhein mine 700km M'Haoudat mine This route map:Mauritania. Opened in 1963,[1] it consists of a single, 704-kilometre (437 mi) railway line linking the iron mining centre of Zouerate with the port of Nouadhibou, via Fderik and Choum. The state agency Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière (National Mining and Industrial Company, SNIM) controls the railway line. Since the closure of the Choum Tunnel, a 5 km section of the railway cuts through the POLISARIO controlled part of the Western Sahara (21°21′18″N 13°00′46″W / 21.354867°N 13.012644°W / 21.354867; -13.012644)). Traffic Trains on the railway are up to 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) in length,[2] making them among the longest and heaviest in the world. They consist of 3 or 4 diesel-electric EMD locomotives, 200 to 210 cars each carrying up to 84 tons of iron ore, and a variable number of service cars. The total traffic averages 16.6 million tons per year. Mauritania Railway train at the station in Nouadhibou Travelers' cars are also occasionally transported by train; these services are managed by an SNIM subsidiary, the ATTM Society (Société d'assainissement, de travaux, de transport et de maintenance). Passenger cars are sometimes attached, but more often passengers simply ride atop the ore cars. Locomotives In October 2010, SNIM ordered a batch of six SD70ACS locomotives from EMD, with special modifications for operating in high temperatures.[3] See also Trains portal Mauritania portal History of rail transport in Mauritania References ^ "Mauritania, a Nation of Moorish Nomads, Suddenly Finds Herself in 20th Century". The New York Times. January 20, 1964. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F10FE3B5C147A93C2AB178AD85F408685F9. "last June, the 20th century elbowed its way into this Biblical picture"  ^ "The ore train". Société Nationale Industrielle et Minière. http://www.snim.com/carnet/trainEn.html. Retrieved December 17, 2008. [dead link] ^ "Railway Gazette: High temperature locomotives ordered from EMD". http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/high-temperature-locomotives-ordered-from-emd.html. Retrieved 2010-10-30.  External links SNIM train site Train images at Adventures in Mauritania Map of railway route Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР? Astrosmash William L. 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