Dakar-Saint-Louis railway

Dakar-Saint-Louis Railway
The line shown on a 1901 map
Overview
Type	Heavy rail, disused
Termini	Dakar Saint-Louis
Stations	Dakar, Thiès, Louga, Saint-Louis
Operation
Opened	June 5, 1885
Closed	2003?
Technical
Track length	265 km (164.66 mi)
No. of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Route map Legend 265 km Saint-Louis 232 km Mpal Linguère Daraa Koki 196 km Louga 159 km Kébémèr Mékhé 92 km Tivaouane Dakar-Niger Railway 80 km Thiès 28 km Rufisque Petit train de banlieue 0 km Dakar

The train linking Dakar to Saint-Louis waiting for departure at Dakar railway station in 1991.

The railroad linking Dakar (Senegal) to Saint-Louis was the first railroad line of the French West Africa when it opened in 1885. It is nowadays out of service.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Le chemin de fer [Railways]". au-senegal.com. 19 January 2009. http://www.au-senegal.com/Le-chemin-de-fer.html. Retrieved 7 November 2010. 

External links

• L'achèvement du chemin de fer de Thiès à Kayes

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